Failed to process the payment
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Hi
I am using wordpress with "WooCommerce PayPal Payments" plugin . I treid many time to checkout with my credit card , but the following message appear
Failed to process the payment. Please try again or contact the shop admin. [UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY] The requested action could not be performed, semantically incorrect, or failed business validation. https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/orders/v2/#error-COMPLIANCE_VIOLATION
How can I resolve this issue?
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Read this link as you are in one of the affected countries.
https://www.paypal.com/al/webapps/mpp/ua/recpymt-full?locale.x=en_AL
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Kudos / Solution appreciated.
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Hi,
I tried with a credit card issued from Saudi arabia , and the same error was returned
So , what may the issue?
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You have a paypal account registered in Egypt so you have to add a card issued in Egypt with a billing address that matches your paypal address.
Also in your country it has to be a credit visa as in the link I have already posted for you.
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