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No, you don't have to have a bank account to open a PayPal account, but unless you do have one, you can't become "PayPal Verified". Your PayPal account will initially have sending and receiving limits and to lift these limits (and withdraw any money), you need to register your bank account details to your PayPal account. You can also use a Visa credit card to send and receive payments.

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15y ago

Paypal offer three types of account - Personal (for personal use), Premier (for smaller-volume sellers) and Business (for business users). The bank account that you attach to your PayPal account can be either a personal one, or a business one.

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11y ago

You can set up a PayPal account without a bank account and can use your credit card alone, if that is what you prefer to do.

If you are only ever going to use the PayPal account to buy things then you are unlikely to need to add your bank account details but if you are ever going to want to draw down funds from your PayPal account then, at some point, you will need to add your bank details.

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No, you don't have to have a PayPal account to make a PayPal payment. You can make one-off payments through PayPal using your credit card without registering for an account.

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Yes, you need to have an account to tie to your paypal account to allow you to transfer money back and forth.

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9y ago

If your bank acct is your funding source it has to have money in it, paypal will draw it when you make the purchase-no need to transfer it before the buy

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The person receiving money pays a fee.

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Yes.

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