How to add a Euro bank account to an American Paypal account?

[alexisc568]

Hello all,

my problem is pretty straight forward as explained above: I am currently spending time in Europe and have a Euro bank account.

I have created my paypal account back in the US, so everything seems to be specifically american: no way to add a French bank account nor a French mailing address.

However I just received a payment in Euro and want to keep it in Euro and transfer it to my Euro account, which avoids paying useless fees to get the money changed to dollars...

I was not able to find a clear answer to my question.

Thanks for your help!

[kernowlass]

@alexisc568 

Paypal is country specific so if you move countries you have to open another paypal account in the country you reside in and add an address / phone number / bank accounts / cards from within that country.
However you are allowed x2 paypal accounts BUT 1 must be personal and the other 1 business.

There are some exceptions as some bank accounts can be linked to specific Paypal accounts in some countries....you can link a US paypal bank account to most other countries paypal accounts because paypal is a US company. But you can't add a European bank account to a U.S paypal account.