Buying and sending money can be easy, fast, and secure when using PayPal.
You can find details about changes to our rates and fees and when they will apply on our Policy Updates Page. You can also view these changes by clicking ‘Legal’ at the bottom of any web-page and then selecting ‘Policy Updates’.
Domestic: A transaction occurring when both the sender and receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as residents of the same market.
International: A transaction occurring when the sender and receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as residents of different markets. Certain markets are grouped together when calculating international transaction rates. For a listing of our groupings, please access our Market/Region Grouping Table.
International transactions where both the sender and the receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as resident in the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Jersey, Gibraltar, Isle of Man are treated as domestic transactions for the purpose of applying fees.
Market Code Table: We may refer to two-letter market codes throughout our fee pages. For a complete listing of PayPal market codes, please access our Market Code Table.
Rates published below apply to PayPal accounts of residents of the following market/region:
United Kingdom (UK) | Guernsey (GG) | Jersey (JE) |
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Gibraltar (GI) | Isle of Man (IM) |
It’s free to use PayPal to donate or to pay for a purchase or any other type of commercial transaction unless it involves a currency conversion.
Rate |
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No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved) |
When you buy or sell goods or services, make any other commercial type of transaction, or receive a payment when you “request money” using PayPal, we call that a “commercial transaction”.
For the listings of selling rates, please visit our PayPal Merchant Fees Page.
The transaction fees are based on how much cryptocurrency (“crypto”) you buy or sell. The exchange rate you’ll see before buying or selling crypto will also include an exchange rate margin. There’s no fee for holding crypto in your account.
Purchase or sale amount | Fee |
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1.00 – GBP 24.99 | GBP 0.50 |
25.00 – GBP 100.00 | 2.3% |
100.01 – GBP 200.00 | 2% |
200.01 – GBP 1,000.00 | 1.8% |
GBP 1,000.01 + | 1.5% |
When you send or receive donations, such as through Generosity Network fundraisers or otherwise, we call this a “donation”.
Transaction Type | Rate |
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Donation | 2.9% + fixed fee |
QR Code Transactions – GBP 10.01 and above | Commercial Transaction rates apply |
QR code Transactions – GBP 10.00 GBP and below | Commercial Transaction rates apply |
The fee for receiving domestic donations applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international donations.
Where sender’s market/region is | Fee |
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EEA | 1.29% |
All other markets | 1.99% |
Currency | Fee |
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Australian dollar | AUD 0.30 |
Brazilian real | BRL 0.06 |
Canadian dollar | CAD 0.30 |
Czech koruna | CZK 10.00 |
Danish krone | DKK 2.60 |
Euro | EUR 0.35 |
Hong Kong dollar | HKD 2.35 |
Hungarian forint | HUF 90.00 |
Israeli new shekel | ILS 1.20 |
Japanese yen | JPY 40.00 |
Malaysian ringgit | MYR 2.00 |
Mexican peso | MXN 4.00 |
Currency | Fee |
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New Taiwan dollar | TWD 10.00 |
New Zealand dollar | NZD 0.45 |
Norwegian krone | NOK 2.80 |
Philippine peso | PHP 15.00 |
Polish zloty | PLN 1.35 |
Russian ruble | RUB 10.00 |
Singapore dollar | SGD 0.50 |
Swedish krona | SEK 3.25 |
Swiss franc | CHF 0.55 |
Thai baht | THB 11.00 |
UK pounds sterling | GBP 0.30 |
US dollar | USD 0.30 |
When you send money (initiated from the “Friends and Family” tab of the “Send Money” flow) to, or receive money into your PayPal account from, friends and family without making an underlying commercial transaction (that is, the payment is not for the purchase of goods or services or for making any other commercial transaction), we call that a “personal transaction”.
The rates relating to personal transactions are set out below.
Rate |
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No fee (when no currency conversion is involved) |
Rate | Minimum/Maximum |
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5% of the transaction amount | The minimum fee is GBP 0.99 and the maximum fee is GBP 2.99 |
Fees charged in different currencies for sending payments: We will collect the fee from balance in the currency in which the fee is payable. To do this, we may need to convert the fee amount from your sending balance into the currency in which the fee is payable, in which case the fees for "Conversions in all other cases" also apply.
Rate |
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No fee (when no currency conversion is involved) |
For information about how we convert currency, please see the user agreement.
Please access the Currency Converter tool below to indicate the applicable rate that may apply to your transaction. Any rates shown are subject to change based on time and date of the completed transaction.
Currency Converter Tool
Rate |
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3% above the base exchange rate |
You can typically withdraw money out of PayPal by standard withdrawals/transfers to your linked bank account or eligible debit cards. Withdrawal to a bank account or a card may not be possible in all markets. A currency conversion (and currency conversion fees) may also apply.
