On the 12th of June, 2014, Paypal stopped rejecting Nigerians and some other nations that used to be left out of their services. It was music to the ears of so many entrepreneurs in these countries that found it impossible to access several products and services that accepts just Paypal as a means of payment.
In this article, i’ll educate you on how you can open and verify a PayPal account from Nigeria. Yes, it requires changing your IP address and your MasterCard/VISA ATM card will be used for the verification. This tells you that your PayPal account will be connected to your ATM so that whenever you feel like paying for goods and services, your ATM gets charged and your account, deducted.
Here is a step by step guide on how you can open and verify your PayPal account in Nigeria:
- Head to https://www.paypal.com/ng/ and tap Sign Up for free registration.
- Select to open an Individual Account.
- Fill up the form and make use of a working email address that have never been used on Paypal. Type in your ATM details including the card number, the expiry date plus the card verification value a.k.a CVV, which is those three-digit numbers you see at the back of your ATM Card. Be aware that your billing address must be the same as the address you entered when you opened your bank account, otherwise you will most likely face some difficulties.
- Tap Continue.
- You will be shown a security CAPTCHA, do as you are told, fill the characters in the picture and proceed.
- After that, sign yourself in to your email account and tap the verification link and sign in with your password.
- When you are signed in, tap the Get Verified link.
- A redirection will take you a fresh page for confirmation of your card verification. Fill up the information required of you and tap continue.
- For Verification, $1.95 i.e 702.00 naira refundable fee will be deducted from your card to confirm its authenticity. Be aware that Paypal will refund the exact amount to your account before a day elapses as soon as your account has been verified.
- You will receive a message from your bank to confirm the debit, and it will be alongside a four-digit code that is connected to the debit.
- Head back to your PayPal account and tap confirm debit or credit card then type in the four-digit code and then tap confirm card button.
- As soon as confirmation is done, you will be congratulated via a message.
- You now own a verified account, log in.
Wrapping Up
- You can only make payments on your account right about now.
- Loading your PayPal account separately to buy anything is not needed, your card linked to the account takes the hit whenever you transact.
