Paypal no longer accept online bank accounts?

[pennslmmer]

I was trying to add my PNC virtual account and PP rep told me that they are no longer accepting online bank accs. Not sure if this is 100% true because my online TDbank still works fine. So PNC Virtual and Capitalone is done for...

[slokor]

All banks today offer online services so I don't see them blacklisting every single bank out there.
PNC however is a very specific bank and from I am reading its been abused so it might have been blacklisted...

[miketyson]

Maaaaan. I'm currently waiting for my pnc in the mail.

[jeffweico]

I don't know how PayPal would be able to tell the difference between, let's say an online Bank of America account vs. one opened in a branch.

I'm not sure if PNC has something specific in their account numbers here they could tell if one was opened online. I know there are some banks that are EXCLUSIVELY online, and certainly PayPal could ban those.

I wouldn't give up just because of this thread, if you have a PNC bank account, you could still try it. And if they DO ban them, is it really that big of a deal? Bank accounts in the US are easy to get. I'll bet people in the UK WISH they had this problem!

[pennslmmer]

Before I hung up, I had to clarify it with the rep...she said that it would've been fine if I had opened the account in person at a local branch. They just don't accept those virtual accounts from PNC anymore. I just open another online account with a different bank and it worked perfectly.

[jeffweico]

Originally Posted by pennslmmer

Before I hung up, I had to clarify it with the rep...she said that it would've been fine if I had opened the account in person at a local branch. They just don't accept those virtual accounts from PNC anymore. I just open another online account with a different bank and it worked perfectly.

Is there a difference in the routing or account numbers between an account opened at a branch of PNC or a virtual account?

[pennslmmer]

I'm not sure Jeff since these are my first 3 virtual accounts with PNC. The first few numbers for the acc are 569378 and routing # 03110. I'm sure someone should be able to compare these with theirs.

[bjammin]

I agree with Jeff and Slokor. I had just added a VBA last night by confirming instantly with a user ID and password. I had added PNC awhile back, but I actually went into the branch to open the accounts. I do not see how they could do this.

I think you just got a dummy for a rep, or he is lying. PNC is a big bank that PayPal would not be wise in blacklisting.

[plusnet]

PNC is still working i just added one waiting for the small deposits to confirm it.
Maybe they are blocking only in some specific accounts, also a few days ago i added another bank that people are saying that it is blacklisted from paypal but i added it in an old account and it worked just fine.
I am guessing it's happening only with new accounts?

[pennslmmer]

I haven't try the method that Bjammin have mentioned. I'm afraid that they might see my real bank info if I were to confirm it by logging in with a username and password. This is for my stealth account.

[slokor]

They wont see it. They use a third party company to do that verification. It would be illegal for them to look at anything you have not given them permission to look at.

[gamerguy]

**** gets worse and worse by the day. I wonder how things will be, 30 days after the split

[slokor]

Well so far nothing has really changed and if anything people are reporting paypal and ebay are no longer have as much access to each other's info.