Note: For additional listings of transfer rates out of business accounts, please visit our PayPal Merchant Fees Page.
Withdrawal/Transfer to | Market | Rate |
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Bank account | All (where available) | No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved) |
US bank account | GG, GI, IM, JE, & UK | 3% (when no currency conversion is involved) |
Cards | GG, IM, JE, & UK | No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved) |
GI | Fixed Fee for card withdrawal applies per withdrawal |
Based on card withdrawal currency:
Currency | Fee |
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Albania lek | ALL 276.00 |
Algerian dinar | DZD 300.00 |
Angola kwanza | AOA 1,233.00 |
Argentine peso | ARS 8.00 |
Armenian dram | AMD 1,350.00 |
Aruban florin | AWG 5.00 |
Australian dollar | AUD 3.50 |
Azerbaijan manat | AZN 4.50 |
Bahamian dollar | BSD 3.00 |
Bahraini dinar | BHD 1.000 |
Balboa | PAB 2.50 |
Barbados dollar | BBD 5.00 |
Belizean dollar | BZD 5.00 |
Bermudian dollar | BMD 3.00 |
Bhutan ngultrum | BTN 178.00 |
Boliviano | BOB 17.00 |
Botswana pula | BWP 27.00 |
Brazilian real | BRL 4.50 |
Brunei dollar | BND 3.00 |
Bulgarian lev | BGN 3.50 |
Burundi franc | BIF 4,725.00 |
Cabo Verde escudo | CVE 249.00 |
Canadian dollar | CAD 3.00 |
Cayman Island dollar | KYD 2.00 |
CFA franc BEAC | XAF 1,478.00 |
CFA france | XOF 1,350.00 |
Chilean peso | CLP 1,200.00 |
Comoro franc | KMF 1,109.00 |
Cordoba oro | NIO 85.00 |
Columbian peso | COP 8,329.00 |
Congolese franc | CDF 4,226.00 |
Convertible mark | BAM 4.00 |
Costa Rican colon | CRC 1,408.00 |
Cypriot pound | CYP1.20 |
Czech koruna | CZK 55.00 |
Dalasi | GMD 128.00 |
Currency | Fee |
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Danish krone | DKK 15.00 |
Denar | MKD139.00 |
Djibouti franc | DJF 444.00 |
Dominican peso | DOP 133.00 |
Dong | VND 57,937.00 |
East Caribbean dollar | XCD 7.00 |
Egyptian pound | EGP 40.00 |
Estonian kroon | EEK30.00 |
Ethiopian birr | ETB 80.00 |
Euro | EUR 2.00 |
Falkland Islands pound | FKP 2.00 |
Fiji dollar | FJD 5.00 |
Gibraltar pound | GIP 1.50 |
Guarani | PYG16312.00 |
Guinea franc | GNF 23,848.00 |
Guyana dollar | GYD 522.00 |
Hong Kong dollar | HKD 20.00 |
Hryvnia | UAH 61.00 |
Hungarian forint | HUF 500.00 |
Iceland krona | ISK 170.00 |
Indian rupee | INR 100.00 |
Israeli new shekel | ILS 11.00 |
Japanese yen | JPY 300.00 |
Jamaican dollar | JMD 335.00 |
Jordanian dinar | JOD 2.000 |
Kenyan shilling | KES 252.00 |
Kina | PGK 9.00 |
Kip | LAK 22,196.00 |
Kuna | HRK 15.00 |
Kuwaiti dinar | KWD 2.500 |
Kwacha | MWK 1,842.00 |
Kyrgyzstani som | KGS 225.00 |
Lari | GEL 7.00 |
Latvian lat | LVL1.50 |
Currency | Fee |
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Leone | SLL 24,662.00 |
Lempira | HNL 62.00 |
Lilangeni | SZL 36.00 |
Lithuanian litas | LTL7.00 |
Malaysian ringgit | MYR 8.00 |
Malagasy Ariary | MGA 9,129.00 |
Maltese lira | MTL0.90 |
Mauritanian ouguiya | MRO 937.00 |
Mauritius rupee | MUR 92.00 |
Mexican peso | MXN 30.00 |
Moldovan leu | MDL44.00 |
Moroccan dirham | MAD 24.00 |
Mozambican metical | MZN 200.00 |
Naira | NGN906.00 |
Namibia dollar | NAD 36.00 |
Nepalese rupee | NPR 286.00 |
Netherlands Antillean guilder | ANG4.00 |
New Taiwan dollar | TWD 88.00 |
New Zealand dollar | NZD 4.00 |
Norwegian krone | NOK 16.00 |
Nuevo Sol | PEN 8.00 |
Omani rial | OMR 1.000 |
Pa’anga | TOP 6.00 |
Philippine peso | PHP 100.00 |
Polish zloty | PLN 8.00 |
Qatari rial | QAR 9.00 |
Quetzal | GTQ 19.00 |
Rand | ZAR 20.00 |
Riel | KHR 10,300.00 |
Romanian leu | RON 6.00 |
Rufiyaa | MVR 39.00 |
Rupiah | IDR 23,000.00 |
Currency | Fee |
