PayPal Community

Hi Technika79,   Thank you for contacting the PayPal Community Forum and welcome as a new member!   In order to remove an email address from your PayPal account you will need to ensure your email is confirmed and marked as the primary contact.   Go to www.paypal.com/uk and log in to your account. Click the Settings icon at the top of the page. Beside the email address you want to confirm, click Edit. Click Confirm this email and we'll send you an email. Click the link in the email to confirm your email address. Once you have done this you should be able to receive the payments and remove the other email address. I would also recommend completing a full virus scan and changing the password and security questions on your PayPal account.   - Siobhan ... View more

@Technika79   When you pay a seller funded from your bank account it is never instant > paypal credit the seller and then paypal take the wait for your funds to transfer to them from your bank account.   This is so you get your item more quickly.   But ''normally'' they only take the risk of doing this if you have a back up card linked to your paypal account as well, so they have another source if there are not enough funds in your bank account.   If you ever have a failed transfer or neg balance then you will probably find that paypal will remove your usage of your bank account OR make you take the wait for the funds to transfer to paypal > seller via an echeque.   At the moment you seem to be ok but paypal are asking you to add a card to reduce risk to them. ... View more