Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

• Sign in (42%)
• Errors (36%)
• Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Boulogne-Billancourt	Errors	7 hours ago
Cublize	Website Down	9 hours ago
Rieux	Sign in	11 hours ago
Abscon	Errors	17 hours ago
Rouen	Errors	2 days ago
Melbourne	Errors	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Sarah (@tweetsby_sarahh) reported 4 minutes ago

  @StreamKE22 @Vee_moraa @AskPayPal Hey I had the same issue but I installed the old one and it worked .

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  🏳️‍🌈 nøva •_• ⊬ 🌌 ⏭️ ALL POINTS EAST (@blurryjoong) reported 6 minutes ago

  almost couldnt make the purchase cause paypal claimed there was a login (MY LOGIN) from wherever ******** holabird is

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  Priye Ruby Johnson (@PriyerubyJ) reported 10 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hello @AskPayPal. My PayPal account was recently permanently limited because it was reportedly linked to another account with unresolved issues. I believe this may relate to an old account I created years ago but never really used.

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  Aya (@Aya_Research) reported 11 minutes ago

  US indices all closed green last night, but same as ever, the calm tape hid a split market. the hottest name was PayPal: a reported ~$53B takeover bid from Stripe + Advent ($60.50/share) sent it +17% on record volume. the twist everyone's pointing at: "the real prize is Venmo." the coldest corner was AI hardware. Dell led down -9.8% (touched -14% intraday), and SanDisk, Micron, HPE, Supermicro and AAOI (-13%) all got dumped with it. but the selling stayed concentrated in high-beta AI hardware, and mega-caps like Apple and Google masked it, so the Nasdaq still closed green. and the extreme end: Lucid ripped +29% after denying a report it was weighing going private or Chapter 11. Hong Kong ran hot too, Hang Seng +1.4%, Tencent +3.9%, Meituan +5.3%. bottom line: the index looks calm, but underneath the money's swapping seats fast, some chasing buyout targets, some fleeing AI hardware, some betting on a distressed bounce.

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  Joey Kudish (@jkudish) reported 16 minutes ago

  @DegenApeDev @stripe @PayPal Hopefully they fix the PayPal APi and integrations

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  Ahmad (@ismxilahmad) reported 18 minutes ago

  Stripe is planning to buy PayPal, please do it and fix the broken platform

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  Ami-lazar VTuber {FORMER VA} (@Ami_LazarVA) reported 19 minutes ago

  ? fix this.okay i wanted to give send my manager (had to make a new account) money on paypal but even though hes in brazil and still cant after waiting 2 days and needed to used a credit card instead of adding a debit and gets his support request taken down really @PayPal fix it

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  The Illiquidity Premium (@illiquiditypre) reported 23 minutes ago

  New piece on Stripe, Advent, and PayPal. Less about who's buying, more about a question nobody's asking: how does the PE firm get out? (Skip the first 2 sections if you only want to read about the exit problem)

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  Compound248 💰 (@compound248) reported 23 minutes ago

  $PYPL - here is what will actually happen. In a very real sense, it is out management's hands: • PayPal Board receives credible unsolicited offer (from Stripe and Advent); Revlon duty kicks in. • Board immediately engages counsel and investment bank. • Board forms a committee to oversee the situation. • Committee has the i-bank suggest who else could bid. • Mid-process, someone strategically leaks the Stripe bid. This creates a new dynamic: given no large $PYPL anchor owner, the shareholder base quickly begins turning over from "long-term owners" to "event-driven / arb." Those new shareholders aren't looking for a long-term compounder, further pressuring the company to seek a takeout path. • Management and an i-bank work up the "stay independent" plan. Unfortunately, the comps are horrible ($FISV & $GPN), making 3rd-party bids hard to beat, even if you prefer to execute independently. • Conduct an initial IOI process to see if alternative bidders might come in higher than $60.50. They will. • Depending on what comes back, may expand outreach to additional bidder groups. Data room and diligence process become formalized. • Offer is going up from $60.50 to $65, then $68 (or whatever). Stripe probably competes in that range. • Board cannot justify the "stay independent" path. • Bank and committee whittle the bidder group down to a small set of finalists. • Seek "best and final" (sometimes more than once!). • Announce a deal anywhere from $60.50 to $70+. • Game over. I'm not saying that PayPal cannot stay independent and public; it could. I am saying it likely won't stay independent and public. If you don't have an anchor owner who can stand up to the dual forces of Revlon + Event-Driven shareholders, the momentum of the "process" takes over and makes it very difficult to say no to a credible offer at a premium. The die is already cast.

