What are Payment Receiving Preferences and how can I set them?

If you have a Business account, Payment Receiving Preferences allow you to handle payments automatically. You can choose whether to automatically convert payments received to your primary currency or accept them in the receiving currency without auto-conversion, as well as block certain types of payments.

You can:

  • Block payments from customers who don't have a confirmed address.
  • Block payments that are sent to you in a currency you don't hold.
  • Block payments for duplicate invoice IDs.
  • Block payments from customers in other countries.

Here's how to set your Payment Receiving Preferences:

  1. Go to www.paypal.com/businessmanage/preferences/payments.
  2. Edit your preferences. We’ll automatically save your new preferences.