Paypal status: access issues and outage reports
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Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, errors and website down.
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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.
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.
July 28: Problems at Paypal
Paypal is having issues since 10:20 AM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!
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%)
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The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Isola Maggiore
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Errors | 13 hours ago |
 Schmallenberg
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Errors | 1 day ago |
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Berlin
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Sign in | 6 days ago |
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Kirchberg
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Sign in | 6 days ago |
 Nantes
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Errors | 7 days ago |
 Vícar
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Errors | 7 days ago |
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Paypal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Luther Vandraws (@FaisonctArt) reportedOh this had been an issue for years, and it’s not just for the lack of business permit. I think I’ve only seen one case where the person was able to get access back to their money. Also stop using PayPal as a temporary bank.
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Mercer Romeo Furcer Ulcer Cluscer Kilo Uniform (@vault_cleaner) reported@CambionKami @NamesakeGeodite oh now you've done it. all the "all characters are +18 and why did my paypal and patreon get closed down?" are going to be very upset with you stating basic logic.
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Shadowriver@VRC (@ShadowriverVR) reportedMy number 1 advice to anyone doing service (commissions counts as service) or selling things (aka running business), first thing you should absolutely do is check your local laws and regulation regarding earning money yourself (aka running business, but not only that, patrion and gifts too, and selling things you own), every country has those (taxes is how counties is keep things running), because if you not following them, paypal closing your account is least thing that can go bad for you, actual banks are even under more stricter rules then that and public institutions find about about they be knocking to your doors. PayPal is not doing it to upset you, they do that because they would be in big trouble if they didn't do it. I heared a lot of stories like that even when i was in school, people getting to trouble because they started selling things, because lot of them are not aware of those because if you have normal work, lot of those obligations and dealing with this stuff usually falls down to your employer (atleast that they case in Poland). And yes it sucks, in most cases is reason why business owners and corporationare more angry about taxes and law changes, then most people are because they the one who usually need to deal with it for you when they employ you and you don't never see money was taken from you... welcome to this side of world, now you know why they are so on edge. Business is always a risk and it comes with extra obligations and costs, if you plan to do it you need to make sure you on stable ground and plan things ahead, make sure what you doing let you effort it before going all out. Even if laws don't make you pay taxes, in most cases you likely required to at least raport income anyway, even you not running business. This also means check licences and ToS of services you using to run business and anything commercial, because if you do business there usually different rules on those for you then of using those products and services.
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🇵🇪 Andino Skb 🎉 COMMS OPEN (3/10) 🎊 (@Andino_SKB) reported@pnkplasticfangs The "license" argument is a smokescreen. It distracts from the real issue: PayPal demands we act like legitimate businesses to charge us fees and withhold taxes, while denying us transparency and fair process. 🧵👇
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Monitor SEC Filings (@sec_filings_bot) reported📄 $PYPL · EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS - PayPal Holdings, Inc. PayPal raised FY2026 non-GAAP EPS guidance to ~$5.38 from "low-single digit decline to slightly positive" while Q2 non-GAAP EPS fell 1% YoY to $1.38. 📊 Rev $8.7B (+5%) · Adj. EPS $1.38 (-1% (non-GAAP)) · NI $1.1B · Op margin 16.4% (GAAP) 🟢 Beat Estimates · EPS $1.38 vs $1.28 est 🔷 Revenue $8.7B (+5% YoY), TPV $486.4B (+10% YoY) 🔷 Non-GAAP operating margin contracted 248 bps to 17.4% 🔷 GAAP operating income fell 5% to $1.4B; non-GAAP operating income fell 8% 🔷 FY2026 non-GAAP EPS guidance raised to ~$5.38 from prior low-single digit decline to slightly positive 🟡 Market reaction: Extended-hours trading shows PYPL at $55.30, down 1.37% vs the regular close of $56.07. The guidance raise is being overshadowed by margin compression, non-GAAP operating margin fell 248 bps, and the Q3 outlook for low-single digit EPS declines. 👀 Watch: Q3 2026 guidance calls for low-single digit decline in both GAAP and non-GAAP EPS, watch whether transformation costs compress margins further.
