Last updated on 1 July 2024
Last updated on 1 July 2024
Welcome to PayPal!
This Agreement is a contract between you and PayPal Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean company, and governs your use of all PayPal Services. Using the PayPal Services means that you must accept all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the agreements on the Legal Agreements page including the Acceptable Use Policy and the Terms under the Singapore Payment Services Act 2019. You should read all of these terms carefully.
Description of Main Terms and Due Diligence
This is a description of the main terms of the User Agreement and a due diligence. In case of any conflict between this summary and due diligence and between the terms of the User Agreement, the terms of the User Agreement shall prevail.
1. About PayPal
PayPal Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean company, is a payment services provider and acts as such by creating, hosting, maintaining and providing our PayPal Services to you via the Internet. Our services allow you to send payments to anyone with a PayPal Account and to receive payments.
Using the PayPal Services means that you must accept all of the terms and conditions contained in the User Agreement and the agreements on the Legal Agreements page including the Acceptable Use Policy. You should read all of these terms carefully.
Our Services
PayPal offers personal and business accounts, to which you can link various Payment Methods, and from which you can make and receive payments. You may use the Payment Methods in your PayPal Account to fund transactions you make using your PayPal Account. We may, at our discretion, impose limits on the amount of payments you can send through the PayPal Services.
PayPal Balance
If you hold a balance, PayPal will hold your funds in pooled accounts separate from its corporate funds, and it will not use your funds for its operating expenses or for any other corporate purposes. PayPal will not voluntarily make your funds available to its creditors in the event of bankruptcy. You will not receive interest or other earnings on the amounts in your balance. PayPal may receive interest on amounts that PayPal holds on your behalf. You agree to assign your rights to PayPal for any interest derived from your funds. See more information on Account balances here.
If you have a PayPal balance, you may withdraw it to a bank account or to an eligible card linked to your PayPal Account. Applicable fees can be found in Exhibit A of the User Agreement.
PayPal may delay a withdrawal in certain situations and set limits on your withdrawals. For more information on withdrawals, please see the Withdrawing Money section of the User Agreement.
PayPal Fees
PayPal Services are subject to fees as listed in the User Agreement.
Please visit Exhibit A of the User Agreement for more information.
Please note that your bank or card issuer may also charge you separate fees. You are solely responsible for paying bank or card issuer fees.
Closing or Suspending your Account
Closing your Account
You may close your Account and terminate your relationship with us at any time without cost by following the instructions in your account settings. After receiving your request to close your account per the instructions above, we will close your account within 5 business days from the time you have completed the steps required to close the account.
If you wish to terminate certain (but not all) services which are provided pursuant to your agreement with us with respect to sending payments or receiving funds, in accordance with Article 6(a)(1) of the Payment Services Law, please contact Customer Service. If applicable, we will terminate the services within 1 business day.
However, you will remain liable for all obligations related to your PayPal Account even after the PayPal Account is closed. You must withdraw any PayPal balance from your PayPal account before closing it. In certain cases, your PayPal Account may not be closed, as further detailed in the User Agreement.
Suspension of certain services of your PayPal Account at your request
You may request from PayPal at any time to suspend withdrawing funds and sending payments from your account for a period of up to 14 days (from the date of your request). PayPal will not charge your account with payment instructions, including charges under Preapproved Payments, occurring during the suspension period. You may need to recreate your Preapproved Payments at the end of the suspension period. More information can be found Here.
2. Sending Payments
Below is a description of how payments are sent and the manner in which some of our main services can be used:
Sending funds through PayPal – if you’d like to send funds to others for goods and services, login to your PayPal account and follow the instructions to send funds, including entering the amount you would like to send and the PayPal username of the person or business who is receiving the funds.
Paying online through PayPal – many websites have a button at checkout that enables you to pay with PayPal. To complete the payment, you have to select this option and follow the online instructions to make the payment, such as logging in to your PayPal account and confirming the payment details.
Paying through a preapproved payment - You can agree with certain sellers who accept PayPal to use PayPal as the payment method for future purchases on a one-time, regular, or sporadic basis with that seller. Once you agree with the seller on a preapproved payment arrangement, the sequence of events that compose the future purchases depends on the arrangement you make with the seller. Note that if you authorize a specific payment, it would not be considered as a charging authorization for the purpose of Chapter G of the Payment Services Law, and the terms in this agreement that reference Chapter G of the Payment Services Law will not apply.
You can buy something from a seller who accepts PayPal, in any currency that the recipient accepts and that PayPal supports, using the funds in your PayPal balance, or using any eligible payment method linked to your PayPal account.
See more information on sending payments here
Cancellation of a payment
If you are making a payment to a seller who does not already have a PayPal Account, they can claim your payment by opening a PayPal Account. If they don’t open a PayPal Account within 30 days, your payment will be refunded. You may cancel such payment by going to your Activity tab in your PayPal Account and following the instructions to cancel within 30 days, so long as the seller has not claimed your payment. To clarify, other payments you make cannot be cancelled in a similar manner once you send them.
PayPal’s Buyer Protection Program
When you buy something from a seller who accepts PayPal, you may be eligible for a refund under PayPal’s Buyer Protection program. When applicable, PayPal’s Buyer Protection program entitles you to reimbursement for the full purchase price of the item plus the original shipping costs you paid, if any. PayPal determines, in its sole discretion, whether your Claim is eligible for the Buyer Protection program. Check here for more information.
Please note that in addition to the protections under PayPal’s Buyer Protection Program, you may be entitled to further protections under certain Sections of the Payment Services Law.
3. Selling and Accepting Payments
You can use your PayPal Account to receive payments for the sale of goods or services. You may request a payment from a buyer, in which case we will send the buyer a detailed payment request or notification. We’ll let you know when you’ve been paid and the funds will appear in your account.
If you use your PayPal Account to receive payments for the sale of goods or services, you must pay any applicable fees for receiving the funds. You agree that fees may be deducted from payments you receive.
As a seller, you can accept payments from a buyer’s account through Preapproved Payments either on a one-time, regular or sporadic basis. To learn more please see the terms related to Preapproved Payments in the User Agreement.
PayPal’s Seller Protection Program
If you sell something to a buyer and the transaction is later disputed or reversed, you may be eligible for reimbursement under PayPal’s Seller Protection program. Check PayPal’s Seller Protection program for more information.
4. Restricted Activities Users may not engage in any of the Restricted Activities set forth in the User Agreement – see the Restricted Activities terms in the User Agreement.
5. Unauthorized Transactions and Other Errors
When an Unauthorized Transaction or Error occurs in your account, PayPal will cover you for the full amount of every eligible Unauthorized Transaction or Error, subject to the terms of the User Agreement.
For the purpose of Unauthorized Payments, “Essential Component” (misuse of which by an unauthorized person may constitute an Unauthorized Transaction) means:
6. Below are some important risks you should be aware of when you use the PayPal services. For full terms, please review the user agreement.
Payments received in your Account may be reversed at a later time, for example, if a payment is subject to a Chargeback, Reversal, Claim or is otherwise invalidated. This means that a payment may be reversed from your Account after you have provided the buyer the goods or services that were purchased.
If you are a Seller and you lose a Claim filed with PayPal, you will be required to reimburse PayPal for your liability. Where you receive payment from a PayPal Account holder in another country/region and we determine under the PayPal’s Buyer Protection program of that country/region that the funds received should be returned or reversed, you will be required to reimburse PayPal for your liability (before receiving payment from a PayPal Account holder in another country/region, you should review the relevant PayPal's Buyer Protection programs available here). Your liability will include the full purchase price of the item plus the original shipping cost (and in some cases you may not receive the item back), and the PayPal Fees that you were charged for the transaction.
