steam and paypal Without credit card

[UMBRELLA CORPORATION]

Hello, I wanted to make a purchase but now he asks me to link a credit card to paypal, but I just paypal because I do not have a card, it is a bug?

[Baum]

You do need a credit card, it is not a bug. 'PayPal does not offer transfers directly from your bank account without having a backup credit card tied to the account. You will need to move funds from your bank account into your PayPal account and use your PayPal balance as the method of payment.'

Reading this article should answer all your questions: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8360-wejc-2625#PayPal

[UMBRELLA CORPORATION]

Yet I always made my purchases on steam with paypal and without credit card and without putting money on paypal

[HEART]

Certain countries have recently changed their paypal policy with regards to Steam. I'm not sure if it's paypal's doing or Steam's, or a collusion of the two, but it's been this way for a bit over a month for many European countries and maybe more. Most of the complaints I have heard have come from European union countries.

[Ryuu.]

Hey,

I've been using Paypal for ~3 years now, and i have this issue every now and then.
Upon asking Paypal support, they told me that this is their automated safety system, and there is no way to change that. (Apparently, this kicks in when you buy more as you usually do) I cant really explain their system, but thats what they told me. I also dont have a credit card, and refuse to get one just for paypal.

So you'll have to wait a few days, and it should work again. (Thats my experience)

[Zefar]

Before I had a creditcard I could send money from my bank account to PayPal and type in a reference number so that it'd come to my account. This took like 3 work days though.

[Lecadre]

i have same issue with steam when using paypal, trying to add some credit to make account unlimited, but every time i try it tells me to add credit card even though i don't have one and thats the reason i use paypal in the first place,

some say that it is a sequrity system that can last a few days if you made a purcahse but i didnt really make any purchase recently, i only received a large sum of money on paypal, maybe that also activates the security cooldown not sure, although i only have that issue with steam, no other place

Edit: i found a solution, for me it was, when selecgint to pay Paypal, uncheck the box "save my information etc" and then it didnt ask me for credit card

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Lecadre:

i have same issue with steam when using paypal, trying to add some credit to make account unlimited, but every time i try it tells me to add credit card even though i don't have one and thats the reason i use paypal in the first place,

some say that it is a sequrity system that can last a few days if you made a purcahse but i didnt really make any purchase recently, i only received a large sum of money on paypal, maybe that also activates the security cooldown not sure, although i only have that issue with steam, no other place

The PayPal payment requires a backing source, like a CC or bank account attached to it.

[Lecadre]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Lecadre:

i have same issue with steam when using paypal, trying to add some credit to make account unlimited, but every time i try it tells me to add credit card even though i don't have one and thats the reason i use paypal in the first place,

some say that it is a sequrity system that can last a few days if you made a purcahse but i didnt really make any purchase recently, i only received a large sum of money on paypal, maybe that also activates the security cooldown not sure, although i only have that issue with steam, no other place

The PayPal payment requires a backing source, like a CC or bank account attached to it.

:nkCool:

That is not really true because i know people who use paypal on steam without ever having used a credit card linked to it at all, and also i do not have that problem paying with paypal anywhere else either, its only Steam that is the issue

The entire reason that Paypal exists in the first place is for people who do not use credit cards and do not want to involve bank accounts, its an alternative way of paying (mainly online) in my country almost nobody who uses paypal has a credit card,