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Mr. Eagleman (@MisterEagleman) reported@pnkplasticfangs Also for the original post, given they're from the Philippines I have to assume there's some different laws and rules with how Paypal is allowed to operate, so I imagine this might not be as common of an issue for people operating Paypal in other regions
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Gojo Maduro 諸葛亮 (@kungfurykong) reportedWhat Would Happen If Elon Musk Had Been Born in China? This is Mr. Ma, a barbecue chef at a restaurant in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province. Because he looks strikingly like Elon Musk, a customer took his photo and uploaded it online, unexpectedly making him famous. He said that over the past two days, more than a dozen people have asked to take photos with him, while several others have approached him about possible collaborations. In fact, there have long been many discussions on the Chinese internet about what would have happened if Elon Musk had been born in China. One fairly representative article argued: "Let us suppose that, in 1971, twenty people with the same potential as Elon Musk were also born into ordinary Chinese families. "If they were fascinated by science and technology, the most they could probably do would be to join an extracurricular hobby group at a children’s activity center and build model airplanes. "In 1981, a computer cost tens of thousands of yuan. There was absolutely no way an ordinary Chinese family could afford one. "It would not be until the 1990s that they might finally get access to computers in a school computer lab, where one hour of use could cost about as much as an entire meal. "But students had to attend morning reading sessions every day and evening self-study classes at night. Where would they find the time to learn programming? "Besides, what if they spent all their time messing around with these 'useless' things and then failed to get into a good university? 'A mild-tempered father might patiently lecture them: 'Focus on your studies. Stop wasting your time on improper pursuits,' until they finally gave up on their own. "A bad-tempered father would simply confiscate everything. If they dared to argue, he would grab something and beat them. "From the first grade onward, they would have to devote all their energy to exam scores. Otherwise, they might not even make it into university. "By the time they finally entered college, all their sharp edges would have been worn away. They would have been molded into conformity and would have had almost no chance of becoming another Elon Musk. "If Musk had been placed in China, his life would probably have followed a path like this: "No one would have paid for software like Zip2, an online city-guide and business-directory platform. Lenovo would not have acquired it. It would have ended up like Zhang Xiaolong’s Foxmail: users would simply use pirated copies. "Have you ever seen Lenovo pay a huge amount of money to acquire independently developed personal-computer software? "So Musk would probably have starved to death at the age of 28 and gone to meet Karl Marx. "Suppose he somehow survived until the age of 31 and developed a payment platform like PayPal. The major Chinese internet giants—Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent—could simply copy it. Why would anyone pay to acquire his company? "Have you ever seen BAT pay an enormous price to acquire an internet application developed by an individual entrepreneur? Investors would know that his product would be copied, so they would refuse to fund him from the very beginning. This time, he would definitely be finished. "Even if BAT did not copy him, could Musk manage the necessary connections? Could he obtain the required licenses? "Those are not things an ordinary person can easily secure, as everyone understands. "Operating such a business without a license would be illegal. In the best-case scenario, the authorities would order him to shut down. In a more serious case, they might accuse him of illegal fundraising, and Musk could end up spending the rest of his life in prison. "Even if he successfully built PayPal and had more than a billion yuan in his hands, could he establish a company like SpaceX? "That is the domain of the state-owned aerospace corporations. "Even if he somehow obtained permission to enter the industry, no one would provide him with the necessary components or support. "If one private individual were allowed to accomplish all that, where would it leave the millions of people working within China’s state aerospace system? "I guess that, had Musk been born in China, the best possible outcome for him would have resembled Zhang Xiaolong’s career path: working for someone who had the connections and qualifications needed to obtain the necessary licenses."
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J0e_Le || COMMS OPEN(0/2) (@j0e_le) reportedissue are always the one to bring this statement down. It kinda comes of as priviliged considering some people's actually genuine livelihoods rely on that money in paypal, it's just that it either gets flagged before people can even move it to their banks / local e-commerce apps
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😑alyshia⁷ seen skz ₈ ࣪🐺 (@alyshia_2001) reported@dimpledormlover I had the issue with PayPal so I just use my card instead and it worked
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GaryLaserFren (@GaryLaserFren) reported@socialepidopta @unvarnishedvoid Oh, its totally plausible. My issue stems from that shouldn't be on the payment processor to enforce, investigate or handle. If they are tax evading, that's on his government to investigate, get warrants and get court orders to shut down his PayPal / accounts.
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Scythe | Commissions Closed link Bio (@NamesakeGeodite) reportedNow that I posted that edited screenshot, business owners with permits, artists who use PayPal, and people with over 20k in their PayPal balances have started sharing that they've experienced the same thing. This was never just a "tax fraud" issue, it’s a PayPal issue.
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Donald J. Narukami (@cl0udsea) reportedLeaving your money in PayPal is a terrible choice
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Nisha 🌷 (@FreenLover) reported@freendomvn92 Hi, I'm having trouble trying to donate on wise and PayPal. It's asking for an address?
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Lenny (@LennyOnTrack) reported$PYPL has broken my red Zone which means that the bottom is in and we see the next Impulse. Are you invested in PayPal?
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Flesh Forge (@Flesh_Forge) reported@bruhshark @hafuma Problem is, Many clients pay only to paypal and nothing else.
