Accepting Donations/Payments from people without Paypal accounts - can you use a checking account?

[CrCrMe]

Our nonprofit has chosen to use Paypal to process all of our online and card donations.  I've recently set up a donation button that allows for automatic recurring donations, but it doesn't seem like there is a way to make repeat donations without using a credit or debit card unless you have a paypal account.  Is that accurate or do I just have something set up wrong?  We wanted them to be able to make monthly donations direct from their checking account. Thanks!

[sharpiemarker · Accepted solution]

That is accurate.  PayPal guest checkout does not handle bank payments, cards only (prepaid cards excluded).  They'd have to sign up for PayPal acct.  Although they can use their debit cards that are tied to a bank account.

[CrCrMe]

Thanks. 🙂