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Google Wallet is losing access to PayPal (www.theverge.com)
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Google Wallet will soon no longer let you pay with your PayPal account in the US. On a help center page spotted by Android Authority, Google says it will stop supporting the payment method and automatically delete linked PayPal accounts on June 13th, 2025.

The company has also stopped letting users link PayPal accounts to Wallet as of April 11th. Now, users who previously relied on PayPal to quickly connect their payment methods with Google Wallet will have to manually add a credit card, debit card, or bank information if they want to keep using the app.

Google notes that it will still accept PayPal-branded debit cards. “To deliver smart, flexible, and more rewarding ways to pay, PayPal constantly improves their offerings,” Google writes in a FAQ, while referring users to an email sent by PayPal.

The Verge reached out to PayPal with a request for more information but didn’t immediately hear back.

If you use a linked PayPal account for recurring payments, Google says you’ll need to change your payment method on the merchant’s website to keep using the service. Google Wallet will also no longer display your PayPal transaction history, which you’ll now have to view on PayPal’s website or app. Google Wallet’s PayPal integration will still work for users in Germany.

PayPal first rolled out support for Google Wallet — then called Android Pay — in 2017. Its rival digital wallet also continues to evolve, with the PayPal app adding tap-to-pay on iPhones in Germany and rolling out a way for groups to pool money.

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[-] 30p87@feddit.org 24 points 3 days ago

in the US is the important part here.

[-] Starayo@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago

Wallet supported paypal??

Oh, in the US.

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

I have absolutely zero love for PayPal, but a small part of me is hoping this is so they can launch their own wallet app, which doesn't use whatever crummy "security" system keeping Google Wallet off of GrapheneOS.

It'll never be my primary form of payment, but as someone with ADHD, my grocery store purchase info 10% of the time is a reasonable price to pay for forgetting my wallet at home again.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I'm sorry man, but the chances of PayPal not adopting that trash are basically 0%

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 days ago

You can always rely on the corpos to do the parasite thing

[-] unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I forgot my wallet the other day and only realized it when it was time to pay for my grocery purchase.

My state's driver license app works flawlessly, but I can't get any of these crappy wallet apps to work with Android on my S22 Ultra due to unresolvable errors with each of them. Hopefully PayPal can finally give us both a working wallet app.

[-] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Usually losing options is bad but PayPal? I'm fine with this.

[-] Jailbrick3d@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

For anyone wondering why there's people that might not like PayPal, they own the Honey browser extension, which is responsible for possibly one of the largest influencer scams ever. Source

[-] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago

They're also notorious for randomly freezing funds and leaving users with no records.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

To be fair, I've only seen that happen to scummy businesses. There have been more than a few youtube videos of people complaining "I scammed this guy now paypal doesn't like me"

[-] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately paypal tends to shoot first and ask questions never, so it affects more than just bad actors. For example, my mom had her account frozen after someone scammed her on an ebay sale- they returned the item for money back but sent an empty box. When she reported it, paypal froze ALL of her funds and defended the scammer. Years later, she's still out a couple hundred bucks.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Sounds like a situation where you can't prove you didn't send an empty box in the first place. Paypal takes the side of the consumer from what I've seen

[-] hera@feddit.uk 7 points 3 days ago

PayPal lost a long time ago. It is barely used in the UK now.

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Not sure that is true? On a quick search, in the UK 3 in 10 had used it for point of sale purchases and 8 in 10 had used it online in 2023-2024. Of course that is used it at least once and does not reflect its actual market share.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1389396/paypal-adoption-in-uk/

[-] hera@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I think it is often used as a card handler and less as a way that people pay (as we used to, by connecting it to a bank account or having a balance)

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 1 points 3 days ago

It's insane that 30% POS usage considering that they have 3-4x the fees that other POS vendors are charging

[-] hera@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

I can never not read POS as Piece of Shit

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