When you apply for a PayPal Credit account, you’ll be asked to provide your date of birth, your income after taxes, the last 4 digits of your Social Security number, and agree to the PayPal Credit Mastercard and PayPal Credit Terms and Conditions. You’ll know within seconds if you are approved for a PayPal Credit Card or a PayPal Credit digital line.
The PayPal Credit Card is a travel companion and so much more. Use it to pay over time on all qualifying travel purchases posted to your account by September 30, 2026, plus use it to swipe anywhere Mastercard® is accepted. When you check out with PayPal, use your PayPal Credit Card to unlock special financing on all purchases of $149 or more.
If you aren't approved for the PayPal Credit Card, you might still get a PayPal Credit digital line. This is a reuseable, digital line of credit with the same special financing offer when you check out with PayPal on purchases of $149 or more. See terms.
No. If approved, you'll get either a PayPal Credit Card or a PayPal digital line based on your credit history.
You can use your PayPal Credit Card everywhere Mastercard® is accepted. If you use your card outside of the US, there is a Foreign Transaction Fee of 3%.
Yes, for a limited time, travel now and get No Interest if paid in full in 6 months on all qualifying travel purchases posted to your account by September 30, 2026. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months. Minimum monthly payments required. Subject to credit approval. See terms.
Purchases of goods and services of any dollar amount designated as travel based on a merchant’s MCC (as described below) that you make using your PayPal Credit Card anywhere Mastercard® is accepted and that post to your account by 9/30/2026. This does not include purchases made through a third-party payment account, mobile or wireless card reader, digital wallet or similar technology that does not support the transmission of MCCs.
“MCC” means a merchant category code, as defined by Mastercard, that is assigned to a merchant by the merchant’s payment card network or merchant processor based on the predominant business activity of the merchant. Neither PayPal nor Synchrony assigns or has responsibility for the assignment of MCCs or evaluates what MCCs should be assigned to a specific merchant. Synchrony reserves the right to determine from time to time which MCCs are included in the travel category. Synchrony is not responsible for providing promotional financing at merchants who do not report travel purchases with an accurate MCC.
If you use either the PayPal Credit Card or the PayPal Credit digital line when checking out with PayPal, you will get No Interest if paid in full in 6 months on purchases of $149+.
Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months. Minimum monthly payments required. Subject to credit approval. See terms.
No, there is no annual fee for any PayPal Credit account. See PayPal Credit Mastercard and PayPal Credit Terms and Conditions.
An approved PayPal Credit account application will result in a hard credit inquiry, which may impact your credit score.
Yes, your PayPal Credit digital line can be used for purchases less than $149, though the purchases won’t be eligible for special financing.
Yes! When you use PayPal to send money, select your PayPal Credit account as the payment method. You may need to change the payment method if your PayPal Credit account isn’t already set as your preferred payment method. When you use your PayPal Credit account to send money in US dollars (USD), you’ll be charged the same fee that’s charged when you use a debit or any other credit card to send money with PayPal. Learn more about our fees.
To manage your account, log in to PayPal and click your PayPal Credit account. You can also manage your account using the PayPal app on your smartphone or tablet.
We periodically review your PayPal Credit account, and providing your annual income after taxes will help determine if you are eligible for future credit line increases. If we don’t have this information, we may not be able to increase your credit line.
You can request a credit line increase by calling the customer service number on your monthly statement. Approval of a transaction that makes you go over your credit limit is not treated as an increase to your credit limit. However, Synchrony Bank, the issuer of the PayPal Credit account, may, from time to time, increase your credit line, including after approval of such a transaction. Keeping your account profile and income information up to date may help you qualify for future credit line increases.
At any time, you can choose to make a one-time payment or schedule automatic payments toward your balance due. You can pay from either your PayPal Balance account or your linked bank account conveniently on PayPal.com.
You can mail payments for the PayPal Credit Card to:
PayPal Credit Card SVCS/SYNCB
P.O. Box 71718
Philadelphia, PA 19176-1718
You can mail payments for the PayPal Credit digital line to:
PayPal Credit
P.O. Box 71707
Philadelphia, PA 19176-1707
Or, you can call our customer service department at 1-844-373-4961 to make a payment.
Note: When mailing a payment, please make sure you include your PayPal Credit account number or payment stub.
Yes, you will be charged a Late Fee for each month the minimum payment is not paid by the payment due date. An explanation of the Late Payment Fee is provided in the current version of the PayPal Credit Mastercard and PayPal Credit Terms and Conditions.
The Late Fee is equal to:
However, the Late Fee will never be more than the minimum payment that was due.
You will not be liable for unauthorized use on your account, but you will be responsible for all use by anyone you allow to use your account. If your account is used without your consent, call us immediately at 1-844-373-4961.
We will charge a “return check fee” or “non-sufficient funds fee,” for any returned payment, such as if any check, other instrument, or electronic payment authorization you provide us in payment on your account is not honored, returned unpaid or cannot be processed for any reason. This fee is equal to:
The returned payment fee will not be more than the amount permitted by applicable law. We may represent any returned payment. A returned payment fee may be charged even if your payment is honored on a subsequent representment.
PayPal Credit account also has a Paper Statement Fee. We will charge a $1.99 monthly Paper Statement Fee to your account in any billing cycle in which your balance is greater than $2.50 and you are sent a monthly billing statement in paper form, even if you also are provided it in electronic form.
You can avoid the fee if you elect to receive and are sent your statements in electronic form only for each billing cycle. To change your statement preference, go to the “Activity” tab, and choose “Statements”. Click “Stop Paper Statements” to stop receiving paper statements.
Payment Security is an optional purchase that can cover your minimum monthly payments or entire PayPal Credit account balance up to $10,000 after certain qualifying life events. You may cancel at any time. Whether or not you purchase Payment Security, this will not affect your credit terms of any existing credit card agreement you have. See Payment Security Program Agreement for more details.
There are seven events covered by the optional Payment Security program:
You’re covered for most events right away, as long as they occur after your sign-up date. For a job loss or leave of absence, coverage starts 30 days after you sign up.
Payment Security costs $1.66 per $100 of your last statement balance. For example, if you had a $300 balance, you’d pay $4.98 for that month. The fee will automatically be billed to your PayPal Credit account statement.
Your purchase of Payment Security is optional. You may cancel at any time. If you cancel within 90 days of your enrollment Effective Date, you will receive a refund of any program fees you may have been charged.
To cancel, log in to your account with PayPal, and access the Payment Security site the same way you enrolled or call 1-866-323-3462.
Call 1-844-373-4961
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Monday through Friday: 8 AM to 11 PM ET
Saturday through Sunday: 9 AM to 9 PM ET