paypal bank account

@pierrella (1087)
Philippines
February 18, 2010 7:26pm CST
I have opened up an account with paypal last week. I've also linked my bank account. They said that they'll deposit 2 small amounts for the bank confirmation. It's been almost 2 weeks but I haven't gotten those 2 small amounts yet, and , therefore, I can't confirm my bank account. Does this usually happen? I tried emailing them but they're not replying anymore. How many days more should I wait?
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13 responses
@marguicha (215618)
• Chile
19 Feb 10
Hi pierrella, I don´t understand very well what you are saying. Paypal cannot deposit any money that you don´t have in your paypal account. Do you have that money at paypal? Did you ask to withdraw it twice and send it to your Bank account? It that what they want? Please explain better. Maybe I can be of help. I had no problem in verifying my Paypal accout with my credit card.
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@pierrella (1087)
• Philippines
19 Feb 10
I don't have a credit card so I have to link my paypal account via direct bank transfer. But to be able to do that, they said that I have to verify my bank account first. They'll send 2 small amounts, that are from them and not from my account, then I should enter that at their website to verify my bank account. :) Did you try linking your paypal to your bank not via your credit card? :)
@marguicha (215618)
• Chile
19 Feb 10
No. I only did it through my credit card and it took minutes. I would try to do it from the begining again. But it sounds weird that paypal would send even 1 cent that is his and not yours elsewhere. That is not how Banks work. And paypal is a Bank online
• Philippines
19 Feb 10
good day mylotter. i think you got it all misunderstood, you should have a fund of at least $2 on your bank account because paypal will Take it not GIVE it to your bank account, if you have an unfunded bank account paypal will not give you your confirmation pin or EXPUSE pin. The amount they will get is for verification charges, it will be refunded after 2-3 days your paypal account have been verified.
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@pierrella (1087)
• Philippines
19 Feb 10
oh.. okay, I guess I should try that one. Thanks :)
@myliezl0903 (2726)
• Philippines
19 Feb 10
oh sorry to hear that ., but in my case when i linked my bank account to paypal ., after 2 or 3 working days my account was already verified and the fee that they deduct was being credited back to my account. that is the usual process. i am not sure about yours. where you from? i am from philippines and i linked a debit card to paypal. it was successfully done. hope you get to solve your problem then. have a great day ahead!
• Philippines
19 Feb 10
I think it it better if you get an EON Card from Union Bank. I have been using it since November last year and i have not encountered any problems with it. I get my funds send to me thru my paypal account with no hassle at all. They have their online banking where you could ask questions about your transactions. Good luck!
@pierrella (1087)
• Philippines
19 Feb 10
I'm from the Philippines, too. I used my BPI savings account. I have a debit card but it's HSBC. What bank did you use?
• India
20 Feb 10
same for me also . For my case I think I am an Indian so paypal is having problem with Indian banks so until the problem solve I won't get verified.
@May2k8 (18094)
• Indonesia
22 Feb 10
check your internet banking within 1-3 days after you complete two step, if they are sent to your bank. That's not in the form of dollar but rupiah and if you've got some money from your PayPal. You can opening your PayPal and confirm bank also PayPal will ask you to fill in the first and second amount in IDR which same you get from your bank. I actually get the amount in just one day. If you don't activate internet banking, you can activate it at the ATM. bank account and the code must be correct.
• Philippines
20 Feb 10
If your bank account is not a UnionBank then the bank here in the Philippines would not accept it first reason any Electronic Fund Transfer to your bank account they service charged and the paypal two deposit it is just cents so they will not accept it. But if you used Union Bank account especially they will accept it and reflected to your account since Union Bank has no processing charge for Electronic Fund Transfer in receiving. I did this with my EON card. Perhaps you could visit the websites of Unionbank.
• India
19 Feb 10
hey paypal is a nice online bank system, i have withdrawn a lot of money in the past 2-3 years. i think they play it safe and i surly think you can trust them too. Paypal might ask you security questions or might ask you to link your card or your bank to the card. I guess you should go adhead with it. I did it. It works :) Anyways hope i could help you if your answer . Anyways all the best. Happy mylotting :)
@23uday (2997)
• India
19 Feb 10
hi friend, I am having paypal account. Paypal is online banking system and this links with earning sites. Paypal site is genuine online bank site and we can deposit in paypal bank. Mylot is link with paypal online bank. My earnings in mylot get in paypal bank and i transfer in to my local bank account. have a good day.
@arrgetl (27)
• Bari, Italy
19 Feb 10
I work with them in the last year and am very happy because now they have been on the fair. Remittances have it right away on their behalf. Months before I had a problem with companies that I raided my account and helped me solve the problem and all I got back. In their responses never wait more than two days.
• Indonesia
19 Feb 10
My friend also being verifiend using his bank account. His saving is not in US Dollar, and there is no problem in it. Paypal sent the money using our country currency. It sent in about two days. Now he is already a verified member. Maybe, not all bank in your country is supported. Try other Bank.
@snoopyfan (1312)
• United States
19 Feb 10
You have to contact your bank and find out the amounts of the deposit. Then you go back to Paypal and activate the account. It should only take a couple days. I have had a paypal account for years and it didn't take two weeks. If no deposit was made you need to contact paypal and have them redeposit. It is only a few cents of two deposits. Let them know.
@Gany15k (1673)
• India
19 Feb 10
I got the same message from them but they deposited some very small amount to my bank account.They did this within a week.I entered those amounts and got verified my paypal account.You wait for some more days.Check whether you have entered the bank acc no. correctly like that.Otherwise create a new account and then do the verification again.Give the details correctly.You will get verified soon.
• United States
19 Feb 10
I understand what you are saying and you are correct. They do deposit a small amount into your bank account to make sure that it is an active account. If you go to the bottom of your account screen you will see an area to contact them and should be able to find a phone number there. Paypal has always been very quick to correct any issues with my account.