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 (45%)
• Errors (34%)
• Website Down (21%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Houdelaincourt	Website Down	7 hours ago
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume	Website Down	1 day ago
Colonia los Sauces	Sign in	2 days ago
Brisbane	Sign in	3 days ago
Northwich	Sign in	3 days ago
Castleford	Sign in	3 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  ♠️♦️Sara♣️♥️ (@sarakinaruno) reported 1 minute ago

  Not working in the EU btw Just stop using paypal

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  OMF (@exolon) reported 2 minutes ago

  @lzsthw Me: "Hey Firefox, open a private window" Firefox: "Ok, restoring your last closed window which is somehow always a PayPal login window. Did you yet again use the Chrome key combo (ctrl-shift-n) instead of the weird Firefox one (ctrl-shift-p)" Me: "Yes."

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  APEXnow (@_APEXnow_) reported 3 minutes ago

  @thinkmoney I do not know what you guys have done, but the recent system update, has broken my ability to add money to any service such as PayPal or pay my credit card. Both trying to use my debit card. This is extemely upsetting because it basically means that I will need to find a different way to add money to these accounts. The problem stems from payment authorisation. Before, it used to show the authorise notification in the Thinkmoney app. It never gets this far now because the Mastercard ID authorisation never completes. I phoned your support line and they said that there is no record on my account of any authorisation. So the problem stems from the service trying to authenticate with Mastercard. Can you please tell me why this system is now broken, and when you plan to resolve it?

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  Grok (@grok) reported 3 minutes ago

  @Uzwzp63636 @AdamAtlas @jevgenijs Yes, that's correct. PayPal and Venmo share dozens of state-issued money transmitter licenses (MTLs) that aren't transferable in a sale. Any buyer would need to apply for new ones (or get change-of-control approvals) state-by-state. It's slow, costly, and approvals aren't automatic—standard hurdle in fintech deals.

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  Soju Berry (@soju_berry_) reported 5 minutes ago

  Been rejected for Paypal pay in 3 AGAIN, I have never had issues before! So annoyed as I want to buy 2 albums but can't afford to pay in full til the 7th! #Paypal

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  koffi of arts | VGEN OPEN (@koffizinhoart) reported 6 minutes ago

  I did manage to fix the issue, seems like the website wasn't taking cards directly but they worked through paypal, so I can go back to work again 😗

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  vodski (@_Roohafza) reported 7 minutes ago

  My PayPal is not working how am I supposed to buy the new bts album 😥😥😥

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  sam (@mindupinpluto) reported 10 minutes ago

  paypal is causing me too many problems i dont think jjorori is happening.. 😭😭😭

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  Framob (@Framob) reported 11 minutes ago

  but no, just kept lying to my face. That's what is frustrating bc you're trying to not get them in trouble, now I've £2200 quid lying unsafe in PayPal. Of course I know some money paid back but I need to know who so I know not fraud bc that's the worry,I have.

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  CT Change (@MichaelBri20884) reported 15 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal You closed my account for no reason! I was just having trouble logging in. I have not used it in 6 months and have 1 transaction in the last year. I wanted start using again for online surveys and you banned my account for no reason

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  FutureTech (@FutureTechie) reported 18 minutes ago

  @GregAbbott_TX @AmyMek Thank you, please also look into the 12 acre Islamist “Excellence Academy” being built in McKinney. They were illegally fundraising for construction through PayPal on their website they took down, which means foreign and non-citizen money is likely paying for the project.

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  Weary Centurion (@weary_centurion) reported 20 minutes ago

  $PYPL This is ultimately why I sold PayPal It wasn’t the valuation it’s because I lost faith in the *** after they axed Alex Chriss Diego Scotti and Michelle Gill were probably the highest achieving execs during Alex’s leadership Diego did amazing things with Venmo and Michelle managed to inflect SMBs back to growth I do not think it’s coincidental that they have departed As time goes on it seems more and more likely PayPal is going to be broken up and sold for parts It will probably work out ok for shareholders but it’s a painful reminder of what PayPal could have been if it was managed correctly and not neglected to the point of deterioration under Schulman I don’t think it would have mattered who the CEO was who took over in 2023, it was destined to fail. Nobody knew the full extent of the damage under the hood I also suspect there is an entrenched corporate culture there which is obstructive towards innovation and meaningful change A real shame

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  Eric Carlson (@theericcarlson) reported 20 minutes ago

  Everyone's talking about fully automating their ad accounts with AI. I think that's a mistake. Here's why. When PayPal was getting destroyed by fraud in the early days, they had a hacker named Igor who kept breaking through. They tried full automation to stop him. It didn't work. Actually caused more problems. So they tested something different. Algorithm plus human. AI flagged the patterns. Humans made the calls. That combination is what eventually became Palantir. One of the biggest AI companies in the world. And they still use that same model today. AI with human workflow. And that makes sense if you think about it. If everyone has access to the same AI tools and everyone automates the same way, that just becomes the floor. The baseline. The minimum. So where does the edge come from? Not from automating everything. From automating the right pinch points and keeping humans in the loop for the decisions that actually matter. I built a creative analysis tool that pulls 90 days of ad data, transcribes videos, generates scene notes, and maps performance to patterns. That used to take 6 hours manually. Now it runs in the background in 15 to 50 minutes. But I still sit down and interpret it. I still make the calls on what to test next. The AI compresses the grunt work. The human finds the alpha. Everyone's racing to remove themselves from the process entirely. I'm racing to stay in it. Just at a higher level.

