Anyone managed to use PayPal debit card as contactless payment???

Gobsh

Update for anyone else with same problem. I decided to order a physical card, arrived today, Paypal then gave me the options to activate it online using the 3 numbers on the back of the card. Ultimately you still need a 'physical' Debit card to use it! Customer Services doesn't seem to understand this process

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PayPal debit card doesn't work??

I downloaded the new PayPal debit card, added it to my Google Wallet, PayPal say is good to go, tried it today as virtual card but it was rejected twice. Tried my regular bank card which worked fine?

Now usually you have to use a physical card and pin to activate a contactless card before you can use it virtually in your Google wallet. So I'm already thinking I have to wait for a physical card to arrive first

Called Paypal, they say it's fine. She didn't seem to know anything about the normal activation process.

Anyone managed to use PayPal debit card as contactless payment???

PRAISETHESUN

I've never even gotten my physical PayPal credit card to work by chip and PIN let alone contactless via Google Pay. But you do need to activate the card first, which needs details only available from the physical card. Once it arrives and you set it up you might have better luck.

Gobsh

You might need to tell PayPal customer service. She knows nothing about the normal activation process and says my card is good to go

flaneurs_lobster

I think "normally" (at least with the last couple of cards I got from Big Banks) you DO need to use the physical card with chip'n'pin before it can be used contactlessly but chip'n'pin is NOT required before using the card with Google/Apple Pay (contactlessly or otherwise).

Gobsh

PayPal customer service agent didn't seem to know anything about the "normal process" with a physical card and more, she totally denied there was any problem with my virtual card and it was good to go

I decided to order a physical card and try the normal process and see what happens

Bemused by the total lack of knowledge around this. I'm thinking 10,000s people are trying to use this because they're advertising it heavily in you tube

Nasqueron

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81979163#Comment_81979163

I got the Lloyds Ultra card as a switch from a previous Lloyds card and there was no chip and pin needed for any payments but I think it's always worth using them in a machine to change the PIN from the stock one even if you never intend to use the card directly. Probably different with a brand new card with no history but still worth doing the basic checks in case you need the card (rarely I find google pay is blocked and then have to look up the pin in the app!)

Diaz09

Quick question - are you getting a specific error message when it's rejected, or just "transaction declined"? That might help narrow it down!

I had similar issues with my PayPal card last year. Even though their system showed everything as active, I couldn't use Google Pay until I'd done a chip and PIN transaction at a shop first. Seems like their virtual activation process isn't quite seamless yet. The physical card should sort it - bit annoying having to wait though!

Gobsh

Update for anyone else with same problem. I decided to order a physical card, arrived today, Paypal then gave me the options to activate it online using the 3 numbers on the back of the card. Ultimately you still need a 'physical' Debit card to use it! Customer Services doesn't seem to understand this process