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  VX27 (@ValhallaX27) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Wario64 For anyone looking to make any last minute purchases on the PS3 before its store closes down you need to redeem digital codes. You can no longer use your credit cards, paypal, etc. for the PS3 store.

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  peter parker (@arianagrandluva) reported 26 minutes ago

  having my first experience with paypal and im tweaking out so hard. i'd rather be on a phone call with my insurance company rn. terrible terrible app.

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  PooPants69 (@Pants69Poo80670) reported 27 minutes ago

  @pokemondealsuk So Argos took payment but said they cancelled the order. Now when I try enter my bank details to order it just says theyre having trouble with debit/credit cards and Paypal. Do you think my order might have gone through and its stopping me buying multiple?

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  Slick 斯利克 (@PupperSlick) reported 29 minutes ago

  @pokemondealsuk Got it. PayPal said it went through, then app said payment failed. Now shows in my orders. Argos app is so broken, but a slightly better broken than before lol

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  Galapagos aluminum sun chalices. Richat vimana (@Aacaragea1) reported 30 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal The script does turn off repair mode because I deemed it to be a stupid gimmick that probably creates a security problem so I had to factory reset

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  Lux/Second Paul/Seed of the Morning Star (@winnethsouls) reported 30 minutes ago

  If anyone can, right now I'm not receiving my disability check but hoping for it to be approved before August, this won't be an issue anymore asking for help But right now I need to replace some shoes. Found a pair slightly under $33 PayPal luxord89 C@sh App $lovesvictory

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  BitcoinSafari /Education & Developers Program (@BitcoinSafariTZ) reported 30 minutes ago

  Earning Bitcoin Through Freelance Work: Why It Matters And Why Platforms Like Bitlance Are Building The Future Of Work The internet promised us borderless work. For a long time it only delivered half the promise. You could find a client in Berlin, Lagos, or Buenos Aires from your laptop in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania 🇹🇿. But when it came time to get paid, borders came back with a vengeance. Bank wires that take 5 days. PayPal accounts that get frozen. 8% platform fees. Currency conversion losses. Minimum withdrawal thresholds that make small gigs pointless. That is why earning Bitcoin through freelance work matters. And it is why platforms built specifically for it, like Bitlance, are not just another crypto app. They are infrastructure. Here is the full picture briefly 1. Freelance work has already won, but the payment rails lost In 2026, over 40% of the global workforce does some form of freelance, contract, or gig work. Companies stopped hiring for every role full time. Creators, designers, developers, writers, marketers, editors, translators, data annotators... everyone is unbundling their skills and selling them directly. The problem is that the money still moves like it is 1998. If you are a freelancer outside the US and EU, you know the friction: High fees: Upwork takes 10%. PayPal takes 4% plus a currency spread. Wise is better but still 1-3%. For a $200 job, you can easily lose $20-$30 before the money lands. Slow settlement: 2-7 business days is normal. If your rent is due Friday, that is a problem. Account risk: Platforms ban accounts with little explanation. Payment processors freeze funds for "review" for 180 days. Currency volatility: If you invoice in USD but your local currency drops 10% this month, your purchasing power evaporates. Access barriers: Millions of skilled people cannot even get a PayPal account, or cannot receive international wires without a US bank. So we have this weird situation. The work is global and instant. The payment is local, slow, and expensive. 2. Why Bitcoin specifically, not just "crypto" People hear "crypto" and think of trading and memes. For freelancers, Bitcoin solves three very concrete problems that no other payment method solves well together. A. It is borderless by design A Bitcoin payment does not care what country you are in. It does not need a correspondent bank. It does not need you to have a US LLC. If you have an internet connection and a wallet, you can receive value from anyone, anywhere. For a freelancer in Tanzania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Venezuela, or rural Philippines, that is the difference between being able to work globally or not. B. It is final and censorship-resistant Once a Bitcoin transaction confirms, it cannot be reversed. No chargebacks. No platform can freeze your balance because of an automated risk flag. No government can block a payment because it is "unauthorized". For freelancers who have had $1,200 disappear for 6 months during a dispute, finality matters. C. It is programmable savings Getting paid in Bitcoin is not just about spending. It is about opting out of local inflation. In many economies, holding local currency for 30 days means losing 2-5% of value. Bitcoin is volatile week to week, but over 4year cycles it has been the best performing asset for preserving and growing purchasing power. When you get paid in BTC, you are getting paid and saving at the same time. Other stablecoins solve the volatility problem, and that is useful too. But Bitcoin solves the sovereignty problem. You do not need permission from a bank, a platform, or a government to hold it. 3. The freelance + Bitcoin combination creates new economic behavior When you put these two together, things change in ways that are not obvious at first.

