PayPal customers that have a PayPal Business Debit Mastercard can activate their new replacement card online at www.paypal.com/activatecard. Cardholders should have received their new card in the mail and the next step is to activate it.
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Cardholders can activate their new card by visiting the online activation website or by calling Customer Service. The phone number for customer service for US customers is 1-866-888-6080 OR international customers at 1-402-935-2017.
Activate Card Online
The quickest way to activate your card is via the paypal.com activate card website. It only takes a few clicks of your mouse and you’re new replacement card will be operable while your old Paypal Mastercard will be completely deactivated.
- Visit www.paypal.com/activatecard
- From the Paypal Business Debit Mastercard Login enter your login credentials
- After logging in you will seen your new card to the left of the screen with the Activate link available
- Click the Activate link
- Create your new PIN
After following the above steps your new card is now ready for use. The last step is to discard your old PayPal Mastercard because it is no longer in service.
It’s a good idea to do this immediately because you may forget to replace the card in your wallet and while out-and-about try to use it and discover it doesn’t work. To prevent this mistake from happening simply replace the card in your wallet ASAP.
PayPal Business Debit Mastercard Review
The reason why PayPal updated their customers PayPal Business Debit Mastercard cards is because they wanted to add a few upgrades to their credit cards. Some of the upgrades are Chip security, move your credit card number to the back of your card, and option for contactless payments.
Chip Card
Your new PayPal Mastercard has the Chip installed in the card for an extra layer of security. Many credit card issuers are providing their cardholders with the Chip card OR Chip security which is a more secure feature. Cardholders that are also nearing their old Mastercard’s expiration date will also receive this new Chip card.
New Account Number
Your new PayPal Business Debit Mastercard comes with a new account number, card expiration date, and security code. All of this information is stored on the back of the card which offers you a degree of privacy. It’s difficult for someone that is curious to see your card info. Your card can be activated at paypal.com/activatecard.
Contactless Payments
Many checkouts in stores are offering contactless payments which allows customers to simply tap their card at terminals that display the Mastercard Paypass logo or a Contactless icon. This is a super fast way to pay your bill during checkout that many people enjoy. If for some reason the Chip or Contactless services aren’t available at a store cardholders can still use the magnetic stripe on the back of the card for swiping their payment.
Update Merchants
All of these changes are important to note because you will need to visit each merchant that has your PayPal Mastercard stored and update your account with the new card information. This needs to be done fairly quickly just in case you have recurring monthly payments that may be due.
Other PayPal Business Mastercard Benefits
There are a number of benefits that PayPal customers receive as a cardholder. They have access 24/7 for making purchases to over 40 million places and there is an option to withdraw money from their PayPal Business Debit card account via ATM’s or point of sale.
Customers will also receive an unlimited 1% cash back that is added to their PayPal balance every month considering their purchases are eligible for the 1% program. There is a zero liability policy applied to each member’s card along with theft and damage protection.
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I already have a MasterCard and am happy with it. Why do I need another card? Paypal already has my other MasterCard info. as well as my bank account. They have done a good job deducting my purchase amounts from my bank account and I’m happy with that. Should I quit buying from EBAY?
Why is it so hard to activate my new paypal master card? I went to
paypal.com/activatecard and after filling out the info requested I
was that my new card number did not exist. After that I got the
biggest runaround you ever saw. Someone working for Paypal
should try their hand at activating a new card; its like pulling teeth
or getting blood out of a turnip. There was a weekend sale on the
29th & 30th and I missed out on two items that I wanted to buy
because my card could not be activated. Why don’t you do like
the banks do; you call a number they ask you to put in your new
card number within seconds you are told that your card is ready
for use.
Amen to the person who wants an easy call in activation. Why can’t u do that ?