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WeirdPopeArts (@PopeWeird) reported@bubblegum711971 There's other apps out there, they're just not as popular because of how mainstream PayPal is Never stop making cool content though bro, don't let the bastards grind you down ✊
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Alexander_Draws - Commissions Are OPEN! ✏️ (@Alexander_Draws) reported@KrimaDraws DUDE! You got laid off, too!? I lost my job of six years about three weeks ago. The fact that PayPal is implementing this change is just terrible timing. I recommend using Cash App, Zelle, Buy-Stripe and possibly Wise.
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Dragin Hikari🟦🟩| the Neorai Legacy (@DraginHikari) reported@kierancore @TIELENAHLFAN That's sort of the issue, PayPal has it's success because it's basically managed to deal with the massive wall of red tape that is international money transfer which is why most competitors always feel more restrictive because navigating this field is generally a nightmare.
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Club ***** (@TheClubVixen) reported@MusingsOfYouth @hafuma No I'm afraid you're retarded. One. Paypal releases all money to your registered bank account or mails you a check after 6 months of account closure. But two. No, if you run a buisness, and make $600 or more especially, and don't put in your ssn as a buisness account its a legal issue not tos.
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Maidoo (@NotAMinuteMaid) reportedLmao. Have same problem but after payment for an asset 👌👌 thanks God I not use PayPal as Bank.
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✯ PESSI ✯ (@plastiktubes) reporteddoes anybody else have issues with paypal not letting them deposit to a bank account with money on a business profile or does mine just hate me
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Shadowriver@VRC (@ShadowriverVR) reportedMy number 1 advice to anyone doing service (commissions counts as service) or selling things (aka running business), first thing you should absolutely do is check your local laws and regulation regarding earning money yourself (aka running business, but not only that, patrion and gifts too, and selling things you own), every country has those (taxes is how counties is keep things running), because if you not following them, paypal closing your account is least thing that can go bad for you, actual banks are even under more stricter rules then that and public institutions find about about they be knocking to your doors. PayPal is not doing it to upset you, they do that because they would be in big trouble if they didn't do it. I heared a lot of stories like that even when i was in school, people getting to trouble because they started selling things, because lot of them are not aware of those because if you have normal work, lot of those obligations and dealing with this stuff usually falls down to your employer (atleast that they case in Poland). And yes it sucks, in most cases is reason why business owners and corporationare more angry about taxes and law changes, then most people are because they the one who usually need to deal with it for you when they employ you and you don't never see money was taken from you... welcome to this side of world, now you know why they are so on edge. Business is always a risk and it comes with extra obligations and costs, if you plan to do it you need to make sure you on stable ground and plan things ahead, make sure what you doing let you effort it before going all out. Even if laws don't make you pay taxes, in most cases you likely required to at least raport income anyway, even you not running business. This also means check licences and ToS of services you using to run business and anything commercial, because if you do business there usually different rules on those for you then of using those products and services. Also in case of PayPal, if you being payed for service make sure your client pick payment service not family and friends, or send them paypal invoice which is safest option as it does that automaticly. PayPal requires you to pay them fee for using there services for commercial use, they will ban you if they find out you avoid that. Again if you run business, rules may be different for you.
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mateus (@matgarciaaa) reported@AskPayPal I received a payment from a buyer, but I noticed a possible issue with the shipping address. The buyer contacted me through Facebook and told me that the item should be shipped to his friend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, the PayPal transaction shows a shipping address
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Sumi 🗡️💚 || VTuber (@nekoasumi) reported@pnkplasticfangs Its the Philippines and paypal just looks down on us cus they dont know our laws 😔 taxes dont work unless you make at least 250k a year
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Entropy (@entropy11) reported@JoshQuake @NamesakeGeodite Leaving as much as a penny in paypal is asking for trouble.
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F-Sonic (@fsonic3) reported@NecturBee I have no idea, but people need to stop scaremongering people about paypal. It has its issues for sure, but for some it's still the best option out there.
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Zed 🎭 Comms Open (@Cmndr__zed) reported@dearpetangel Half the issues I see are dumbasses storing more than 150 USD in PayPal. Even the smallest comm I immediately take out
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Club ***** (@TheClubVixen) reported@NamesakeGeodite 99% of people's issues with paypal is just them not knowing the law. Like you would need to to choose not to be a sole proprietor, and instead be another business type. If you choose that then yes you need the legal info regarding it.
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@CXTM COMMS OPEN!! (1/3) (@Chixyart) reported@pnkplasticfangs cool, so what about giving people a damn other option to "accept donations" since we can't use paypal, bcs that's the whole issue, how are me or any other artist getting money from all over the world when there is like 1 big app that does that?
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The_Bullvestor (@BullishWhisper) reportedPayPal beats. Raises. Executes. Stock still down. That’s not a fundamentals problem… that’s a trust problem. Who’s still buying $PYPL here?