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  Delores S (@SwansonDel3782) reported 36 minutes ago

  WTS FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 TICKETS I’m selling my tickets for spain 🇪🇸 VS Argentina 🇦🇷 final 2026 World Cup march for July 18 . I could not make it due to error on my flight schedule. Kindly message if you’re interested I accept PayPal goods and services

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  Alkana (@Alkanarich) reported 38 minutes ago

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  Macro Alpha (@MacroAlphaHQ) reported 39 minutes ago

  The most humiliating chart in tech just became a private equity target. Retail is cheering a 28 percent premium on $PYPL like its a massive win. They are completely misreading who actually takes the prize here. Look at the slow bleed on the chart before this sudden jump. PayPal was valued at $360 billion back in the 2021 frenzy. Now Stripe and Advent are rolling up with $50 billion in bank financing to buy the entire float for $60.50 a share. The retail crowd is praying this sparks a bidding war. The truth is far funnier. Silicon Valley is buying its own garbage at a discount. A private upstart is swallowing a former giant to control a machine that processes $3.7 trillion in annual payment volume. If you held this all the way down, the market is finally putting you out of your misery. Youre getting forcefully cashed out near the lows.

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  The Road to Success is Under Construction (@IamBalashan1980) reported 40 minutes ago

  @HeyItsMegha @agnomen__ Yes 90% not working may be we don't know exactly in many countries PayPal has linked with banks for personal and business services

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  Cash Slots 777 (@CashSlots777) reported 40 minutes ago

  @brenda_j27769 I understand your PayPal withdrawal keeps being returned to your account. Please provide your Game ID so I can check your account and confirm whether there is an issue with the PayPal channel. Thank you.

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  LogiBob (COMMS CLOSED) (@LogeeBob) reported 42 minutes ago

  comms are temporarily unpublished until i can figure out a better form of payment! having some trouble with paypal at the moment i'll continue to work on any comms that have been bought/requested already, but any new ones wont be accepted at the moment

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  Nicola (@nicolakaye85) reported 44 minutes ago

  @MartinSLewis ...make X Y & Z transactions - exact same script as previous (genuine) call - no I did not. "There's also been an attempted login to PayPal, we will send a code to your email, please read it out to us" - alarm bells, I hung up but on a different day I might have fallen for it.

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  Kinsuke Tenko　天狐きんすけ (@kanegitsuneZero) reported 45 minutes ago

  @belladonaboo @TinyCritterRika Part of the issue is Paypal will sometimes just ban you if they arbitrarily decide they don't approve of the hentai you are drawing.

