Last updated on 24 October 2024
Last updated on 24 October 2024
1. Contracting Party and Scope of this Agreement
This Agreement ("Agreement") constitutes a legal agreement between you and PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. ("we" or "PayPal").
It governs the issuance and the use of your PayPal Business Debit Mastercard, which can be available in digital representation and/or physical form (the "Card" or “Cards”). This Agreement supplements the PayPal User Agreement that governs your use of PayPal’s services in general.
If there is any conflict between this Agreement and the PayPal User Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.
2. Eligibility
To be eligible for the Card you need to have a Finnish PayPal Business account subject to our discretion based on risk and compliance rules and subject to the PayPal User Agreement and other applicable policies. We may reject applications for Cards at our sole discretion.
3. Receipt and Activation of Your Card.
Upon successful application, the Card will be immediately available in your PayPal Business account. If you have requested it, a physical version of the Card will be subsequently posted to you. You must activate your Card before it can be used. You may activate the Card by calling our customer services team +358 (0)9 725 225 37 (fees may apply) or online by logging into your PayPal account and following the activation instructions as outlined on our website. This Card will be issued free of charge.
4. Additional Cards
Additional Cards are not available at the moment. We will indicate on our website when additional Cards will be available.
5. Possible Uses
Your Card can be used at merchants accepting Mastercard. You can use the Card to make purchases in-store, via the Internet and over the phone. The Card can be used for cash withdrawals at ATMs bearing the Mastercard Acceptance Mark.
You may only use your Card(s) for business expenses.
6. Daily Limits on Usage
Cards are subject to the following standard daily limits on usage:
Cash withdrawals |
EUR 350 |
Payments with your Card |
EUR 6000 |
Your actual daily limits may vary (lower or higher) depending on our experience with you. All daily limits are subject to periodic review and are subject to change based on PayPal account history, activity, and other factors. PayPal retains sole discretion to apply and change these limits. You may login to your PayPal account to see your specific limits in effect.
7. Authorization of Transactions
You authorize payments with your Card by
You cannot cancel payments which you have already authorized and which the payee already consented to. You may be able to cancel transactions that you have authorized for a future date (including recurring transactions) by contacting the Merchant before the date on which the payment is due to be made, or by contacting us. Further details are contained in the sections “Making A Payment” and “Receiving Payments” of the PayPal User Agreement.
8. Your Payment Obligation
When you use your Card for a transaction, i.e. give a payment order with the Card, you are obliged to reimburse the transaction amount to us. To this end, you authorize us to debit the respective amount from your PayPal balance.
Transactions made with the Card are funded solely by the Euro (“EUR”) balance in your PayPal account. You need to have sufficient EUR balance in your PayPal account to cover the amount of the Card transaction (and any transaction fees payable to us).
You can choose to enable or disable an automatic funding arrangement (we may call this “automatic top up”) by linking a debit card to your Card in your Card settings.
If you link a debit card to your Card, to the extent that there is no or insufficient balance available in your PayPal account to cover a Card transaction (and any transaction fees payable to us), we may automatically use your debit card as the funding source to obtain sufficient balance in accordance with the terms of the PayPal User Agreement. The amount drawn via your debit card and added to the balance of your PayPal account will be in EUR and will be rounded up to the nearest multiple of EUR 5.
An example: If you do not have any PayPal balance, but would like to pay EUR 26.50 to a merchant, an amount of EUR 30 will be drawn from your debit card and credited in your PayPal account. EUR 26.50 will be used for the Card payment. You can spend the remaining PayPal balance of EUR 3.50 on other purchases.
We will prioritize the pre-existing balance in your PayPal account for a payment with PayPal and only draw an amount via your debit card where the balance is insufficient.
If you:
you will not be able to obtain sufficient balance in your PayPal account to fund your Card transaction in the event that the pre-existing balance in your PayPal account is insufficient. Any Card transaction that exceeds the balance in your PayPal account will be declined.
9. Cash Withdrawals
The Card enables you to withdraw cash from the EUR balance on your PayPal account at
You may withdraw cash in an amount up to your daily limit (see section 6 of this Agreement).
You may only withdraw cash from your PayPal balance at an ATM but cannot withdraw from your debit card linked to your Card(s). However, you may get Cash at Checkout if your PayPal balance isn’t enough to cover the total transaction amount (purchase amount + cash amount) and if automatic top up is enabled (see section 8 of this Agreement).
You can withdraw no more than EUR 100.00 per day when you withdraw Cash at Checkout.
10. No Use of Your Non-EUR- Balance
It is possible to maintain balances in different currencies in your PayPal account. However, balances in currencies other than EUR (that were in your PayPal account prior to the transaction) will not be used to fulfil your payment obligation pursuant to section 8.
Example: You have a US dollar balance in your PayPal account. If you make a payment with your Card to a merchant in the US, we will not use this US dollar balance. US dollar transaction amount will be converted to EUR and we will only use your EUR balance in your PayPal account and possibly the EUR amount which we pull from your linked debit card for the payment. (see section 8).
