Cancelled payment

[Dee9787]

Hi I made a payment yesterday but sent it to an incorrect email address so I cancelled the payment and it says it has been refunded back to my bank but nothing in my account yet, can this just take a few days? I’m panicking now as was a lot of money!

[kernowlass]

@Dee9787

Gosh you were lucky, if that mis-spelled email address was valid to another person you 'may' have lost your money !!

Luckily you could cancel, so when you cancel a payment those funds can't do a u-turn > they have to process through to paypal who will then either return them to your funding source (if you paid with a debit or credit card), or credit your paypal balance (if it was funded from your balance or instant bank transfer), but that takes a few days and sometimes up to a week.