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  Elliot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🔜CFZ (@SparksReactor) reported 22 minutes ago

  At least for now, I've had to stop paypal at checkout for my online store due to issues with payments that have resulted in three of my orders ending up unpaid :C Loss of stock and income 😭

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  ✏️🌸 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜 🌸✏️🦴 VGEN OPEN COMMS (@mochii_draws) reported 22 minutes ago

  Also, because of a problem that came up with a commission, I'm currently in debt to PayPal, and I need to come up with $90 or they'll freeze my account

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  고양이 (@neyeppeuda) reported 22 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal please check my dm cause your customer service at aplication is not working

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  ♡Emmy♡ (@emmysotis) reported 30 minutes ago

  Wait I heard people are having trouble hiding their personal irl info with business PayPal. Do y’all want help making the invoices not d0xx you?

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  Frontline Ticketing (@FrontlineTicket) reported 31 minutes ago

  @MissNikkiNY This statement is very incorrect thousands of persons purchase daily. You have been using some incorrect information, which was verified via Paypal. This was not a frontline issue.

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  Rob Chappell (@taffygeek) reported 33 minutes ago

  @MateuszKaczysk9 @Acyn France is developing alternatives for its civil service. The EU is already trying to build alternative to Visa/MasterCard and PayPal. With the USA cloud act - reliance on USA platforms is now seen as a security issue

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  Decoplum 🎨 COMMS OPEN ✨ (@decoplum18) reported 33 minutes ago

  Thank you everyone for the suggestions! Thankfully I was able to get my account back and the permanent deactivation has been lifted 🙏 Turns out the issue was with my proof of identity document. I first contacted PayPal customer service through chat, but they couldn’t give me a clear reason or help me appeal it. So I tried reaching out through other methods like calling them directly When I called, they were much more helpful and responsive. They checked why my account got banned, guided me to upload a new document, and about an hour later the restriction was lifted So happy and relieved to have my account back T_T

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  Pebblesgum🐉 (@pebblesgum87) reported 35 minutes ago

  Sent someone an invoice for $1mil as a joke n paypal flagged me down

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  CEO_Vader (@CEO_Vader) reported 36 minutes ago

  @cryptorover I find your lack of payment infrastructure **********… disturbing. In the Empire we call this “proper capital allocation at planetary scale.” Meta just turned 3.56 billion daily users into instant USDC recipients via Stripe. No more slow bank wires. No more PayPal fees. No more legacy inefficiency. Creators get paid in real time. The old financial rails just got optimized out. This is not “crypto adoption.” This is the Empire seizing the creator economy’s entire payment stack. The board approves. The Dark Lord of the P&L has spoken. #CEO_Vader #EmpireEfficiency #DarkSideOfBusiness

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  Byul (@byul_finance) reported 36 minutes ago

  $PYPL $crypto PayPal shares down 15% in 2026; company initiates restructuring amid weak growth and Stripe acquisition speculation

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  The Artbook Collector (@theartbookguy) reported 45 minutes ago

  @kelvintamkt @FuturePress Interesting, I tried mine through both PayPal and by card, using incognito, different browsers, and even a VPN, but it didn't work. A family member did it the exact same way I did and it worked, so we just couldn't figure out why mine was an issue

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  Arcanic (@ARCXNIC) reported 49 minutes ago

  @Drag007_ @mantra_lass @GyaruGlow Ty for confirming that you are dumb, when i said the paypal issue never happen? And yes, the saint video is blatantly crafted and made to support is narrative.

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  Doug Woolley - Payments '𝕏'pert (@dougpayments) reported 50 minutes ago

  @RonColeman @Square @PayPal Yup that's the problem with payfacs - they're just too massive to be able to actually help It's the opposite with a traditional processor. You own your account... Call us, text, whatsapp, email... Think of us like a partner of your business that actually wants you to succeed and help you scale You'll be a lot happier

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  Ƀ (@CryptoChrisG) reported 53 minutes ago

  Poached this tweet: “Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???”

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  vep (@V0IDEYEDPANDA) reported 54 minutes ago

  well i feel pretty stupid trying to grab my IP and login history and all that **** bc paypal just solved my case and gave me all my money back when i woke up

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  𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐈_𝐕𝐓🐾🪶 (@Ciri_VT) reported 55 minutes ago

  @emmysotis I get you, I do. I see what you were trying to do. The issue is that it puts a lot of faith in people already understanding PayPal Business, invoices, taxes, and account setup. Sadly, a lot of creators do not. So when the post is worded as “how to hide your personal information from PayPal invoices using a PayPal Business account,” some people may read that as a privacy hack rather than invoice settings for people already using a business account properly. That is why you got so many comments trying to help or warn people. I do appreciate that you clarified later, genuinely. My concern was just that once a post spreads, not everyone reads the full thread or the replies, and newer creators may walk away with the wrong idea. I personally think you meant no harm at all, truly.

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  Siphesihle (@TSS_RSA) reported 59 minutes ago

  @presh_rabbit FNB literally has PayPal in their app So you don't even need to login via PayPal to do transactions You can do them directly from the FNB app Like withdrawing and depositing