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Russian ruble | RUB 150.00 |
Rwandan franc | RWF 2,500.00 |
Saint Helena pound | SHP 2.00 |
Saudi riyal | SAR 9.00 |
Serbian dinar | RSD 265.00 |
Seychelles rupee | SCR 34.00 |
Singapore dollar | SGD 4.00 |
Slovak koruna | SKK70.00 |
Solomon Islands dollar | SBD 21.00 |
Somali shilling | SOS 1,449.00 |
Somoni | TJS 26.00 |
Sri Lanka rupee | LKR 454.00 |
Surinam dollar | SRD 19.00 |
Swedish krona | SEK 18.00 |
Swiss franc | CHF 3.50 |
Tala | WST 7.00 |
Tanzanian shilling | TZS 5,760.00 |
Tenge | KZT 943.00 |
Thai baht | THB 90.00 |
Trinidad and Tobago dollar | TTD 17.00 |
Tugrik | MNT 6,867.00 |
Tunisian dinar | TND 7.500 |
Turkish lira | TRY 3.80 |
Uganda shilling | UGX 9,194.00 |
UAE dirham | AED 10.00 |
UK pounds sterling | GBP 1.50 |
US dollar | USD 2.50 |
Uruguay peso | UYU 50.00 |
Vatu | VUV 291.00 |
Venezuelan bolivar | VES 15,000,000.00 |
Won | KRW 2,915.00 |
Yemeni rial | YER 626.00 |
Yuan renminbi | CNY 17.00 |
Zambian kwacha | ZMW 55.00 |
Included below are fees associated with events, requests, or actions that may happen when you use your account.
Activity | Description | Rate |
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Bank Return on Withdrawal/Transfer out of PayPal | This fee is charged when a Withdrawal/transfer out of PayPal is attempted by a user and it fails because incorrect bank account information or delivery information is provided. | See Bank Return on Withdrawal/Transfer out of PayPal Table below. |
Credit Card and Debit Card Confirmation(s) | Some users, in order to increase their sending limit or as PayPal may determine, may be charged a credit card and debit card link and confirmation fee. This amount will be refunded when you successfully complete the credit card or debit card verification process. | See Credit Card and Debit Card Link and Confirmation Table below. |
Inactive PayPal Account | The inactivity fee will be the lesser of the fee listed below or the remaining balance in your account. | See Inactive PayPal Account Fee Table below. |
Records Request | This fee will apply for requests of information relating to why we had reasonable justification to refuse your payment order. We will not charge you for records requested in connection with your good-faith assertion of an error in your PayPal account. | GBP 10.00 or EUR 12.00 (per item) |
Market/Region | Rate |
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UK users | GBP 10.00 |
Users registered in the Eurozone | EUR 12.00 |
Currency | Rate |
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Australian dollar | AUD 2.00 |
Brazilian real | BRL 4.00 |
Canadian dollar | CAD 2.45 |
Czech koruna | CZK 50.00 |
Danish krone | DKK 12.50 |
Euro | EUR 1.50 |
Hong Kong dollar | HKD 15.00 |
Hungarian forint | HUF 400.00 |
Israeli new shekel | ILS 8.00 |
Japanese yen | JPY 200.00 |
Malaysian ringgit | Not Applicable |
Mexican peso | MXN 20.00 |
Currency | Rate |
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New Taiwan dollar | TWD 70.00 |
New Zealand dollar | NZD 3.00 |
Norwegian krone | NOK 105.00 |
Philippine peso | PHP 100.00 |
Polish zloty | PLN 45.00 |
Russian ruble | RUB 60.00 |
Singapore dollar | SGD 3.00 |
Swedish krona | SEK 100.00 |
Swiss franc | CHF 10.00 |
Thai baht | THB 70.00 |
UK pounds sterling | GBP 9.00 |
US dollar | USD 1.95 |
Currency | Fee |
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Czech koruna | CZK 270.00 |
Danish krone | DKK 75.00 |
Euro | EUR 10.00 |
Hungarian forint | HUF 3,600.00 |
Norwegian krone | NOK 105.00 |
Polish zloty | PLN 45.00 |
Swedish krona | SEK 100.00 |
Swiss franc | CHF 10.00 |
UK pounds sterling | GBP 9.00 |
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