PayPal will charge a Dispute fee to sellers for facilitating the online dispute resolution process for transactions that are processed either through a buyer’s PayPal account or as payments made through PayPal, not through a PayPal account. The Dispute fee applies when the buyer pursues a claim directly with PayPal, a chargeback with their card issuer, or a reversal with their bank.
In the event that you are liable for any amounts owed to PayPal, PayPal may immediately remove such amounts from your balance. If you do not have a balance that is sufficient to cover your liability, your remaining balance (if any) will be removed, your Account will have negative balance up to the amount of your liability, and you will be required to immediately add money to your PayPal balance or reimburse PayPal through an alternative method. If you do not do so, PayPal may engage in collection efforts to recover such amounts from you.
If we believe that you may have engaged in any Restricted Activities, we may take various actions to protect PayPal, our customers and others from Reversals, Chargebacks, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and any other liability. The actions we may take include but are not limited to the following (all subject to and in accordance with the terms set under the Payment Services Law, as applicable):
For more information see here.
Subject to Section 23 of the Payment Services Law, as applicable, PayPal may take the following actions:
For more information see here:
Subject to Section 23 of the Payment Services Law, as applicable, PayPal may place a Reserve on funds held in your Business Account when it believes there may be a high level of risk associated with your Account or your use of any of PayPal’s services.
For more information see here.
PayPal does not have control of, nor liability for, the products or services that are paid for with the PayPal Services. We do not guarantee the identity of any User or ensure that a buyer or a seller will complete a transaction.
7. Other Terms
This user agreement shall be effective until terminated by you or PayPal subject to the terms of this user agreement, and to Section 6 of the Payment Services Law.
It is your responsibility to determine what, if any, taxes apply to the payments you make or receive, and it is solely your responsibility to assess, collect, report and remit the correct taxes to the appropriate authority.
Negative Balances and Multiple Currencies. If your Account has a negative balance, PayPal may set-off the negative balance with any funds that you subsequently add or receive into your Account. See more information here.
PayPal’s liability is limited with respect to your PayPal Account and your use of the PayPal Services. Click here for more information.
The PayPal Services are provided “as-is” and without any representation or warranty, whether express, implied or statutory. Click here for more information.
The User Agreement shall be effective until terminated by you or by PayPal subject to the terms of the User Agreement.
We note that for the purposes of the User Agreement (where applicable) a “Business Day” means Monday through Friday, excluding the official national holidays recognized in Singapore. For the purpose of Section 11(b) of the Payment Services Law, a Business Day is every day of the week starting at 00:00 and ending at 23:59.
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it. If the revised version includes a Substantial Change, we will provide you with 30 Days' prior notice of any Substantial Change by posting a notice on the "Policy Updates" page of our website. All future changes set out in the Policy Update already published on the “Legal Agreements” page of the PayPal website at the time you register for the PayPal Services are incorporated by reference into this Agreement and will take effect as specified in that Policy Update.
Consumer advisory - Consumers (Users) are advised to read these terms and conditions carefully.
This is an important document which you must consider carefully when choosing whether to use the PayPal Services. Please note the following risks of using the PayPal Services:
Payments received in your Account may be reversed at a later time, for example, if a payment is subject to a Chargeback, Reversal, Claim or is otherwise invalidated.
This means that a payment may be reversed from your Account after you have provided the sender the goods or services that were purchased.
If you are a Seller, you can lower the risk of a payment being reversed from your Account by following the criteria set out in the PayPal’s Seller Protection Program section and by following the other guidance provided in the "Security Center page" accessible via every page of the PayPal website.
We may close, suspend, or limit your access to your Account or the PayPal Services, and/or limit access to your funds if you violate this Agreement, the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, or any other agreement you enter into with PayPal.
You are solely responsible for understanding and complying with any and all laws, rules and regulations of your specific jurisdiction that may be applicable to you in connection with your use of the PayPal Services, including but not limited to, those related to export or import activity, taxes or foreign currency transactions.
This Agreement is not a solicitation of the PayPal Services and PayPal is not targeting any country/region or market through this Agreement.
1.1 Payment Services. PayPal is a payment services provider and acts as such by creating, hosting, maintaining and providing our PayPal Services to you via the Internet. Our services allow you to send payments to anyone with a PayPal Account, and, where available, to receive payments. Our service availability varies by country/region. We offer services in compliance with local laws and regulations. You can see what services are available in your country/region by logging into your PayPal account.
PayPal is not a remittance business or a money transfer service and the Personal Payments feature may not be used to remit funds to third parties.
We do not have any control over, and are not responsible or liable for, the products or services that are paid for with our PayPal Service. We cannot ensure that a buyer or a Seller you are dealing with will actually complete the transaction.
PayPal is not a common carrier or public utility.
1.2 Eligibility. To be eligible to use the PayPal Services, you must be at least 18 years old or higher based on the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and a resident of one of the countries listed on the PayPal Worldwide page.
You must list your correct country/region of residence in your Account. This Agreement applies only to Users who are residents of one of the countries listed in Section 1.1 above. If you are a resident of another country/region, you may access the agreement that applies to you from our website in your country/region.
1.3 Information. In order to open and maintain an Account, you must provide us with correct and updated Information.
1.4 Beneficial Owner.
You must be the beneficial owner of the Account, and conduct business only on behalf of yourself.
1.5 Presentation of PayPal
You agree to provide equal treatment to PayPal and/or other payment methods or marks you offer at your points of sale (e.g. websites or mobile applications). This includes at least equal or substantially similar: logo placement, position within any point of sale, and treatment in terms of payment flow, terms, conditions, restrictions, or fees, in each case as compared to other marks and payment methods at your points of sale.
In representations to your customers or in public communications, you agree not to mischaracterize PayPal as a payment method or exhibit a preference for other payment methods over PayPal. Within all of your points of sale, you agree not to try to dissuade or inhibit your customers from using PayPal or encourage the customer to use an alternate payment method. If you enable your customers to pay you with PayPal, whenever you display or exhibit the payment methods that you accept (either within any point of sale or in your marketing materials, advertising and other customer communications) you agree to display the PayPal payment marks at least as prominently, and in at least as positive a manner, as you do for all other payment methods. To clarify, the merchant may provide a discount to the buyer for using other payment methods.
1.6 Fees.
PayPal services are subject to fees as listed in Exhibit A.
If you use your PayPal account to receive payments for the sale of goods or services, you agree that fees will be deducted from payments you receive.
2.1 Sending Limits. We may, at our discretion, impose limits on the amount of payments you can send through the PayPal Services. You can view your sending limit, if any, by logging into your Account. If you have a Verified Account, we may increase your sending limits.
2.2 Default Payment Methods. When you make a payment, if you have not selected a Preferred Payment Method, PayPal will fund your transaction in this order (subject to availability based on your Payment Methods and country/region of registration):
In certain countries, You may be able nominate a Preferred Payment Method in your Account Profile or select a Preferred Payment Method each time you make a payment, except for a Preapproved Payment.
For a Preapproved Payment in these countries, you can select a Preferred Payment Method when you provide your initial authorization for this payment and through the My Preapproved Payments section of your Account Profile.
PayPal may limit the Payment Methods available for a transaction. Some Payment Methods may not be available in certain circumstances, including:
If the Preferred Payment Method fails (for example, a credit card or debit card expires) and your PayPal account cannot complete a transaction, it may be used again to try to complete the transaction. If the Preferred Payment Method in your PayPal account cannot complete a transaction after repeated attempts, each of the other payment methods available in your PayPal account may be used to try to complete the transaction.
