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mthoms on Jan 14, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: PayPal faces lawsuit for freezing customer account...

I suspect it’s because they want to verify they can withdraw from the account, not just deposit. Maybe they have deposit-only account links but IIRC the default is two-way. That’s because, for example, you can subscribe to various services using PayPal (if you have no funds in your PP account they will withdraw it from your bank account).

Scoundreller on Jan 14, 2022 [–]

This makes a lot of sense. Lots of advice in the early days of PayPal to have a separate account for them and keep nothing in it.

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