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Can a UK paypal account add a USA bank account? I'm not asking because I sell vba's... I'm asking because I want to know if a UK account can withdraw funds to a USA account even with losing a little bit in the currency exchange.

^ I don't think it's doable, I tried to add a EU bank account on a US selling marketplace and it didn't worked. But maybe you are asking because UK and USA bank accounts share similarities.

You can have a US bank account on every country PayPal as far as I know. You should be able to add a US bank account to any PayPal account regardless of country; it's just adding a foreign non-US bank account to a PayPal account (e.g., European PayPal and Asian bank account) that is not possible.

The UK PayPal, US bank account combiniation is definitely possible.

Lets say the UK paypal is in GBP, and you add a US bank... the money shows up in USA dollars? I'm assuming there is a hit from the currency exchange.

Guys, I am fairly sure that you can only add UK bank accounts to UK paypals.

If it was allowed the US sellers would be inundated with requests for VBAs.

I would really like to be incorrect on this but I don't think I am - sorry. :(

it would be easy to find out 100% if someone could provide a fee USA VBA

done. One free vba to a trusted UK fellow. Who wants to give it a shot? (mine are instant verify only....)

Not sure about the whole trusted u.k fellow bit but I'm in a position to test this now

Shoot me a pm if you want.

ive got some accounts that id give one a try to for experimental purposes and for elimination

Pm's sent.

This is correct but does not contradict what I wrote? I said that the only banks that should work for every country are US bank accounts.

Edit: The VBA has been tried on UK accounts before, so do not waste your time. It did not work ufortunately. Only for US/Canada.

Instant vba doesn't work, but micro deposits do you mean?

I wasn't trying to contradict anything you've said. If I was I would have quoted something you had posted.

You do like to make your point, don't you. Geez.:rolleyes:

well they can be added as a second account on a pp business 100%
and from what i understand personal too.

Interesting.... will it work if there is no bank account at all?

Guys, just the facts.... leave the egos at home. It's a forum. It's about disagreement and productivity. I think we've learned a lot so far ;)

im not sure, need to create a fresh PP for that, i just know it CAN be added as a second account, there is a drop down option, u.k or usa.

Select USA and it give you other box for routing number.

Just add everything , job done.

Apparently I've reached my limit for pm's. I can respond, but I can't write a new one :)

I'd like to know if it can be added where there is no bank account present, and if so does it become verified... I'll send you another one if you'd like to try.

Is a "current" account in the UK the same as a "checking" account in the USA?

It looks like I read your post wrong and you did indeed contradict me... as you say that UK PayPals should work with only UK banks. Which is not true. The VBA will not work but regular banks will. And the "tone" of your "Guys, I'm fairly certain [...]" post suggested that you were telling us something other than that which was said already... i.e., contrary to what had been posted previously.

And you surely seem to enjoy aggravating people. Geez. :rolleyes:


Edit: Yes, current accounts and checking accounts are evquivalent in their respective countries.

TizWoz just confirmed the VBA does work. I use real bank accounts... they're just not open for long. Paypal can't foresee that. Do you mean instant verification doesn't work?


Please stop responding to the bickering.... it's not helping anything.

Do you know if they can be added to new accounts or not.

Do you know if you can accept the two micros ?

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First Edition

If you send me another one over i will get on it tomorrow with a new PP.


Whats the shelf life of these vba ?

Cannot use micro deposits... sorry. The shelf life is what I dictate, usually 24 hours. I would be hard pressed to risk the account being open for longer.

I can test one, it has been tested before by a few other vba sellers I enquired with but yours may be different

but send me one if you want me to try on UK

I also have euro accs, if you want to test on one of them...as previously said almost all sites accept domestic and usa banks

if your vbas actually verify UK paypal and they last, you will really be on to something F.E

current = checking

I have tried this First Ed.

US bank account WILL work for UK pp but NOT to verify.

UK pp MUST be verified by UK bank.

AFTER verification, you can add US bank and withdraw.

You will lose quite a bit on exchange since pp SUX with their rate.

Instaverify bank (US) has no use for verification...can only use to withdraw AFTER verification IF you have acct no., transit, etc. info.

All the best.

Good informative post rsot - cheers.

What was the reason yours failed

I think FE will work if he does it himself.

there are other way's to deal with exchange rate if you have international bnk account, if you add as second account and withdraw.
International Current Account

No wonder myths arise when posts are inaccurate.:nono:

You have not looked at paypal correctly OR closely. It is not possible to add a US bank account ,as you suggest, to any country .US Bank laws prevent this.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/we...ntries-outside

paypal UK allows attachment of a US bank account for withdrawal purposes most of the time. Never has worked for verification in all the years I've been on this forum.

Now, the above URL is different from one that was on paypal at the start of the year. Both UK & Australia were on the list of countries that allowed US bank accounts. Now they are not. But my accounts with US bank accounts still function for transfers. :juggle:

I've had two users independently add a US bank account to a UK account today. This is not a myth.

We're past that... right now, we're trying to figure out if a UK account must be added first before this is an option. You can add a US bank account to a UK paypal account for withdrawal purposes. On those two accounts, there was already an existing bank account. I believe you can add a US bank account to any paypal account in the world for withdrawal purposes only. You can do it with UK, and with Canada accounts. Maybe there are a few exceptions.. I don't know. I'm curious to try with AUS and Chinese accounts.

Subscribing with interest folks :ranger:

Not been able to do a fresh account today, ive been too busy.

i think i have a little time later on, so will give it a go then.

Like I was saying - you can add US bank account to withdraw - F.Ed knows this.

The problem is when you go on UK pp to use a bank to VERIFY...only option is bank account with sort code...so unless you have a US bank account with sort code, there is no other option :(

I didn't know that before the thread :)

Complication is the SEARCH facility is non-specific to obtain such info if a user does not know the topic has been discussed.

Using GOOGLE on the SEARCH box gives info.

:juggle:

I think A LOT of users didn't know this before the thread. How specifically should I search for a very vague and little talked about thread? Come on meow.... I think all those who participated learned quite a bit. Would you like to give it a shot for Aussie paypals?

I have explored UK pp with couple of users in the past - AUS pp I have not.

GB is right... it does say on paypal's site you can do this for any country... but paypal also says you can use their service to send money and they make it seem like it's without issues. :pound:

Try this search, oh mighty know all One :cheer:


Go to SEARCH box.

Use the google box

type this US bank account to UK paypal

Info was there that might have been of benefit


We'll avoid the word assume though:boink:


What's about Australian paypals?

I'd like to know if this works for other countries, such as Australia...

No real point testing on a new account, rsot have confirmed what we discussed in email in regard only been able to withdraw, the thing i couldn't figure out was why but he has answered that unless things have changed in the last year.

You can add a USA bank account to a UK paypal that doesn't have a UK bank account attached?