2.3 Cards as Payment Methods. By adding a debit card or credit card as a Payment Method, you are providing PayPal with continuous authority to automatically charge that card to obtain the relevant funds when the card is used as a Payment Method pursuant to this Agreement. You can stop the continuous authority in respect of any card by removing that card as a Payment Method in your Account Profile.
2.4 Preferred Payment Method. You may select a Preferred Payment Method each time you make a payment, except for a Preapproved Payment or a No Log-In Payment.
For a Preapproved Payment and, in most instances, a No Log-In Payment, you can select a Preferred Payment Method when you provide your initial authorization for this payment and through the My Preapproved Payments section of your Account Profile.
If eCheck is your Preferred Payment Method, it will be used to fund your PayPal payment, even if you have a balance.
2.5 Refused and Refunded Payments. When you send a payment, the recipient is not required to accept it. Any unclaimed, refunded or denied payment will be returned to your balance or to your original Payment Method. We will return any unclaimed payment to you within 30 Days of the date you initiated the payment.
2.6 Merchant Processing Delay. When you send a payment to certain Merchants, you are providing an Authorization to the Merchant to process your payment and complete the transaction. The payment will be held as pending until the Merchant processes your payment. Some Merchants may delay processing your payment. In such an instance, your Authorization will remain valid for up to 30 Days. If your payment requires a currency conversion, the exchange rate will be determined at the time the Merchant processes your payment and completes the transaction.
Please note that, in cases of Merchant Processing Delay, you may be entitled to certain protections under Section 17 (Stopping a payment execution if an item or service is not delivered) and Section 18 (Stopping a payment execution due to insolvency) of the Payment Services Law.
2.7 Preapproved Payments. A Preapproved Payment is a payment in which you Authorize a Merchant to directly charge your Account on a one-time, regular, or sporadic basis. Preapproved Payments are sometimes called "subscriptions", "recurring payments”, “preauthorized transfers” or "automatic payments". Note that if you authorize a specific payment, it would not be considered as a charging authorization for the purpose of Chapter G of the Payment Services Law, and the terms in this agreement that reference Chapter G of the Payment Services Law will not apply.
Within two (2) Business Days of any Preapproved Payment made from your Account, you will receive a confirmation of this transaction by email.
2.8 Stopping a Preapproved Payment. You may stop a Preapproved Payment at any time up to 1 Business Day prior to the date the next payment is scheduled to be made by notifying PayPal. To stop a Preapproved Payment, access "Automatic Payments" in the “Payments” section of your Account Settings and follow the links to stop the payment. You may also stop a Preapproved Payment by calling PayPal at 03-7217990 (in Israel). You may also cancel a Preapproved Payment subject to the terms of Section 35 (Chapter G) of the Payment Services Law, as applicable. Once you contact PayPal to stop a Preapproved Payment, all future payments under your agreement with the Merchant will be stopped. If you wish to renew the payments under the Preapproved Payments arrangement with the seller, you may do so by creating a new Preapproved Payments arrangement with that seller. If you stop a Preapproved Payment you may still be liable to the Merchant for the payment or for other penalties under the terms of your agreement with the Merchant and you may be required to pay the Merchant through alternative means. We will be liable for your losses or damages directly caused by our failure to stop any Preapproved Payment if you have followed the instructions in this section to notify us.
If no payment has been made under a Preapproved Payments arrangement for 24 months, the arrangement will be cancelled, in accordance with Section 34 (Chapter G) of the Payment Services Law.
In addition to the above, you may be eligible for a refund for an unreasonable charge under a Preapproved Payments arrangement as detailed in Section 38 (Chapter G) of the Payment Services Law and subject to the conditions therein.
If you request such a refund you agree to comply with our requests for information, which we reasonably require in order to review the circumstances of the case.
2.9 Cancellation of Payments.
If you are making a payment to a seller who does not already have a PayPal account, they can claim your payment by opening a PayPal account. If they don’t open a PayPal account within 30 days, your payment will be refunded. You may cancel such payment by going to your Activity tab in your PayPal account and following the instructions to cancel within 30 days, so long as the seller has not claimed your payment. To clarify, other payments you make cannot be cancelled in a similar manner once you send them.
3.1 Ability to Receive Payments. The ability to receive payments varies by country/region. To determine whether you have the ability to receive payments, log into your PayPal account.
PayPal may allow anybody (with or without a PayPal Account) to initiate a payment to your Business Account. By integrating into your online checkout/platform any functionality intended to enable a payer without an Account to send a payment to your Business Account, you agree to all further terms of use of that functionality which PayPal will make available to you on any page on the PayPal or Braintree website (including any page for developers and our Legal Agreements page) or online platform. Such further terms include the PayPal Alternative Payment Methods Agreement.
Where you (instead of PayPal) offer the buyer at the point of sale a currency conversion of an amount you receive through PayPal, you will inform the buyer of the exchange rate and any charges that will be applied to the payment transaction, notwithstanding any disclosure obligations imposed on you under applicable law. PayPal has no liability to any buyer if you fail to inform the buyer of the exchange rate and charges. You acknowledge that if you fail to disclose the exchange rate and charges to the buyer this may constitute a criminal offence by you.
3.2 Automatic Transfer Countries. If you are a resident of an Automatic Transfer Country, then you have the ability to receive payments but you must withdraw the full amount of your payment through an available withdrawal method. If you do not do so, the amounts will be automatically withdrawn from your Account to your withdrawal method on a regular basis. For additional terms regarding Automatic Transfer, please click here.
3.3 Liability for Invalidated Payments. Subject to Section 32(a) of the Payment Services Law, as applicable, when you receive a payment, you are liable to PayPal for the full amount of the payment sent to you plus any Fees if the payment is later invalidated for any reason, including a Preapproved Payment that was canceled or reversed under sections 35 or 38 (Chapter G) of the Payment Services Law.
This means that, in addition to any other liability, you will be responsible for the amount of the payment sent by the sender, plus the applicable Fees listed in Exhibit A (Fees) of this Agreement if you lose a Claim or a Chargeback, or if there is a Reversal of the payment.
You agree to allow PayPal to recover any amounts due to PayPal by debiting your balance. If there are insufficient funds in your balance to cover your liability, you must reimburse PayPal through other means. If a sender of a payment files a Chargeback, the card issuer, not PayPal, will determine who wins the Chargeback.
3.4 No Surcharges. You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as a payment method without our prior written consent. You may charge a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee is not higher than the handling fee you charge for non-PayPal transactions. To clarify, you may provide a discount to the buyer for using other payment methods.
3.5 Receiving Personal Payments. If you are selling goods or services, you may not ask the buyer to send you a Personal Payment for the purchase.
3.6 Preapproved Payments and/or No Log-In Payments.
If you receive Preapproved Payments and/or No Log-In Payments you must:
If you receive Preapproved Payments and/or No Log-In Payments you must not:
Please note that under Section 35 (Chapter G) of the Payment Services Law the buyer may cancel any such Preapproved Payment no later than 3 Business Days of the date of the payment.
Note that if the buyer authorizes a specific payment, it will not be considered as a charging authorization for the purpose of Chapter G of the Payment Services Law, and the terms in this agreement that reference Chapter G of the Payment Services Law will not apply.
If no payment has been made under a Preapproved Payments arrangement for 24 months, the arrangement will be cancelled, in accordance with Section 34 (Chapter G) of the Payment Services Law.