11. Fees and Statements
12. Cashback Program
a. Cashback
PayPal provides 0.5% cash back on the Net Amount of Eligible Payments with your Card(s). This means 0.5% of the Net Amount of your Eligible Payments with your Card(s) will be credited to your PayPal account as weekly payouts.
From time to time, we might increase the cashback rate (for example to 1%) for a limited period of time. We will announce such promotional campaigns with an increased cashback rate (including eligibility criteria) in email and/or on our website to you.
"Net Amount" means the payment amount less the PayPal fees applicable to the payment.
"Eligible Payments" are all transactions with your Card(s) except for
PayPal uses a “round half up” approach to calculate reward amounts for individual payments. Cashback calculation examples:
b. Enrollment and Availability of the Cash Back Program
Your new Card and replacement Cards (lost or stolen use case) are auto enrolled to the Cash Back Program.
c. PayPal Account Closure or Termination of this Agreement
If you close your PayPal account, you will not be eligible to receive cash back for the month in which you close your PayPal account. However, if you cancel your Card or terminate this Agreement, you will still be eligible to receive cash back for the eligible transactions that are completed in the month in which you cancel your Card or terminate this Agreement.
13. Execution Times
The payment is initiated by the payee, namely the merchant.
If we receive the payment order on a business day after 4:00 pm CET Finland, then the payment order is deemed to be received on the next business day. Execution times (as defined below) only start running at the point of time that a payment order is deemed to be received.
After receipt of the payment order with PayPal, PayPal is obliged to ensure that the transaction amount is received by the payment service provider of the payment service recipient at the latest as follows:
Type of payment |
Execution times |
Payments in EUR within the European Economic Area |
No longer than one business day |
Payments in a different currency of the European Economic Area other than EUR within the European Economic Area |
No longer than four business days |
Payments outside of the European Economic Area regardless of the currency |
The payment is executed as soon as possible |
14. Authorization Holds
When you use your Card to purchase goods or services or to obtain cash from a merchant, the merchant may attempt to obtain preauthorization from us for the transaction. If the merchant makes such a request, we place a hold on your PayPal balance for up to thirty (30) days for the amount of the preauthorization request (which may vary in some cases from the amount of the actual purchase, depending on the merchant). This hold may affect the availability of funds in your PayPal account. If you authorize a transaction and then fail to make a purchase of that item as planned, the approval may result in a hold for that amount of funds for up to thirty (30) days. All transactions that involve incremental adjustment to preauthorization will result in a hold for that amount of funds for up to another thirty (30) days from the adjustment date. We will not be responsible if any transactions are not completed because of the hold. If the preauthorization request varies from the amount of the actual transaction, we will debit the actual transaction amount from your PayPal balance.
15. Card Expiry
Upon expiry of your Card, PayPal will usually automatically issue a new Card for you. Please contact us if upon expiry your card has not been renewed and you wish to renew it: +358 (0)9 725 225 36 (fees may apply).
16. Your Obligations: Protecting Your Card and PIN
You are obliged to comply with the following obligations:
17. Notification Requirement in case of Unauthorized Use of your Card
Should you notice or suspect that you have lost your Card or other device or notice or suspect an unauthorized use of your Card, you must notify us immediately.
To this end, you can log in to your PayPal account and report the Card as stolen, contact PayPal’s customer service or call: +358 (0)9 725 225 36 (fees may apply).
18. PayPal’s liability for unauthorized transactions
19. Your liability in case of unauthorized transactions
20. Refunds for Card transactions initiated by or through the payee
21. Actions we may take in case of violations of PayPal’s terms and PayPal’s right to restrict the use of the Card
We may block, restrict, suspend or terminate your Card at any time without notice and for any reason.
We may suspend or permanently suspend your use of your Card(s),
The provisions of the “Restricted Activities and Holds” section of the PayPal User Agreement also apply to transactions with your Card.
22. Property of the Cards
The Cards remain our property. We may ask you to return or destroy your Card (for example when this Agreement is terminated by you or us).
23. No Assignment
Your Card and your obligations under this Agreement may not be assigned.
24. Changes to this Agreement
We may change this Agreement with two months’ prior notice subject to the conditions in the “About Your Account – Welcome to PayPal!” section of the PayPal User Agreement.
25. Your Right to Terminate
You may terminate this Agreement, i.e. your Card, at any time. To cancel your Card, you may contact our customer services at +358 (0)9 725 225 36 (fees may apply) or you may cancel online by logging into your PayPal account.
26. PayPal’s Right to Terminate
We may terminate this Agreement with two months’ prior notice. Moreover, PayPal is entitled to terminate this Agreement as well pursuant to the conditions in the “Restricted Activities and Holds” section of the PayPal User Agreement.
27. Privacy
PayPal’s Privacy Statement also applies to the use of your Card(s).
28. Disputes
For any disputes or issues with PayPal or this service, please refer to the Disputes section in the “Resolving Problems” section of the PayPal User Agreement.
29. Additional Terms in the PayPal User Agreement
In addition to this Agreement, your use of the Card(s) is governed by the PayPal User Agreement (including the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy). You will for example find provisions and information about the applicable law, jurisdiction, arbitration, limitations of liability, language of the contract, etc.