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PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders.

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  • 44% Sign in (44%)
  • 38% Errors (38%)
  • 19% Website Down (19%)

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The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Helmbrechts Errors 8 hours ago
Guyancourt Website Down 16 hours ago
Rennes Sign in 2 days ago
Alcorcón Errors 2 days ago
Gondecourt Sign in 4 days ago
Paris Sign in 4 days ago
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Paypal Issues Reports

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  • c22204
    Jedda Cohen (@c22204) reported

    @robertromano @JonMalin 1. Go to PayPal Resolution Center, select the transaction, choose Report a Problem, then choose "Significantly Not as Described." Don't select "Unauthorized Activity," as PayPal will instantly deny the claim once they verify you authorized initial payment. Upload evidence. 1/2

  • LeoAquila_
    Aquila (@LeoAquila_) reported

    @TheRealCalvin19 @WhisperMute First I gotta fix my paypal, which is hard because paypal sucks 🙃

  • vvinterorange
    vvinterorange art ♦️ (@vvinterorange) reported

    @frantabul0sa so boosty and hypolink are my only way to sell something xD they are patreon-like and must accept bank cards soo i guess it could work?? as i know all artists in my country use them... but these platforms dont have a paypal payment option and that could be a problem... idk

  • funkybootz
    marie (@funkybootz) reported

    Had a email about payment.. but I use @PayPal So there shouldnt be a issue ??? @netflix

  • mikeboysen
    Mike Boysen (JTBD/acc) (@mikeboysen) reported

    Most people never see the inversion coming. They see the crash. The coup. The empty bank account. The factory that will not ship. Then they analogize: more staff, more robots, more of last year’s stack. Innovators do the opposite. They stay in the problem until the cost curve breaks. PayPal ousted Musk in 2000 for pushing a rebrand and a Unix-to-Windows NT migration. He did not wage a public war. He stayed a shareholder. eBay paid $1.5 billion in 2002. His ~11.7% stake — about $180 million — funded SpaceX and Tesla. By late 2008 both companies were days from death. Three Falcon 1 failures. Tesla about to miss payroll. One last rocket. Flight 4 worked on September 28. NASA signed $1.6 billion in December. He put his remaining cash into a $20 million Tesla bridge that closed Christmas Eve. Analogical thinking said “stop.” Physics said “one more launch.” Reusable first stages. Manual labor where the robots jammed. 5,000 Model 3s a week after he ripped out the over-automated line and slept on the floor. 75% of Twitter’s headcount gone so the cost of running the network inverted. That is not grit as a slogan. That is inverting labor, capital, and infrastructure until unit economics work. Follow people who have innovated at least once. Not the ones narrating the next analog. I built a platform to help average people think like that before you commit the capital. More on that soon. This is 100% a real interview LOL