3.7 Micropayments for Digital Goods. To qualify to receive Micropayments for Digital Goods, you must submit an application, be approved by us, and have an Account in good standing. By applying for Micropayments for Digital Goods, you agree that for Digital Goods transactions you receive up to the amounts in the table below, then if a buyer opens a Dispute, PayPal may reverse the transaction, and remove the funds from your Account without requiring the buyer to escalate the Dispute to a Claim.
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Currency |
Amount |
Currency |
Amount |
|
Australian Dollar: |
$9.99 AUD |
New Zealand Dollar: |
$9.99 NZD |
|
Brazilian Real: |
R$7.99 BRL |
Norwegian Krone: |
29.99 NOK |
|
Canadian Dollar: |
$3.99 CAD |
Philippine Peso: |
499.99 PHP |
|
Czech Koruna: |
99.00 CZK |
Polish Zlotych: |
19.99 PLN |
|
Danish Krone: |
24.99 DKK |
Singapore Dollar: |
$9.99 SGD |
|
Euro: |
3.99 EUR |
Swedish Krona: |
34.99 SEK |
|
Hong Kong Dollar: |
$49.99 HKD |
Swiss Franc: |
4.99 CHF |
|
Hungarian Forint: |
999.00 HUF |
Taiwan New Dollar: |
249.00 TWD |
|
Israeli New Shekel: |
15.99 ILS |
Thai Baht: |
249.99 THB |
|
Japanese Yen: |
¥999.00 JPY |
U.K. Pound Sterling: |
£3.99 GBP |
|
Mexican Peso: |
$39.99 MXN |
U.S. Dollar: |
$3.99 USD |
4.1 Balances. If you hold a balance, PayPal will hold your funds in pooled accounts separate from its corporate funds, and it will not use your funds for its operating expenses or for any other corporate purposes. PayPal will not voluntarily make your funds available to its creditors in the event of bankruptcy. You will not receive interest or other earnings on the amounts in your balance. PayPal may receive interest on amounts that PayPal holds on your behalf. You agree to assign your rights to PayPal for any interest derived from your funds.
When you withdraw balance from your PayPal account to a bank account in Singapore and the funds remain in transit, we are required by the Singapore Payment Services Act 2019 to safeguard such funds by depositing them into a trust account(s) in our name with a bank or other safeguarding institution in Singapore. You agree that we are entitled to all interest payable on funds in the trust account(s). For more information, please see Terms under the Singapore Payment Services Act 2019.
4.2 Setoff of Past Due Amounts. If you have a past due amount owed to PayPal or an Affiliate, PayPal may debit your Account to pay any amounts that are more than 180 Days past due.
4.3 Negative Balances and Multiple Currencies. If your Account has a negative balance, PayPal may set-off the negative balance with any funds that you subsequently add or receive into your Account. If you have multiple currency balances in your Account and one of the currency balances becomes negative for any reason, PayPal may set-off the negative balance by using funds you maintain in a different currency balance. If you open more than one Account, PayPal may set off the negative balance in one Account by using any balance that you maintain in your other Account(s). In the event that a negative balance is offset by PayPal pursuant to this paragraph, it may be bundled with another debit coming out of your Account.
5.1 How to Withdraw Money. Depending on the country/region in which your Account is registered, you may withdraw funds from your Account in any of these methods: (a) by electronically transferring them to your U.S. bank account or to your local bank account, (b) by electronically transferring them to your card where available, (c) through a PayPal initiated Automatic Transfer to your linked financial instrument, or (d) by requesting a physical check through the mail. In certain countries, your ability to withdraw to a local bank account may require the use of PayPal Retiros. Different currency rules may apply to PayPal Retiros. Please see terms and conditions for additional information regarding the service. Depending on the country/region in which your Account is registered, the currencies in which you may withdraw your funds to your local bank account may be limited. With the exception of Users with Accounts registered in the People’s Republic of China or unless otherwise specified, when withdrawing your funds to your local bank account, funds may only be withdrawn in your local currency. If you are holding a balance in U.S. Dollar, you may be able to withdraw the funds to your linked U.S. bank account or card where available. If you are holding a balance in a foreign currency, you may only withdraw that balance (or part thereof) after it has been converted to (a) the local currency if you are withdrawing your funds to your local bank account where available (b) U.S. Dollar if you are withdrawing your funds to your linked U.S. bank account where available. or (c) the card currency (in accordance with the information PayPal has at the time of withdrawal, including your selection of the currency, where available) if you are withdrawing to a card where available. Alternatively you may be able to withdraw your foreign currency balance to your card without conversion if your card currency (in accordance with the information PayPal has at the time of withdrawal, including your selection of the currency, where available) is the same currency as your foreign currency balance.
If you are holding a balance in a local currency and are withdrawing it to a card that according to the information PayPal has (including your selection of the currency, where available) is in a foreign currency, you may only withdraw that balance (or part thereof) after it has been converted through PayPal.
You may be charged with currency conversion fees also by your card issuer and / or your bank.
Depending on the country/region in which your Account is registered, you may be able to withdraw your funds through a third party service provider. Please see terms of such third party for information regarding currency conversions.
Generally, we will send checks only to confirmed addresses, unless you have a Verified Account. We will not send checks to post office boxes. If you would like us to send a check to an address that does not meet these criteria, you must contact Customer Service and provide the documentation that we request to verify your association with the address. If you fail to cash a check within 180 Days of the date of issuance, we will return the funds to your balance (minus a Fee).
5.2 Withdrawal Limits. Depending on the degree to which you have Verified your Account, we may limit your ability to withdraw funds until you comply with our requests for information. You can view your withdrawal limit, if any, by logging into your Account. In addition, we may delay withdrawals of large sums of money while we perform a risk review. Please see terms and conditions of the PayPal Retiros service for information regarding the limits applicable to such service.
5.3 Withdrawal Fees. When withdrawing your balance, you will be charged the Withdrawing your Balance Fee as set out in Exhibit A (Fees) depending on the method of withdrawal.
In addition, if you withdraw your balance in a currency other than the currency in which the balance on your Account is denominated, you will additionally be charged Currency Conversion Fees as set out in Exhibit A (Fees).
You may be charged with fees also by your card issuer and /or your bank.
Closing your Account
You may close your account and terminate your relationship with us at any time without cost, by following the instruction in your PayPal account settings. After receiving your request to close your account per the instructions above, we will close your account within 5 business days from the time you have completed the steps required to close the account.
If you wish to terminate certain (but not all) services which are provided pursuant to your agreement with us with respect to sending payments or receiving funds, in accordance with Article 6(a)(1) of the Payment Services Law, please contact Customer Service. If applicable, we will terminate the services within 1 business day.
However, you will remain liable for all obligations related to your PayPal account even after the PayPal account is closed. When you close your PayPal account, we may cancel any scheduled or incomplete transactions. You must withdraw any PayPal balance from your PayPal account before closing it.
In certain cases, you may not close your PayPal account, including:
Suspension of certain services of your PayPal Account at your request
You may request from PayPal at any time to suspend withdrawing funds and sending payments from your account for a period of up to 14 days (from the date of your request). PayPal will not charge your account with payment instructions, including charges under Preapproved Payments, occurring during the suspension period. More information can be found Here.
When you buy something from a seller who accepts PayPal, you may be eligible for a refund under PayPal's Buyer Protection program. When applicable, PayPal's Buyer Protection program entitles you to reimbursement for the full purchase price of the item plus the original shipping costs you paid, if any. PayPal determines, in its sole discretion, whether your claim is eligible for the PayPal’s Buyer Protection program. PayPal's original determination is considered final, but you may be able to file an appeal of the decision with PayPal if you have new or compelling information not available at the time of the original determination or you believe there was an error in the decision-making process.
