Payment to friends and family still pending
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Every month I send some money to a family member overseas. The last 2 months, paypal has held the paypment on my side as "pending" for 10 days. My December payment was made on 20th December and it's showing as Pending until 30th December. I definitely selected Send to Friend or Family so why is PayPal doing this? I have been unable to find anything helpful in the FAQ.
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It only takes 'long' if you are sending an echeque as a funding source because paypal then is not charging you a fee for their service.
If you want it 'instant' then fund it via a card and pay the fee for the instant transfer.
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My friend (in the same town) sent me a payment yesterday through friends and family, he paid through his debit card as an instant transfer. It showed as pending, but we thought it was just because it was made after 5:00 pm and maybe it was because the bank was closed. However, it's been over a full day and his "instant transfer" is still pending. It would have been easier for me to drive over to his place and just get the cash that way.
Both of us have had accounts for a long time, both of us use them regularly to buy and sell things on a variety of online market places and both of us have attached bank accounts and debit cards.
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Hello Justusinc,
Welcome to the PayPal community and thank you for your post.
You will find more information regarding the status of payments here.
-Donna
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Thank you for the update.
As your question is very account specific, I would advise you to contact our customer care department who can help you further. You can do this by clicking on the Help and Contact link at the bottom of every PayPal page to check what your contact options are. You can also contact us via our Facebook Page or Twitter @askPayPal.
-Donna
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