I am unable to link my Egyptian bank account to PayPal even though it was possible yesterday.

Nag777
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Hi. Yesterday, I was trying to link my Egyptian bank account to PayPal. I was allowed to link it, and it even said that I had to make sure there were Egyptian pounds in my account. However, as of today, I'm no longer able to do that, and instead, I have to link a US bank account.

Can anyone tell me what's happened, and why I can't link my account anymore? Thanks.

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kernowlass
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Why would you remove it once linked?

You can only add a bank account x3 times in that banks lifetime, if you try and add it again after that you won't be able to. 


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Nag777
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There seems to be a misunderstanding. I didn't link my account once. The reason why I wasn't able to link my account at that time was because my bank was extremely unhelpful, and I wasn't able to get my IBAN number. I had to wait until the day after to get it, but by then, I had lost the ability to link my account. 

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PayPal_Harsha
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Hello @Nag777,

Welcome to PayPal Community Forum and thank you for posting! And that you @kernowlass.

I'm sorry to hear that you are facing an issue while trying to add Egyptian bank account to your PayPal account. I would like to inform you that it is not possible to link an Egyptian bank account to PayPal. You can only add the U.S. bank account or a Visa credit/debit card. If you do not have the U.S. bank account, you can contact your local bank and check if they have an option to provide U.S. bank account. 

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Shriharsha.

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Nag777
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Thank you for helping.

PayPal didn't support Egyptian banks when I posted my problem. However, it currently supports it now.

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kernowlass
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I would like confirmation on this as well. It used to be as the Paypal moderator advised but I like @Nag777 thought it had changed recently and that Egypt could not add 'some' local bank accounts, could someone update this thread?


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