The program terms and conditions are set out in PayPal’s Buyer Protection program page and form part of this user agreement.
Please note that in addition to the protections under PayPal’s Buyer Protection Program, you may be entitled to further protections under certain Sections of the Payment Services Law.
8.1 Protection for Unauthorized Transactions and Errors. When an Unauthorized Transaction or an Error occurs in your Account, PayPal will cover you for the full amount of every eligible Unauthorized Transaction or Error (subject to the terms below).
8.2 Notification Requirements.
a. You should immediately notify PayPal if you believe:
b. To be eligible for protection for Unauthorized Transactions, you must notify us within 6 months after any Unauthorized Transaction first appears in your Account history statement.
You should regularly log into your Account and review your Account history statement to ensure that there has not been an Unauthorized Transaction or Error. PayPal will also send an email to the primary email address you have provided in order to notify you of each transaction from your Account. You should also review these transaction confirmations to ensure that each transaction was authorized and is accurate.
For Unauthorized Transactions or Errors in your Account, notify us as follows:
When you notify us, provide us with all of the following information:
If you notify us orally, we may require that you also send us your complaint or question in writing. During the course of our investigation, we may request additional information from you.
8.3 PayPal Actions after Receipt of Your Notification. Once you notify us of any suspected Unauthorized Transaction or Error, or we otherwise learn of one, we will do the following:
If we determine that there was an Unauthorized Transaction or Error, we will promptly credit the full amount into your Account within 1 Business Day of our determination. Or, if you have already received a provisional credit, you will be allowed to retain those amounts.
If we decide that there was not an Unauthorized Transaction or Error, we will include an explanation of our decision in our email to you. If you received a provisional credit, we will remove it from your Account and notify you of the date and amount of the debit. You may request copies of the documents that we used in our investigation.
PayPal may recover from you amounts incurred to PayPal for the Unauthorized Transaction prior to receipt of your notification, in accordance with Section 24(c) of the Payment Services Law and subject to the amounts specified therein.
8.4 PayPal Errors. We will rectify any Error that we discover. If the Error results in your receipt of less than the correct amount to which you are entitled, PayPal will credit your Account for the difference. If the Error results in your receipt of more than the correct amount to which you are entitled, PayPal will debit the extra funds from your Account.
8.5 Your Errors. PayPal shall not be liable for not executing a payment activity or for an error in the execution of a payment activity, if the failure or error is due to erroneous details you provided PayPal (based on a typographical error, for example). PayPal will not reimburse you or reverse a payment that you have made in error.
If you send a payment to the wrong party, or send a payment for the wrong amount, PayPal shall make reasonable efforts to return the funds to you. If it is not possible to return the funds, PayPal will provide you, at your request and subject to applicable laws, transaction information it holds that can assist with the return of the funds.
If you received funds that were sent to you in error, you agree to return the funds to the sender. In case you do not do so, we may share your Personal Data with the sender As detailed in our Privacy Policy.
See more information Here on payments sent or received in error.
If you sell a good or service to a buyer, you may be eligible for PayPal's Seller Protection program. When it applies, PayPal's Seller Protection program entitles you to retain the full purchase amount. PayPal determines, in its sole discretion, whether your claim is eligible for PayPal’s Seller Protection program. There is no limit on the number of payments eligible for PayPal's Seller Protection program. By accessing the transaction details page in your PayPal account you can see transactions that may be eligible for protection under this program.
The program terms and conditions are set out in PayPal’s Seller Protection program page and form part of this user agreement.
10.1 Restricted Activities. In connection with your use of our website, your Account, the PayPal Services, or in the course of your interactions with PayPal, other Users, or third parties, you will not:
11.1 Your Liability.
a. General. You are responsible for all Reversals, Chargebacks, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and other liability incurred by PayPal, a User, or a third party caused by or arising out of your breach of this Agreement, and/or your use of the PayPal Services. You agree to reimburse PayPal, a User, or a third party for any and all such liability.
b. Liability for Claims under PayPal's Buyer Protection program. If you are a Seller and you lose a Claim filed directly with PayPal, you will be required to reimburse PayPal for your liability. Where you receive payment from a PayPal Account holder in another country/region and we determine under PayPal’s Buyer Protection program of that country/region that the funds received should be returned or reversed, you will be required to reimburse PayPal for your liability (before receiving payment from a PayPal Account holder in another country/region, you should review the relevant terms of PayPal's Buyer Protection program's available here). Your liability will include the full purchase price of the item plus the original shipping cost (and you may not receive the item back), and the PayPal Fees that you were charged for the transaction. PayPal's Seller Protection program will cover your liability for eligible Claims based on Item not Received, and eligible Unauthorized Transactions - see PayPal's Seller Protection program page.
If a buyer files a Significantly Not as Described (SNAD) Claim for an item he or she purchased from you, you may not receive the item back, or you may be required to accept the item back and pay for the return shipping costs. Your liability will include the full purchase price plus original shipping costs. You will not receive a refund on your PayPal Fees. Further, if you lose a SNAD Claim because we, in our sole discretion, reasonably believe the item you sold is counterfeit, you will be required to provide a full refund to the buyer and you might not receive the item back from the buyer (for instance, it may be disposed of or otherwise irreversibly dealt with). PayPal's Seller Protection program will not cover your liability for SNAD Claims.
c. Liability for instructions given by you on your Account. Any instructions given by you on your Account (whether verbal or in writing) once you have been authenticated will be relied on by PayPal. PayPal will not be liable for any loss or damage you or anyone else suffers where PayPal acts on those instructions in good faith, unless it was proved that PayPal was negligent.
d. Dispute fees. PayPal will charge a Dispute fee to sellers for facilitating the online dispute resolution process for transactions that are processed either through a buyer’s PayPal account or as payments made through PayPal, not through a PayPal account. The Dispute fee applies when the buyer pursues a claim directly with PayPal, a chargeback with their card issuer, or a reversal with their bank. The Dispute fee will be charged at either the Standard Dispute fee rate or the High Volume Dispute fee rate as listed in Exhibit A. The Dispute fee will be charged in the currency which you selected for the original transaction listing. If the transaction was in a currency not listed in the Dispute fee table the fee charged will be in your primary holding currency. The Dispute fee will be deducted from your PayPal account after the claim is decided.
The Dispute fee amount will be determined when the dispute case is created. The fee is based on the ratio of the total transaction amount of all Item Not Received and Significantly Not as Described claims you receive compared to the total amount of your sales for the previous three calendar months. Your total claims include all Item Not Received and Significantly Not as Described claims that are filed either directly with and escalated to PayPal or with the buyer’s card issuer or bank. Your total claims do not include claims for Unauthorized Transactions. For example, for the month of September, your dispute ratio will be calculated by considering your total claims to sales ratio over June, July, and August. The claims ratio for September will determine the dispute fee for all claims filed in October.
If your disputes ratio is 1.5% or more and you had more than 100 sales transactions in the previous three full calendar months, you will be charged the High Volume Dispute fee for each dispute. Otherwise, you will be charged the Standard Dispute fee for each dispute.
You will not be charged a Standard Dispute fee for disputes that are:
You will not be charged a High Volume Dispute fee for disputes that are:
Sellers charged High Volume Dispute fees may be required to provide a remediation plan which includes an explanation of the cause of the increased dispute rate, the actions taken to reduce disputes, and the timelines for those actions.