  • kwharrison13
    Kyle Harrison (@kwharrison13) reported

    @Raiddell925 Maybe. Maybe you'd be fine without data centers. But let me ask you this. Do you use credit cards, debit cards, tap-to-pay, gas pumps, vending machines, parking meters, parking apps, ATMs, online banking, mobile banking, mobile check deposit, Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, splitting a dinner bill, autopay on your bills, payroll that isn't a paper check, direct deposit, digital 401(k), Robinhood, Coinbase, credit score checks, loan applications, mortgage applications, car loan approval at the dealership, insurance quotes, filing an insurance claim, e-filing your taxes, gift cards, store loyalty accounts, digital coupons, rebates, buy-now-pay-later, tipping on a screen, email, text messages, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, group chats, voicemail transcription, spam call blocking, FaceTime, Zoom, Google Meet, Discord, Slack, video calls with grandparents, phone number lookups, checking your data usage, paying your phone bill, two-factor codes, push approvals to log in, password managers that sync, "sign in with Google," resetting a forgotten password, digital IDs in your wallet app, gym check-in apps, apartment smart locks, hotel keys on your phone, office badge apps, patient portals, seeing your test results, booking a doctor's appointment, telehealth visits, prescription refill requests, the pharmacy knowing what you're on, insurance verification at the front desk, prior authorization, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pump apps, remote pacemaker checks, CPAP data reports, hearing aid apps, therapy apps, period trackers, fertility trackers, medical alert buttons for elderly parents, symptom checkers, finding an in-network doctor, the weather app, radar, hurricane warnings, tornado warnings, flood alerts, earthquake early warning on your phone, wildfire maps, smoke maps, air quality, pollen counts, Amber alerts, emergency alerts, road closure info, Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze, live traffic, rerouting around a crash, transit apps, real-time bus and train arrivals, tapping your phone to ride the subway, Uber, Lyft, rental car reservations, Turo, bike share, scooter share, EV charging networks, paying for a charge, phone-as-car-key, remote start, finding your parked car, over-the-air car updates, in-car navigation, in-car voice assistants, stolen vehicle tracking, road trip planning, booking flights, checking in for a flight, mobile boarding passes, seat selection, flight status, rebooking after a cancellation, bag tracking, TSA PreCheck lookups, airport wifi, booking hotels, Airbnb, Vrbo, checking into a hotel, cruise bookings, theme park tickets, ride reservations, airline miles, hotel points, currency conversion, Amazon, all online shopping, order tracking, delivery notifications, returns and exchanges, price checks in-store, self-checkout, store apps, curbside pickup, Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, ordering ahead at a restaurant, OpenTable, Resy, waitlist texts, QR code menus, tipping on delivery, subscription boxes, eBay, Etsy, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Poshmark, StockX, Ticketmaster, StubHub, getting into a concert with a phone ticket, Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, smart thermostats, video doorbells, security cameras, alarm monitoring, smart locks, smart lights, robot vacuums, garage door openers, baby monitors, pet cameras, automatic pet feeders, GPS pet collars, smart sprinklers, smart fridges, app-connected air fryers, cloud printing, printer ink subscriptions, routers you manage from an app, checking if you left the stove on, iCloud, Google Photos, every photo you've taken in ten years, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, shared albums, phone backups, setting up a new phone, notes apps, calendars, contact syncing, reminders, to-do apps, document scanning, e-signing a lease, Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Twitch, cloud DVR, on-demand cable, Spotify, Apple Music, podcasts, audiobooks, Kindle books, library ebook borrowing, online multiplayer games, matchmaking, cloud saves, game downloads, game patches, single-player games that phone home for a license check, Steam, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Nintendo Online, Roblox, Minecraft servers, fantasy football, sports scores, sports betting apps, movie tickets, Google search, Wikipedia, ChatGPT, Claude, every other AI app, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Pinterest, dating apps, Yelp reviews, Google reviews, news sites, Substack newsletters, blogs, forums, checking if a business is open, looking up a phone number, recipes, translation apps, Duolingo, Google Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Outlook, Microsoft 365, Teams, Notion, Figma, Canva, shared calendars, scheduling links, VPNs into work, remote desktop, timeclock apps, shift scheduling apps, requesting time off, expense reports, job applications, LinkedIn recruiters, video interviews, Canvas, Blackboard, checking your kid's grades, school lunch accounts, attendance notifications, online homework, Khan Academy, Coursera, FAFSA, student loan portals, tutoring apps, Fitbit, Apple Watch health data, Strava, Peloton, sleep tracking, smart scales, calorie tracking, meditation apps, workout apps, DMV appointments, renewing your license online, paying a parking ticket, jury duty portals, checking your property tax bill, utility accounts, outage maps, paying rent through an app, HOA portals, storage unit access codes, wedding registries, baby registries, funeral arrangements, Ancestry, 23andMe results, church livestreams, volunteer signups, or GoFundMe? If you said yes to ANY of those then you do, in fact, NEED data centers.

  • HeathCastor
    Heath Castor (@HeathCastor) reported

    Dear @PayPal I changed my street address two years ago (almost) and tha ks to your system not working properly I’m out $40+ shipping for a purchase I made from a friend’s shop as your system went back to my old address and I also haven’t gotten my replacement debit card…

  • LadyHydrangeaVT
    Hydrangea 【LVLY】 (@LadyHydrangeaVT) reported

    @Immorta1Monarch This is why i use vgen and vgen payments at least i can click ‘theres a problem’ before the funds are released to them. Yes it may mean theres less artists for me to com but at least theres a fallback unlike paypal.

  • hirakodaily
    ً (@hirakodaily) reported

    Hi everyone! unfortunately I’m going through some financial difficulties due to personal issues and am struggling to make ends meet. bc of this I’m reaching out to ask for your help. If you have some spare cash and would like to assist me, I’m leaving my PayPal and Pix details 👇

  • DerekAshauer
    Derek Ashauer (@DerekAshauer) reported

    Found a bug in my store today. A "30% off your first year" code was taking 30% off every year, forever. Claude found 2 other codes had the same problem. Gave Claude read access to my WP install over SSH plus temporary Stripe and PayPal keys. It found all affected subscriptions across both processors, cross-checked what the gateways were actually billing against what my database thought, and fixed each one. $1,782/year recovered. About 30 minutes once I knew something was wrong. Doing that by hand across two payment processors would have eaten my week.

  • D_Pineda85
    Unseen Damage (@D_Pineda85) reported

    @CardsJakes I called both PayPal and Venmo because I noticed the recipients for opposite platform were not being found anymore. They submitted a ticket to IT because there was no know issue.

