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Paypal only need a valid routing number and account number.

I'm surprised how many ppl keep asking this..

hey guys remember this is not a US paypal account its a australian paypal account. in australia paypal can see the account holders name. so the only way to solve this problem is to open a US bank account with etrade. it should be a complete investment account. or if you can find a debit card that has a US bank account attach to it.

You do not need to do that with paypal australia. Make the paypal account a premier or business account and the problem is solved.

yeh but in australia paypal still needs the name of the accoutn holder to make a deposit. not having the account holders name for bank deposits or transfer is impossible

Has paypal australia told you that? Did you speak to them to be told that? This is different from what I have been told.

i asked my bank and they said yes paypal can see your name if they make a deposit to your account. man if i could verify my bank account with paypal without a name i would have done it by now and not researching the whole web and asking all these banks if i could apply for a US bank account. trust me on this in australia its impossible to deposit,withdraw or transfers funds without the bank accounts name. this is what you need to to make a transfer

*bank name
*account holders name
*bsb(branch number)
*account number

if you want proof i can send you a screenshot of my trying to make a transfer on netbank and it says "Account name" is required

Which Bank
 

OK. CBA have told you this? That figures. They do everything by the banking
book. What they have said is BS. Yes, 'they like' an account name, a BSB &
account number. BUT for their system to receive money the BSB number & account number are what matters.
So, using netbank (online?) you can do a transaction with any name you like
to real bank details.paypal will take those bank details/numbers and raise a
credit voucher for the two amounts. They look at the numbers. They try to make you think they do not. The bank says much the same. When you use
netbank, there is a statement from them they take no responsibility of name &
account number being correct. AND here's the catch.(in your favor)... since
the account numbers are correct, the deposits should allow verification.

well paypal still won't allow you to process with the deposits unless you entered the account holders name

the name for paypal only needs to match the ebay name.

hmm so what you are telling me is that i can put say a ⊗⊗⊗⊗ name for paypal deposits? and not worry about my bank not accepting deposit coz of the different names?

Yes. I do exactly that: I only make sure that the BSB number is correct. I make sure that the account number is correct. Those two correct are what you need for paypal australia to verify you.

The deposit goes through a clearing house. Everything there, a credit
to an account or a debit from account goes on numbers. The numbers
must be correct, that is all. OK, sometimes there might be a problem
but 99.9% paypal credits the account by the numbers only.

OMFG WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THIS I HAVE WASTED SOO MUCH TIME LIKE 3 MONTHS LOOKING FOR DEBIT CARDS WITH US BANK ACCOUNTS, CALLING BANKS TO APPLY FOR US BANK ACCOUNTS THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR TELLING ME THIS IT WILL SAVE ME SOO MUCH TIME.

(by the way this better work or else ill be upset :( )

If you still need a US account, that is not so hard to do. But that's for another
day.

but you are 100% sure this will work coz i don't want paypal changing me an extra 20 bucks. o by the way you know any US banks that will let you apply for a US bank account part from etrade?

BS bluff from paypal. Ask everyone here who has paypal! BS bluff.
etrade is not quite right for ebay needs. There are better. I will check age
requirements.

ok u better be right or else you owe me 20 bucks :)

Yeah. I had already worked that out! LOL.

Omg It Worked Thanks Greenbean

Can I just verify. If I set up a bopo card in Australia. I could use that to set up an Ebay.uk and Paypal acc?

just make your sure ur bank account number is different to the one u used on your old account

I have a quick question. A couple of days before I got booted off ebay I started entering an old checking account I've had for a couple of years but never really use. I think it has 30.00 in it. I was trying to prepare for this very thing by getting my regular account completely unlinked from paypal. I never verified the account because I just never had time. It certainly isn't linked to ebay selling. Could I use this account to open the new account with paypal and ebay? If it was never verified previously, I mean? I could now enter it as my primary and act as if I were a new account and verify it for paypal. Would that work?

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