Disputes listed above may be excluded from being charged a Standard Dispute fee or a High Volume Dispute fee, but the claim itself may still be included in the overall calculation of your dispute ratio.
If you engage in a Restricted Activity, PayPal may charge the High Volume Dispute fees for current and future disputes irrespective of your dispute ratio or sales volumes, given PayPal’s increased involvement as a result of such Restricted Activity.
11.2 Reimbursement for Your Liability. In the event that you are liable for any amounts owed to PayPal, PayPal may immediately remove such amounts from your balance. If you do not have a balance that is sufficient to cover your liability, your remaining balance (if any) will be removed, your Account will have negative balance up to the amount of your liability, and you will be required to immediately Add Money to your PayPal balance or reimburse PayPal through an alternative method. If you do not do so, PayPal may engage in collection efforts to recover such amounts from you.
11.3 Actions by PayPal – Restricted Activities. If PayPal, in its sole discretion, believes that you may have engaged in any Restricted Activities, we may take various actions to protect PayPal, Affiliates other Users, other third parties or you from Reversals, Chargebacks, Claims, fees, fines, penalties and any other liability. The actions we may take include but are not limited to the following (all subject to and in accordance with the terms set under the Payment Services Law, as applicable):
11.4 Actions by PayPal - Holds.
Subject to Section 23 of the Payment Services Law, as applicable, PayPal may take the following actions:
11.5 Actions by PayPal - Reserves.
Subject to Section 23 of the Payment Services Law, as applicable, PayPal, in its sole discretion, may place a Reserve on funds held in your Business Account when PayPal believes there may be a high level of risk associated with your Account or your use of any of the products and/or services offered by PayPal and/or its Affiliates. If PayPal places a Reserve in your Account, transactions will be shown as "pending" in your PayPal balance, and you will not have access to funds in a “pending” status until they are cleared. If your Account is subject to a Reserve, PayPal will provide you with notice specifying the terms of the Reserve. The terms may require that a certain percentage of the amounts received into your Account are held for a certain period of time, or that a certain amount of money is held in Reserve, or anything else that PayPal determines is necessary to protect against the risk associated with your Account. PayPal may change the terms of the Reserve at any time by providing you with notice of the new terms.
There are two categories of reserves that may be placed on your business PayPal account, and one or both may be applied at the same time:
11.6 Actions by PayPal - Account Closure, Termination of Service, Limited Account Access; Confidential Criteria. Subject to Sections 6 and 23 of the Payment Services Law, as applicable, PayPal, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate this Agreement and/or access to the PayPal Services for any reason and at any time upon notice to you, and payment to you of any unrestricted funds held in your balance. If we limit access to your Account, including through a Reserve or hold, we will provide you with notice of our actions, and the opportunity to request restoration of access if, in our sole discretion, we deem it appropriate. Further, you acknowledge that PayPal’s decision to take certain actions, including limiting access to your Account, placing holds or imposing Reserves, may be based on confidential criteria that is essential to our management of risk, the security of Users’ Accounts and the PayPal system. You agree that PayPal is under no obligation to disclose the details of its risk management or its security procedures to you.
11.7 Acceptable Use Policy Violations. If you violate the Acceptable Use Policy then in addition to the above actions you will be liable to PayPal for the amount of PayPal’s damages for each violation of this policy. If you are a seller and receive funds for transactions that violate the Acceptable Use Policy and said violation is associated with fraud or the sale of goods that are counterfeit or otherwise infringe on intellectual property rights, then in addition to being subject to the above actions you will be liable to PayPal for the amount of PayPal’s damages caused by said violation. You acknowledge and agree that $2,500.00 USD (or equivalent) per violation is presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal’s actual damages – including, but not limited to, internal administrative costs incurred by PayPal to monitor and track violations, damage to PayPal’s brand and reputation, and penalties imposed upon PayPal by its business partners resulting from said violation associated with fraud or the sale of goods that are counterfeit or otherwise infringe on intellectual property rights - considering all currently existing circumstances, including the relationship of the sum to the range of harm to PayPal that reasonably could be anticipated because due to the nature of the violation, actual damages would be impractical or extremely difficult to calculate. PayPal may deduct such damages directly from any existing balance in the offending Account, or any other Account you control.
11.8 Compliance with Data Protection Laws. To the extent that you process any personal data about a PayPal customer pursuant to this agreement, you and PayPal will each be an independent data controller (and not joint controllers), meaning we will each separately determine the purposes and means of processing such personal data. We each agree to comply with the requirements of any applicable privacy and data protection laws, including any applicable regulations, directives, codes of practice, and regulatory requirements applicable to data controllers in connection with this agreement. We each also have and will follow our own independently-determined privacy statements, notices, policies and procedures for any such personal data that we process in connection with this agreement.
11.9 In complying with the applicable data protection laws, we will each:
12.1 Contact PayPal First. If a dispute arises between you and PayPal, our goal is to learn about and address your concerns and, if we are unable to do so to your satisfaction, to provide you with a neutral and cost effective means of resolving the dispute quickly. Disputes between you and PayPal regarding the PayPal Services may be reported to Customer Service online through the PayPal Help Center at any time, or by calling (402) 935-2050 (in the U.S.).
12.2 Arbitration. For any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) where the total amount of the award sought is less than $10,000.00 USD (or other currencies equivalents), the party requesting relief may elect to resolve the dispute in a cost effective manner through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. If a party elects arbitration, that party will initiate such arbitration through the Singapore International Arbitration Centre or any other established alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) provider mutually agreed upon by the parties. The ADR provider and the parties must comply with the following rules: a) the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, the specific manner shall be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration; b) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; and c) any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
12.3 Law and Forum for Disputes. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in Section 12.2 above, you agree that any claim or dispute you may have against PayPal must be resolved by a court located in Singapore or where the defendant is located. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Singapore for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Singapore as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within Singapore, without regard to conflict of law provisions.
12.4 Improperly Filed Litigation. All claims you bring against PayPal must be resolved in accordance with Section 12 of this Agreement. All claims filed or brought contrary to Section 12 shall be considered improperly filed and a breach of this Agreement. Should you file a claim contrary to Section 12, PayPal may recover attorneys’ fees and costs (including in-house attorneys and paralegals) up to $1,000.00 USD, provided that PayPal has notified you in writing of the improperly filed claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw the claim.
12.5 Notices to You. You agree that PayPal may provide you Communications about your Account, the PayPal Services and this Agreement electronically. PayPal reserves the right to close your Account if you withdraw your consent to receive electronic Communications. Any electronic Communications will be considered to be received by you within 24 hours of the time we post it to our website or email it to you. Any notice sent to you by postal mail will be considered to be received by you 3 Business Days after we send it.
12.6 Notices to PayPal. Except as otherwise stated above in Section 8 (Errors and Unauthorized Transactions) and Section 12.1, notice to PayPal must be sent by postal mail to: PayPal Pte. Ltd., Attention: Legal Department, 5 Temasek Boulevard #09-01, Suntec Tower Five, Singapore 038985.
12.7 Insolvency Proceedings. If any proceeding by or against you is commenced under any provision of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, PayPal will be entitled to recover all reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement.
12.8 Release of PayPal. If you have a dispute with one or more Users, you release PayPal and Affiliates (and their officers, directors, agents, joint ventures, employees and suppliers) from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
13.1 Term of Agreement. This user agreement shall be effective until terminated by you or PayPal subject to the terms of this user agreement, and to Section 6 of the Payment Services Law.