  • cobracommanduhr
    ***** Indy 🟥🟧🟨 (@cobracommanduhr) reported

    There seems to be a database issue inside @PayPal users see there first name being different than their own when an order purchase attempt is made on 3rd party website and a shopper selected PayPal to pay method C O N T R A \ L S research 🇺🇸

  • traceytina16
    Dhark (@traceytina16) reported

    My paypal mpesa issue was resolved finally. Thank God!

  • OriginalKhutso5
    TheOriginalKhutso🇿🇦 (@OriginalKhutso5) reported

    Nigerians don't have a sense of accountability and lack self introspection, Shoprite, PayPal, tiktok,etc had problems in Nigeria guess they couldn't compete according to them

  • OriginalKhutso5
    TheOriginalKhutso🇿🇦 (@OriginalKhutso5) reported

    @MasterBolaji Nigerians and no sense of accountability,you used to say the same about Shoprite. Even tiktok or PayPal had problems in Nigeria doing well in other countries but Nah Nigerians are not the problem

  • sw_rahasya
    Rahasya (@sw_rahasya) reported

    @goddek @RepThomasMassie @mandyarthur A bit of a bummer for me that paypal locked me out of my account because I cant produce 3 month-old documentation for services on land that gets absolutely no services … not sure how to fix that 🤔

  • JayJayasuriya
    J∆Y (@JayJayasuriya) reported

    @PayPal @AskPayPal PayPal permanently shut down our small business account—and won't tell us why... 🤔 #paypalfail

  • NickCrum111
    Charles Steiner (@NickCrum111) reported

    @solari_the They say cash is king, and it does grant you more freedom than a credit card or a PayPal account. Trouble is . . . products are not always available locally to buy with cash . . and online purchasing betrays your privacy.

  • domocup7eleven
    Kali 🔞 (@domocup7eleven) reported

    PayPal ******* shutting down my account cuz it’s been inactive apparently (it hasnt been, AT ALL)

  • waseemm09
    Solemn Bhoi (@waseemm09) reported

    Hey @PayPal @AskPayPal @PayPal_Open plz Check Dispute: PP-R-RQN-642414527. You didn't solve after giving proffs & you just skip solution date 31 Aug. To 09 sep. Why bro? Plz solve the issue ASAP from your side.

  • bens_report
    Ben Po (@bens_report) reported

    @LindaRaschke PayPal 4 days pf3 down. Will it at least get a low to high day today? Hahaha

  • softdrinktv
    SOFTDRINKTV (@softdrinktv) reported

    @Stillmatic24 True I'll add that, have it run on my home server, MTX go straight to my PayPal

  • Candmremodeling
    Michael Klusman (@Candmremodeling) reported

    I bet he wishes he didn’t have to sell the ones he did. However I think he did that on purpose to drive the price down to buy more. Based on math the supply should be just about gobbled up. With what you can do with bitcoin it is clearly a utility and not going away. Who in there right mind would sell with all the major brokers now selling bitcoin ??? Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, Venmo, PayPal Morgan Stanley it’s only a matter of time keep buying and stacking

  • jitinyadav
    jitin yadav (@jitinyadav) reported

    Does she even understand what PayPal does? What restructuring is. Who are the clients? Why is their business down? Or is it a requirement that you have to be completely illogical to be a Modi and BJP basher.

  • passwort987
    SpiritualHealing (@passwort987) reported

    @linuxuser1996 And if you can't live without it that Paypal isn't able anymore to get money out of you ,you still can use it as a PWA without problems. The ppl who want everything, cloud, KI auto-features, face recognition etc. , despite GOS handling most should maybe have a stock as 2. phone

  • adsleazo
    AD Sleazo AKA AD. (@adsleazo) reported

    @UDSupport when yall gone fix paypal withdrawals bro it’s been almost a week

  • signalvoyager
    SignalVoyager (@signalvoyager) reported

    @linuxuser1996 Eww. @PayPal is disgusting. I would consider it a feature of graphene OS to have it crashed everytime it opens. Plus, @GrapheneOS is busy doing better things. I hope they won't fix this.

  • dailylovecom
    otani x risa (@dailylovecom) reported

    Hi everyone! unfortunately I’m going through some financial difficulties due to personal issues and am struggling to make ends meet. bc of this I’m reaching out to ask for your help. If you have some spare cash and would like to assist me, I’m leaving my PayPal and Pix details 👇

  • axiatechie
    Axia (@axiatechie) reported

    If someone hacks your Gmail, they don't need your passwords. They can reset everything. Bank. Instagram. Apple ID. Crypto. PayPal. Password manager. Your Gmail isn't email. It's the master key to your entire life. Here's how to lock it down in 10 minutes: 🧵

  • popodysseytour
    mel (@popodysseytour) reported

    @cccatalina_ dw i figured once i got the whole spiel about their paypal not working lol

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