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Paypal Issues Reports

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  sindikitil (@sindikitil) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Cointelegraph Rev up, EPS down. Mixed bag for PayPal.

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  anthonyz.xrp | anthonyzNFT.eth 🍌🍄 (@anthonyzNFT) reported 11 minutes ago

  @moonpay @circle @PayPal I’m down

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  Ryan Flood (@RyanFlood822038) reported 12 minutes ago

  @DrewCouver56 if an A&W in a rural town of 7000 in newfoundland is 90% jetters i promise you its not a staffing issue. its cause they will work whenever and he's paying them less becuase of subsidy. some of them are even straight up getting rupees via paypal deposite

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  Mumo Kimwele (@TheDarkN1ghts) reported 13 minutes ago

  @TrendsetterKE @Safaricom_Care @C_NyaKundiH Nkt. Stop talking out of ignorance, idiot. The opened case is the dispute I filed with PayPal and my exact issue is the pending response from the counterparty which has exceeded the timeline.

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  TheGrindStream (@TheGrindStream) reported 14 minutes ago

  Hey yall. @_CinnamonTea_ is having a tough time as @PayPal is giving her trouble so if anyone can help her buy either commissions or donating money for her event this weekend its very important to her and I wanna help any way i can while paypal fixes their mess up.

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  Scythe | Commissions Closed link Bio (@NamesakeGeodite) reported 14 minutes ago

  Now that I posted that edited screenshot. business owners with permits, artists who use PayPal, and people with over 20k in their PayPal balances have started sharing that they've experienced the same thing. This proves that this was never just a "tax fraud" issue.

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  Priya (@withpriyajain) reported 17 minutes ago

  Every founder and freelancer I work with eventually asks a version of the same question: their first US client is ready to pay, and they have no idea which route gets them the most money. Most default to PayPal because it's the only name they recognize. I used to as well, until I sat down and mapped every way money can move from a foreign client's account to mine. The gap between the worst option and the best one is not small. It's the difference between losing $350 and losing $29 on the same $5,000 invoice. Here's the full map THE RBI-LICENSED PLATFORMS: Skydo, Xflow, Razorpay, Infinity, BriskPe. These hold the RBI's PA-CB license and give you virtual US/UK/EU account details, so your client just sees a normal local transfer on their end. You receive INR at the real mid-market rate. Skydo: $19 flat under $2K, $29 up to $10K, 0.3% above that, plus GST Infinity: 0.5% all-inclusive Razorpay: 1% flat Zero FX markup on all of them, free automatic FIRA The part nobody mentions: these platforms KYC you before you ever receive money. That means the nightmare scenario, funds landing and then getting frozen for months, structurally can't happen. Money sits in RBI-mandated escrow, and if something does go wrong, you have the RBI Ombudsman in your own timezone. WISE AND PAYONEER Wise converts at true mid-market rate for about 1.6-1.8%, and picked up in-principle PA-CB approval in 2025 (limit now ₹25 lakh per invoice). Good if you want multi-currency balances. Payoneer only earns its place through marketplace integrations, Upwork, Fiverr, Amazon. The moment you withdraw to INR you eat a ~2% markup plus a $4 fee under $400. Both can freeze flagged accounts for up to 180 days, and since they're foreign-regulated, the RBI Ombudsman can't help you there. But Payoneer has the option to withdraw your money to the source account if the transaction doesn't go through for any reason. PAYPAL 4.4% + $0.30 transaction fee, 3-4% FX markup on top, 5-8% effective cost. Worst pricing here and the worst freeze record in the industry, with holds reported past seven months and active class-action suits about it. Only use it if the alternative is not getting paid, and withdraw the second it lands. DIRECT SWIFT WIRE Intermediary banks skim $15-30 before it even reaches India. Your bank adds a receiving fee (HDFC ₹200-750, SBI 0.125%). Then a hidden 2-4% FX markup gets baked into the rate. Then 18% GST on the fees. You'll lose ₹1,500-2,500 on a typical transfer and chase the branch for your FIRC yourself. Makes sense for large negotiated volumes, ideally with an EEFC account so you can convert when the rate favors you. STRIPE AND DODO PAYMENTS @stripe India is invite-only and lands at 6%+ once you add conversion and GST, and needs a registered Indian entity. Skip it unless you're a card-led SaaS business. Dodo Payments is a Merchant of Record, like Paddle or Lemon Squeezy, it becomes the legal seller and handles global VAT for you. ~5.5-6%+ effective cost, but that's the price for not filing VAT in 220 countries yourself. Use it for product checkout, never for B2B invoicing. THE US LLC ROUTE (Mercury, Relay, Meow) This is a US-presence play, not a payment rail. All three need a US LLC and EIN first. Free banking, but the money still has to come home, so you'll pay Wise/Skydo/SWIFT fees on top to repatriate. Never actually cheaper. The compliance stack is real too: IRS Form 5472 (miss it, $25,000 penalty), plus Indian FEMA/ODI rules on owning a foreign entity. Worth it only if a US client will exclusively pay by ACH, you need full Stripe access, or you're holding working USD (Meow's ~5% APY makes it the pick there). Most people who go this route could've used Razorpay, Skydo, or Winvesta's virtual US account details instead, without touching an LLC at all. THE THREE THINGS THAT KEEP YOU SAFE, WHATEVER YOU PICK > Get your FIRA every time, it's your proof of export income and keeps GST zero-rated > Register for GST past ₹20 lakh turnover and file a LUT > Use the right purpose code (P0802/P0805 for software and business services), the most common reason payments get flagged is the wrong code None of this needs a registered company except Stripe and the US LLC route. PAN and a savings account get you started everywhere else. Please note: The rates can change day to day across different platforms, check the official website for live rates.

