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Tag: PayPal glitch

PayPal Comes to A Screeching Halt for Some 3P Sites and Plug-ins

June 28, 2023July 1, 2023 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal has been experiencing a technical issue that prevents customers from completing transactions on numerous third-party websites that use PayPal to power their checkout buttons. Operators of websites and plug-ins say the problem began as early as June 20. On Read more

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PayPal Glitch Hits 2 Days before Christmas, Resolved

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal experienced technical issues 2 days before Christmas. Reports began coming in to Down Detector after 10 am Eastern on December 23rd. The Independent reported that people complained of not being able to log in or being unable to send Read more

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PayPal Experiences Technical Issues on Thursday (Resolved)

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal is experiencing technical issues that started Thursday morning and were ongoing as of this writing (Thursday afternoon). DownDetector showed reports of problems coming in, and PayPal itself issued a notice showing it was a global issue that started at Read more

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PayPal Customers See Delay in Getting Funds

September 13, 2020September 14, 2020 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal customers turned to Twitter Sunday afternoon to ask where their funds were, and the tweets show just how upset people get when their money fails to show up in their accounts. DownDetector showed a spike in reports after 3:30 Read more

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eBay Has a Workaround for Checkout Issue

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Ina Steiner
eBay

eBay blamed PayPal for issues with eBay Checkout and offered a workaround for buyers. Since Monday, eBay’s System Status board has shown a warning that the eBay marketplace is experiencing technical issues. Two of the nine services eBay tracks on Read more

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PayPal Experiences Technical Issues on Monday

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal issued an alert that it’s experiencing technical issues impacting Express Checkout and Direct Credit Card processing. The incident began at 9:30 am Eastern, and the company issued the following notification at 10:26 am: Initial Notification: Express Checkout and Direct Read more

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PayPal Works on Summer Delayed-Settlement Glitch

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Ina Steiner
PayPal

PayPal issued an informational report on Friday titled “Delayed settlement recovery” notifying customers that between June 11 and August 23, 2019, there had been a payment processing delay that affected certain transactions. Merchants who were impacted received payment, but the Read more

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eBay Vows to Protect Sellers from Fallout over PayPal Glitch

September 9, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Online sellers are still trying to cope with the fallout from a serious PayPal glitch that occurred on Wednesday, but eBay vowed to protect sellers from any negative consequences. eBay and Etsy sellers were among those impacted. As eBay explained, Read more

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PayPal Users in UK Unable to Access Funds

February 22, 2016July 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

PayPal users in the UK have been unable to access funds since Friday; the company acknowledged the problem via Twitter on Saturday to say it was working to fix the problem. “As a seller, I can’t send anything until the Read more

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Brief Outage Strikes PayPal Ahead of Cyber Monday

November 30, 2015August 2, 2017 Ina Steiner

Online shoppers were unable to pay for items on eBay and other ecommerce sites early Sunday morning due to an outage at PayPal. Attempts to pay or login to the PayPal website resulted in error messages, with many users reporting Read more

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