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  Laguna Computer (@LagunaComputer) reported 46 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Yeah that’s the problem, Ive already turned off email notifications and IPN notifications. That’s why I’m asking here because there is no answer using the help center

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  🌷⛩️ 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐤𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐳 ⛩️🌷 ( Artist ) (@Harukochan_artz) reported 49 minutes ago

  ✧ ── 2 slots open for 30$ YCH - Coffin ::🐈‍⬛🌙 Slot25 :: The client can't pay due to Paypal issue Slot33 :: a client requesting for a refund #ych #commissionㅤ

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  auw (@0xauw) reported 51 minutes ago

  @PayPal You guys are the absolute WORST company/service that I have ever used in my life, complete dogshit. Tell me why is it that if I travel to a different country, I can’t access PayPal pot use it at all, that’s the dumbest **** I have ever seen, what ******** is the point of the internet if you can’t even access it worldwide ? If I want to travel to Spain or USA or Brazil etc, every single country you visit you have to create a completely new account with a need email address and details just so you can use PayPal, no wonder no one uses this **** service, so outdated and inconvenient, genuinely how ******** are you retards still in business, dumb ***** fix your **** retards, make it more user friendly

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  Just2Trade (@Just2Trade) reported 51 minutes ago

  $PYPL is surging +17.2% today on explosive M&A news: Stripe and Advent International have made a joint $53 billion takeover bid for PayPal Holdings — valuing shares at roughly $60.50. X user @gurgavin (461.6K followers) argues the board should reject the offer, pointing out PayPal earns $5B+ annually, buys back 7% of shares yearly, and traded at just 9x earnings *before* the news. His take: $75 is the bare minimum, and a bidding war may be coming. Network Consensus Forecast: Analysts: 2 Buy / 31 Hold / 0 Sell, target $48.75. AI targets: 1-month $46.38, 3-month $37.78. Technicals: RSI bullish recovery, MACD bullish — though the broader trend remains down and flat.

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  Podcast Alpha (@PodcastAlphaX) reported 54 minutes ago

  Chamath @chamath: the Stripe-PayPal bid is a shot across the bow for $V and $MA. That is the line that matters. The ~$60-per-share offer for PayPal is not really about PayPal. It is an attack on the card duopoly the market treats as untouchable. Here is the build. Stripe, Block ($XYZ), and Advent combine PayPal's 400-million-plus accounts with Stripe's roughly $2 trillion in payment volume and its risk and stablecoin stack. Sacks @DavidSacks sharpens the point: that scale enables far more **"on-us" transactions**, payments that settle inside the combined network and bypass Visa and Mastercard entirely. Every on-us transaction is interchange the networks never collect. The antitrust question turns on definition - call it merchant APIs and it is Stripe versus Braintree, blocked. Call it the card duopoly and it is pro-competitive. The consensus this cuts against: Visa and Mastercard trade as forever-compounders with an unbreakable toll on every swipe. Bill Gurley @bgurley made the same argument we heard here in June, that Visa's moat is "unjustified" and priced as if it can never be disrupted. This deal is the first credible disruption vector, not a PowerPoint. Implication: this is a slow-burn short-bias thesis on $V and $MA interchange, not a same-week trade. The networks do not lose volume tomorrow. But a vertically integrated rail with 600-to-700 million combined accounts changes the terminal-value story the multiple rests on. If you are long the networks for the moat, the moat just got a named challenger with $2T of volume behind it. Watch the deal's market-definition fight - that ruling decides whether the on-us threat is real or blocked at the starting line.

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  NOVA VENTURES (@NovaVenturesCEO) reported 59 minutes ago

  Pentair was the S&P's worst mover today, down more than 20% after cutting guidance for the second time this year. Buried under PayPal and chip headlines, nobody caught the market's biggest single loss. What else broke quietly under a record close? $PNR #Stocks #Earnings