New bank account, how much of the post code do pay pal check

[doyle77]

Hi, everyone
just about to make a stealth account, I'm just like you guys who got limited for no fault of my own and i wonder if you can help.
I've heard that paypal need to see your bank account with the same zip code as your made up address, would that mean, (living in the UK) i would have to make an address that was on the same street as mine? to link with my new bank account? or do they only look at the first 3 digits? which would give me an easier time in making an address up.

[elmo]

You just add a UK sort / bank account no. No need to worry about bank address

Make sure to research and use a bank that works well with mismatching names

[JamesNorth101]

They don't match the address with the bank account

Its worth avoiding Lloyds and TSB though

Other high street banks are OK though

[doyle77]

thank you guys ill get on it, I've literally been without paypal for 4 ish years, resorting to my mates helping me out with processing payments, really annoying

First of all, not body can verify your bank account number matches your address except your bank.

Companies can check your debit card matches though.

Use EntroPay or another VCC for your debit card and your bank account will be fine as long as it's not Lloyds or TSB.

It is more common that they check the two numbers rather than first three digits.

Example

AB1 2CD

could be changed to

EF1 2GH

I'm not saying that PayPal do that, because I don't know. I'm just saying you're more likely to get away with it.

[doyle77]

Thank you, I think I'm going to go for a natwest account see how that goes.