13.2 Limitations of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, JOINT VENTURES, EMPLOYEES OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF BUSINESS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE, THE PAYPAL SERVICES, OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) UNLESS AND TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR PARENT, SUBSIDAREIS AND AFFILIATES, OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, JOINT VENTURES, EMPLOYEES AND SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF DIRECT DAMAGES.
13.3 Services Limitation. PayPal is not a bank and the PayPal Services are payment processing services rather than banking services. PayPal is not acting as a trustee, fiduciary or escrow with respect to your funds, but is acting only as an agent to you and custodian to your funds. PayPal does not have control of, nor liability for, the products or services that are paid for with the PayPal Services. We do not guarantee the identity of any User or ensure that a buyer or a Seller will complete a transaction.
13.4 No Warranty. THE PAYPAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OF WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. PAYPAL, OUR PARENT AND AFFILIATES, OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, JOINT VENTURES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. PayPal does not have any control over the products or services that are paid for with the PayPal Services and PayPal cannot ensure that a buyer or a Seller you are dealing with will actually complete the transaction or is authorized to do so. PayPal does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to any part of the PayPal Services, and operation of our site may be temporarily suspended for maintenance or upgrade or interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. PayPal will make reasonable efforts to ensure that requests for electronic debits and credits involving bank accounts, credit cards, and check issuances are processed in a timely manner but PayPal makes no representations or warranties regarding the amount of time needed to complete processing because the PayPal Services are dependent upon many factors outside of our control, such as delays in the banking system or mail service. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimers may not apply to you. This paragraph gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights that vary from country/region to country/region.
13.5 Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold PayPal, Affiliates, and our officers, directors, agents, joint ventures, employees and suppliers harmless from any claim, demand (including attorneys’ fees), fine, or other liability incurred by any third party due to or arising out of your or your employees’ or agents’ breach of this Agreement and/or use of the PayPal Services.
13.6 PayPal License Grant to You. If you are using PayPal software such as an API, developer's toolkit or other software application that you have downloaded to your computer, device, or other platform, then PayPal grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use PayPal's software in accordance with the respective documentation. This license grant includes the software and all updates, upgrades, new versions and replacement software for your personal use only. You may not rent, lease or otherwise transfer your rights in the software to a third party. You must comply with the implementation and use requirements contained in all PayPal documentation accompanying the PayPal Services. If you do not comply with PayPal's implementation and use requirements you will be liable for all resulting damages suffered by you, PayPal and third parties. PayPal may change or discontinue any APIs upon notice to you. You agree not to alter, reproduce, adapt, distribute, display, publish, reverse engineer, translate, disassemble, decompile or otherwise attempt to create any source code which is derived from the software. You acknowledge that all rights, title and interest to PayPal's software are owned by PayPal. Any third party software application you use on the PayPal website is subject to the license you agreed to with the third party that provides you with this software. PayPal does not own, control nor have any responsibility or liability for any third party software application you elect to use on the PayPal website and/or in connection with the PayPal Services. If you are using the PayPal Services on the PayPal website, or other website or platform hosted by PayPal, or a third party, and are not downloading PayPal's software or using third party software applications on the PayPal website, then this section does not apply to your use of the hosted PayPal Services.
13.7 License Grant from You to PayPal; IP Warranties. Subject to section 13.7, when providing PayPal with content or posting content using PayPal Services, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise any and all copyright, publicity, trademarks, database rights and intellectual property rights you have in the content, in any media known now or in the future. Further, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you waive your moral rights and promise not to assert such rights against PayPal, its sublicensees or its assignees. You represent and warrant that none of the following infringe any intellectual property or publicity right: your provision of content to PayPal, your posting of content using the PayPal Services, and PayPal’s use of such content (including of works derived from it) in connection with the PayPal Services.
13.8 License Grant from Merchants to PayPal. Section 13.6 notwithstanding, if you are a Merchant using PayPal Services, you grant PayPal the worldwide right to use and depict your business name, trademarks, and logos on our website and in PayPal’s mobile and web-based application for the purpose of identifying and referring to your business and your products and services and facilitating consumer transactions with you.
13.9 Intellectual Property. "PayPal.com," "PayPal”, “PayPal.com.cn”, “PayPal.com.c2”, “PayPal.com.hk”, “PayPal.co.il”, “PayPal.co.jp”, “PayPal.com.tr”, “PayPal.com.sg” and all other URLs, logos and trademarks related to the PayPal Services are either trademarks or registered trademarks of PayPal or its licensors. You may not copy, imitate or use them without PayPal's prior written consent. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress of PayPal. You may not copy, imitate, or use them without our prior written consent. You may use HTML logos provided by PayPal through our merchant services, auction tools features or affiliate programs without prior written consent for the purpose of directing web traffic to the PayPal Services. You may not alter, modify or change these HTML logos in any way, use them in a manner that is disparaging to PayPal or the PayPal Services or display them in any manner that implies PayPal's sponsorship or endorsement. All right, title and interest in and to the PayPal website, any content thereon, the PayPal Services, the technology related to the PayPal Services, and any and all technology and any content created or derived from any of the foregoing is the exclusive property of PayPal and its licensors.
13.10 Calls to You; Mobile Telephone Numbers.
If you provide us your mobile phone number, you agree that PayPal and its affiliates may contact you at that number using autodialed or prerecorded message calls or text messages to: (i) service your PayPal branded accounts, (ii) investigate or prevent fraud, or (iii) collect a debt. We will not use autodialed or prerecorded message calls or texts to contact you for marketing purposes unless we receive your prior express written consent. We may share your mobile phone number with service providers with whom we contract to assist us with the activities listed above, but we will not share your mobile phone number with third parties for their own purposes without your consent. You do not have to agree to receive autodialed or prerecorded message calls or texts to your mobile phone number in order to use and enjoy the products and services offered by PayPal. You can decline to receive autodialed or prerecorded message calls or texts to your mobile phone number by updating your preferences in your PayPal account settings at www.paypal.com/il, by or contacting customer support.
The frequency of messages may vary, and standard telephone minute and text charges may apply. Neither we nor your phone carriers are liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
13.11 Marketing. If you (as a seller) receive personal data about another PayPal customer, you must keep such personal data confidential and only use it in connection with the PayPal Services. You may not disclose or distribute any personal data about PayPal customers to a third party or use such personal data for marketing purposes unless you receive that customer’s express consent to do so.
Any personal data you collect in connection with the PayPal services (and not otherwise generated, collected, or obtained by you through a customer’s separate relationship with you outside the use of the PayPal services) will be used by you only to the limited extent that is necessary and relevant to the PayPal services and for no other purpose unless you have obtained the prior express consent of the customer.
13.12 Password Security. You are responsible for maintaining adequate security and control of any and all IDs, passwords, personal identification numbers (PINs), or any other codes or Essential Component that you use to access the PayPal Services.
13.13 Taxes and Information Reporting.
Our consumer and merchant Fees are exclusive of any taxes, charges, or similar assessments of any nature, including, without limitation, value-added, sales, digital services, stamp, transfer, or withholding taxes, assessable by any jurisdiction or governmental authority (collectively, “Taxes”).
Each of us shall be responsible to pay our own Taxes arising in connection with the performance of our respective obligations from your use of PayPal services.
If you are paying any Fee for a PayPal service, you agree to pay to PayPal the amount of any legally applicable Taxes imposed on any Fee due from you to PayPal.
