What payment methods can I use with PayPal?
You don’t need to have money in your PayPal account to send a payment. You can send money directly from a credit card, or a debit card.
You can use any of these methods to send payments:
PayPal account balance
- Your PayPal account balance is the first payment method that we use when you make a payment.
- Your payment occurs immediately.
Credit or debit card
- You can pay with a credit or debit card if you don’t have enough money in your PayPal account balance.
- Your payment occurs immediately.
Here's how to change your preferred payment method:
- Click Wallet.
- Click the preferred payment method.
- Click Set as preferred.
Please note that you need to add a payment method (such as a card) to your PayPal account before you can select it as a preferred way to pay.
Changing your preferred payment method won’t affect automatic payments. You can update your payment preference directly on the automatic payment.