You can verify your account by completing two out of three tasks: linking and confirming your bank account, verifying your credit or debit card information and/or providing your social security number.
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How do I set up my PayPal account to receive payments from an individual?
@Al425 wrote:How do I set up my PayPal account to receive payments from an individual?
Once you sign up your account is already able to receive payments in general.
You can give the sender your PayPal email address, send a money request, send an PayPal invoice or create a PayPal button for which you can export as an email link instead of button code to put on a website. All can be done from the Summary page.
To get full access to your PayPal account features (like withdrawing funds) is to verify your account:
You can verify your account by completing two out of three tasks: linking and confirming your bank account, verifying your credit or debit card information and/or providing your social security number.
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