Get a free Payoneer debit card from mastercard & a US bank account: Get Your Paypal Verified Using a Payoneer Card

UPDATED: February 17, 2009

I’ve found out a quicker way toverify Paypal account without using a Unionbank EON card. If you happen to own aPayoneercard then you might want to verify your account using this card because the entire process onlytook me less than five minutes to complete. ThePaypal expanded use (EXPUSE) number, which is used to change the status of Paypal accounts from “unverified” to “verified”, is reflected immediately in my online account at Payoneer’s website.

Using aUnionbank EON card to verify Paypalhas a lot of disadvantages. A person had to wait for a few days up to more than a week before calling up the bank’s customer service for the EXPUSE number. Calling up the bank’s customer service is often difficult: a Unionbank customer often needs to call up several times to get through someone. The only option that the customer could find out the EXPUSE number is to make several calls to the customer service to follow up the request.

Remember, you can opt to maintain an unverifiedPaypalaccount to receive payments. However, if you need to withdraw the funds to a Philippine bank account then Paypal verification is always needed.

Before doing the procedure, you need $1.95 or more in your Payoneer account for the verification process. That amount will be refunded back to your Paypal account. If you need to know how to load funds into your Payoneer account, then read this post on ways onhow to load funds into a Payoneer card.

I’ve outlined the step-by-step procedure that I had followed:

Login to Paypal.Create a Paypal accountif you do not have one yet.
Make sureMy Accounttab is active; if not, click on that tab.
Under the headingMy Account Overview, click the link that saysUnverifiedjust besideStatus.
This will enable you to enter a card and verify it. Take yourPayoneercard and enter all the card details that are asked on the screen. Guide instructions are provided on the screen.
Login to your Payoneer account andget the Paypal EXPUSE(expanded use) number that is shown in your list of transactions (View Transactions). It is a four-digit number within your transaction history that looks likePP *nnnn Expusewhere nnnn is the four-digit number assigned by Paypal. (click the image below for a closer look)
Return toPaypalby logging in again. Enter the given four-digit number in the transaction statement to your Paypal account by logging in again to your account, underLink and Confirm Card. If this is successful then your status should change toVerified. (click the image below for a closer look)