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  joey 🐈‍⬛ (@joeyyyyeoj) reported 18 minutes ago

  does anyone have paypal i’m trying to add £5 towards my chair and idk throne still hates me i have had this problem since may i can only make one payment every few weeks it’s really annoying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s not even my cards fault atp if paypal won’t take my money always LIKE PLEASE LET ME JUST ADD £5

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  Mimi⁷ 💜🥢🔍㉧㉣㉣🔎💮 (@SCEN7BTS) reported 19 minutes ago

  @janawithluv Yep, they tried Apple pay and Zelle first. Said they have issues with PayPal.

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  World of Bills 💸 (@World_Of_Bills) reported 23 minutes ago

  Oyaa @Safaricom_Care , another field day sio? 32 hrs gone since I raised my PayPal mpesa issue, still unresolved

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  LicoMeow (@LicoMeow) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Zmeinir Their update is tedious sometimes, but so far i have had 0 problem with paypal. They do email me at one point before IF im selling a product - please make the account business. Which is did. Idk why you dont want to do so? You can create business invoice, and allow tips etc.

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  Ceri Lokison 🐊🥚 {1.0 Debut} (@GatorceriVT) reported 28 minutes ago

  This here is why you don’t trust people. People would have blown it up if it was 200 and editing the screenshot makes you out to be a lair. Now that everyone knows this, they may think your either faking the whole thing or that your account is being rightfully banned since if you lied to everyone for attention, it could mean you lied to a client that reported you which made you be in this situation. Also, I do have to say, in the situation where my personal account was being banned, the PayPal support team here on Twitter saved my account when I tagged them into the original post so saying PayPal Live agents do not care if you provided documents/proof again makes me feel like a client reported you for taking their money and not providing the goods and since it is a personal account and not business, you are going to lose that account and there is no way of stopping it and if you create another one, they’ll ban it too. Had my personal PayPal account since early 2000s, PayPal support helped me get access back from my ex-husband, when I went through a similar thing the Twitter PayPal support fixed it, and I’ve never had a single problem with PayPal business. I’m posting it like this because the person locked their comments.

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  Senius (@CryptoSenius) reported 28 minutes ago

  @CoinMarketCap PayPal is clearly doubling down on digital finance stablecoins are becoming part of the mainstream payments conversation.

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  ariana tour resale 🌺 (@AGTourResale) reported 28 minutes ago

  chicago!! would any of u be interested in a resale floor ticket for n1?? (seller paid 2k but is willing to go down to $1850 including paypal fees) section 7, row 8, seat 1!!!

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  joey 🐈‍⬛ (@joeyyyyeoj) reported 33 minutes ago

  does anyone have paypal i’m trying to add £5 towards my chair and idk throne still hates me i have had this problem since may i can only make one payment every few weeks it’s really annoying 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s not even my cards fault if paypal always won’t take my money LIKE PLEASE LET ME JUST ADD £5