What is the PayPal app?

Your PayPal journey starts here. Join the millions of people who trust PayPal to send, spend, and manage their money quickly and securely. The new all-in-one PayPal App lets you manage all your money in one place. Learn about the features of the PayPal digital wallet and download it today.

How does PayPal work?

PayPal customers create an account and connect it to a checking account, a credit card, or both. Once identification and proof of funds are confirmed, users can send or receive payments online or in a store using PayPal as the go-between. Millions of small and large retailers, online and in the real world, accept PayPal payments.

How many people use PayPal?

Check out faster, safer and more easily with PayPal, the service that lets you pay, send money, and accept payments without having to enter your financial details each time. 173 million people use PayPal to shop on millions of sites worldwide, in 202 countries and with 21 different currencies. What is PayPal? Why use PayPal?

Is PayPal a UK company?

Prior to this move, PayPal had been registered in the United Kingdom as PayPal (Europe) Ltd, an entity which was licensed as an Electronic Money Issuer with the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) from 2004. This ceased in 2007, when the company moved to Luxembourg.