Is it secure to give paypal access to your bank account number

[dhanraj1994]

I do not have paypal account, And now i want to set up one, but it ask for credit card no.(which i don’t have) and also back account number, so i was wondering is it safe to give paypal access to your back account number. Because you may be charged with over drafts or if you account get hacked, your bank account also gets in danger. So what you guys suggest ? I am thinking that i will open a new bank account, just for this purpose !

[dhanraj1994]

So no need to setup new account ?

Thanks !! for your advice

[geeone]

Hi Dhanraj,



There is no problem at all providing the CC and bank details.



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[anaspiechick]

Yep, it’s fine - I once had a special account just for online stuff, but my bank put the fees up so I decided to bin it and just use my regular one. A bigger risk, I think, is giving Ebay buyers your bank details for direct deposit - I’ve had some pretty shady customers over there, so I don’t offer DD as a payment option any more.

[caiterz]

Ive got a paypal email address and a bank account JUST for paypal 🙂



So neither are linked to anything, so if something does get hacked, no worries.

[dhanraj1994]

@caiterz i was also thinking of the same. And now i have decided will do that only !!

Thanks to all of you for your suggestion

[magisworks]

I’ve had my bank account connected to Paypal for 3 years already and haven’t experienced problems so far. However you have to be careful about phishing emails that aim to get your paypal and bank account details so they could get hold the information. If you are not sure about the emails, contact paypal or your bank directly 🙂

[Guest tn5rr2012]

I have never had a problem with paypal and have been connected to them with my personal banking information for 5 years now



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[lparziale]

PayPal is great - no worries in my opinion.

[jerrivil]

It suppose to be an alternative to Paypal.

Why credit card payment became impossible now? If I don’t want to have Paypal account. If I am in conflict with them.

Now I can’t buy any gigs.



Please advice.

[francoisparsons]

Well you have to be very secure for this. You can read various security tips for online banking. You have to very sure before sharing any type of banking information with anyone. I guess this link can help you –

http://cardcommercials.com/blog/secure-online-banking-tips/

[tips4anything]

Dhanraj,



Guess you are from India… for PAYPAL signup and for receiving funds all you need is an email address and the bank account number (some general related info)…



I don’t think you need to share your CC number to PAYPAL just for receiving payments…



However, if you want to spend using the Paypal then you need to link your CC…



Otherwise… PAYPAL will just send the money out… and cannot take it without your authorization from the BANK account…



So simple and safe…



Thanks