You agree not to withhold any Taxes on any Fees payable by you to PayPal unless you are legally required to do so. If you withhold any Taxes, the Fees payable by you to PayPal shall not be decreased by the amount withheld. You agree that PayPal is entitled to receive the full amount of Fees that would have been received had there been no withholding of any Taxes. Upon request by PayPal, you will deliver to PayPal in a timely manner any written documentation evidencing your payment of Taxes to the relevant authorities.
It is your responsibility to determine what, if any, taxes apply to the payments you make or receive, and it is your responsibility to collect, report and remit the correct tax to the appropriate tax authority. PayPal is not responsible for determining whether taxes apply to your transaction, or for collecting, reporting or remitting any taxes arising from any transaction.
You acknowledge that PayPal may have a legal obligation or may be requested by a regulatory authority (including tax authorities) to make reports to tax authorities regarding transactions that we process on your behalf.
Additional information can be found in our Help Center.
We may request that you provide PayPal with your tax identification number and/or other tax-related documentation or information. If you do not provide the requested information to PayPal or keep documentation up to date in your PayPal account, you may be subject to account holds or limitations and withholding Taxes at the applicable (maximum) rates on gross payments received. PayPal will remit any such withholding Taxes to the appropriate tax authorities, and you acknowledge PayPal may be prohibited from refunding any amounts to you once these have been sent to the appropriate tax authorities.
If a currency conversion is required on a payment of withholding Taxes, the amount due to the relevant tax authority will be calculated by PayPal in accordance with the Currency Conversion Fee Section (in Exhibit A) when we process the withholding Taxes. To minimize risks relating to exchange rate fluctuations, account holds and limitations, tax withholding and remittance to the relevant tax authority, you should add or confirm your taxpayer information to PayPal.
13.14 Complete Agreement and Survival. This Agreement, along with any applicable Policies on the Legal Agreements page on the PayPal website, sets forth the entire understanding between you and PayPal with respect to the PayPal Services. Sections 6 (Closing Your Account), 11 (Your Liability – Actions We May Take), 12 (Disputes with PayPal), 13 (General Terms), 14 (Definitions), and Exhibit A (Fees) as well as any other terms which by their nature should survive, will survive the termination of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced.
13.15 Assignment. You may not transfer or assign any rights or obligations you have under this Agreement without PayPal's prior written consent. PayPal reserves the right to transfer or assign this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement at any time.
13.16 Translated Agreement. Any translation of this Agreement is provided solely for your convenience and is not intended to modify the terms of this Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the English version of this Agreement and a version in a language other than English, the English version shall apply.
13.17 No Waiver. Our failure or delay to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to such breach or any subsequent or similar breaches.
13.18 Assumption of Rights. If PayPal pays out a Claim, Reversal or Chargeback that you file against a recipient of your payment, you agree that PayPal assumes your rights against the recipient and third parties related to the payment, and may pursue those rights directly or on your behalf, in PayPal's discretion.
13.19 Third Party permissions. You must be the beneficial owner of your PayPal account, and conduct business only on behalf of yourself.
You may expressly grant, remove and manage permissions for some third parties to take certain actions on your behalf. In some cases, you can do this when logged into your PayPal account – in other cases, you can do this directly with the third party. You acknowledge that if you grant permission for a third party to take actions on your behalf, we may disclose certain information about your PayPal account to this third party.
You may permit third party service providers licensed by applicable law (and to the extent the services are available) to:
Granting permission to any third party to access your PayPal account in any way does not relieve you of any of your responsibilities under this user agreement. You are liable to us for the actions that you authorize the third parties to carry out. You will not hold us responsible for, and you will indemnify us from, any liability arising from the actions or inactions of such third parties in connection with the permissions you granted, subject to your mandatory legal rights.
13.20 Assessment of your website
If you integrate or otherwise reference PayPal services on your website, PayPal may use automated technologies (e.g., website crawling) to assess your website and collect any publicly accessible or available data to ensure compliance with this agreement and to combat malicious or fraudulent activity.
In connection with such technologies, PayPal will not collect any of your customer personal data. However, there may be times we collect personal data about you that you publish on your websites. Such personal data shall be processed for the purposes described in this section and shall be subject to our Privacy Statement.
13.21 Exclusions from the Payment Services Law
Notwithstanding any reference in this User Agreement to the Payment Services Law, it is explicitly agreed that provisions pertaining to it, as well as any other protections in accordance with the Payment Services Law, shall not apply to a user which is a Business (in its meaning under Section 51 of the Payment Services Law), provided that contracting out of the relevant provisions/protections is permitted under Section 51. Notwithstanding the above, PayPal may decide, in its sole discretion, to afford all or some of the protections under the Payment Services Law to a Business.
For the purpose of this section, “Business”: a business whose annual sales turnover exceeds NIS 30 million or as determined by the Minister of Finance, in accordance with Section 51 of the Payment Services Law.
1. Overview. PayPal charges the following Fees:
2. Commercial Payments Fee.
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Fixed Fee |
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The additional percentage-based variable fee for international commercial payments depends on the buyer’s country/region, and increases by the percentage indicated below:
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Receiving International |
Israel |
U.S., Canada, Northern Europe* Europe I**: | +1% |
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All other countries: | +2% |
* Northern Europe: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland (including Aland Islands), Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
** Europe I: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, France (including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion and Mayotte), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom (including Channel Islands and Isle of Man), Vatican City State.
4. Additional Fees.
5. Fees for Other Pricing Categories
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Receiving Commercial Payments |
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All countries where available |
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(ii) Micropayments for Digital Goods Fees. If you apply and qualify for Micropayments for Digital Goods, then for each transaction involving only Digital Goods, you agree to pay either (i) the Commercial Payment Fees described in Section 2 above or (ii) the Micropayments for Digital Goods Fees, whichever rate results in a lower amount being charged to you for the transaction.
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Receiving Micropayments for Digital Goods |
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Micropayments Fixed Fee |
All countries where available |
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**Maximum PayPal Payouts Fee for domestic payments from: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Moldova, Monaco, Serbia, Ukraine |
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***Maximum PayPal Payouts Fee for international payments from: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Moldova, Monaco, Serbia, Ukraine |
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f. Refund Fee
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Refunding a Commercial Payment |
If a payment you received is refunded (partially or fully) to the sender, there are no fees to make the refund, but the fees you originally paid as the seller will not be returned to you. |
g. Bank/Credit Card Fees. Your bank, credit or debit card company may charge you fees for sending or receiving funds through PayPal. For example, you may be charged currency conversion fees, international transactions fees, or other fees even when your transaction is domestic, and does not require a currency conversion. PayPal is not liable for any fees charged to you by your bank, credit or debit card company or other financial institution based on your usage of PayPal. If you are in Israel, your bank account may be charged immediately for a PayPal transaction that is funded with a credit card.
These terms and conditions apply only to Account holders for Accounts registered in the following countries. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the term of Exhibit B herein, the terms of Exhibit B shall apply:
Israel
Law and Forum for Disputes.
Except as otherwise agreed by the parties or as described in Section 12.2. above, you agree that any claim or dispute you may have against PayPal must be resolved by a court located in Singapore and you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Singapore for the purpose of litigating all such claims or disputes. This Agreement and any dispute between you and us shall be governed in all respects by the laws of Singapore as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within Singapore, without regard to conflict of law provisions. If a court where you reside would not enforce an agreement between you and us requiring the application of Singapore law or requiring that disputes between us be resolved in Singapore, the laws of the country/region where you reside will apply to disputes between us relating to this Agreement and you may bring suit in the courts of the country/region where you reside and you and we agree to the personal jurisdiction of such courts.