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Can't add bank account to business paypal
 

I just upgraded my personal paypal to a business account.

I am trying to add a bankaccount to my paypal now. I always get the error "wrong account number". It says the account number needs to be between 1 and 16 characters. Where I live account numbers are also IBAN numbers. And an IBAN number is 21 characters/numbers long.

Somewhere I read you can't add a personal bank account to a business paypal, but it didn't ask for any name on the bank account yet.

Anybody had the same problem? thanks

Which pp website - UK or is it .CH?

paypal has had issues all week with users adding bank accounts as you said.

It is also sometimes difficult to get the correct codes off a Swiss account.

You may need to get paypal themselves to add the account manually.

Can you confirm the country please?

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hi, thanks for the replies.

the country is switzerland. just checked my credit card which I have also registered with pp. The CC has a 16 character account number. Also took a look at another debit card I have and this card shows an account number different from the IBAN number.

I think I'll have to call my bank on monday and ask what the correct account number is. I don't think it's pp's fault since my number just exceeds their 16 character limit.

I have seen this issue with this before.

that IBAN and sometimes the SWIFT numbers make it hard to determine which to use.
It may even turn out to be a slightly different number that you would have no chance of recognising until the bank tells you.

Please let us know the outcome.
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just found some documentation on the website of my bank.

the IBAN looks like this CH31 8123 9000 0012 4568 9

CH = is the country code
31 = is the bank code
81239 is the clearing number of the bank
000 0012 4568 9 = is the account number of the individual

I will try to enter these details in pp tomorrow. I hope they'll accept it because I read somewhere you need a business bank account (in the name of the business) for a business paypal account (matching names).

I'll update you tomorrow.

ok, I was able to add my bank account when I only entered the part of the IBAN which obviously resembles the account number.

Don't know why they don't accept the IBAN, because it has much more information to make a successful transaktion. Now they only have the name of my bank and my account number. good luck pp on making a transaktion.

As GB stated, paypal have be having some glitches - are you doing the 2 step deposit to verify? Hope they go through - let the forum know please.

How to I make this "2 step deposit"? I thought paypal does this automatically. It doesn't say anywhere verify account or something like that. under "status" it just says "Primary".

But the company name I entered in paypal does not match the name of my bank account because it is my personal name. Does that matter? do they notice this?

It's a simple reason, nico.

Swiss banking is far better than other banks elsewhere in the world.

As you found, the info on a Swiss bank account is much more useful. Other countries simplified their system with disadvantages.

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ps, name difference should not be deteced.

PP wont know unless you tell them. Money should go into the bank account regardless of name.