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1. PayPal: Now Available in the Philippines -- Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines’ Premier Technology Blog

   October 12th, 2006 at 6:41 pm

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   [...] Also see: PayPal Now Available in the Philippines [...]

2. A Bugged Life » Blog Archive » PayPal is now in the Philippines … sort of!

   October 12th, 2006 at 7:52 pm

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   [...] PayPal now available in the Philippines [...]

3. BizToolbelt

   October 12th, 2006 at 8:03 pm

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   PayPal service is now in the Philippines…

   Imagine the utter disappointment when Paypal censored the Philippines off its list because of mass credit card fraud several years ago.Today, many overseas foreign workers hail from the Philippines and it would please them to know that PayPal has just….

4. How to open a PayPal Philippines account

   October 12th, 2006 at 11:29 pm

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   If you can’t receive funds and can’t also load up using your credit card or bank account, how will you be able to get funds to your account? Hmmm…

5. ia

   October 13th, 2006 at 2:08 am

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   Haha, sorry, but I trackbacked to the Paypal blog. ^_

   Cheers!

6. jhay

   October 13th, 2006 at 8:09 am

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   Yey! More, give us more!

   I guess all the hardwork has started to get paid off. Kudos!

7. IT Experts Central

   October 13th, 2006 at 2:34 pm

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   This is good news for those who wants to pay products and services which can only be paid through Paypal.

   Paypal really opened the doors for the Philippines but there is a bad effect in our economy since it only allows sending money. All transactions is going out and money is leaving our country, our economy suffers. I would like to encourage everyone to visit http://digg.com/tech_news/Paypal_in_the_Philippines and let’s dig it to let the world know the effect of limitations in Philippine Paypal accounts.

8. ka edong

   October 13th, 2006 at 3:50 pm

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   congratulations, j angelo!

   Good step forward for Philippine e-commerce

9. Alfa

   October 13th, 2006 at 6:18 pm

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   Where do you find that note that it can only be used to pay and not to receive any payment?

10. J. Angelo Racoma

    October 13th, 2006 at 6:53 pm

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    Thanks for the links everyone.

    @Ia, thanks. No prob. Here or there—it’s the same. Any linklove is greatly appreciated.

    @Jhay, thanks. It’s not solely because of our efforts, though. In fact, I do think PayPal has been planning to re-activate the Philippines and other Asian countries for some time now.

    @Ka Edong, thanks. It’s a good step. But we have a long way to go. A good start, nonetheless.

    @Alfa, sign up for an account and try clicking any of the following: Request Money, Add funds, withdraw funds. They’re all disabled. You can only pay, send money and pay for eBay items.

11. Corsarius

    October 14th, 2006 at 7:25 am

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    good news! though a little bit..’sup*t’, as they say in tagalog (uh, sorry about that, j, hehe). personally, paypal still has no use for me in this limited functionality ‘mode’.

    but as they say—one step at a time!

12. Paypal now in the Philippines » isulong seoph » Blog Archive - Search Engine Optimization

    October 14th, 2006 at 8:26 am

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    [...] PayPal Now Available in the Philippines. Thought not yet 100% fully functional, at least it’s a good start. Read more at the Paypal for the Philippines Blog As of today, October 12th, 2006, PayPal is available in the Philippines. This is only on a limited basis, though, since users from the Philippines could only use PayPal to pay for transactions online. [...]

13. noemi

    October 14th, 2006 at 8:26 am

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    well it’s a start. And we will continue to lobby for more functionality!

14. J. Angelo Racoma

    October 14th, 2006 at 11:39 am

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    @Corsarius, yeah, it’s really a drag. Some say it’s disadvantageous to the economy because money flows out. But I think if goods and other things of value come in anywyay, then it’s ok. At least Pinoys get a better way to pay for stuff online.

    @Noemi, yes. We shall!

15. hoop

    October 14th, 2006 at 5:56 pm

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    Congrats Angelo and Thanks for the Selfless effort in trying to get PayPal to the Philippines

16. Noel Bautista

    October 18th, 2006 at 11:14 pm

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    [...] [also blogged by yuga, racoma, migz ]    Posted in General     [...]

17. RJ

    December 4th, 2006 at 7:40 pm

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    Full Paypal services WON’T happen anytime in the Philippines. Why? Because I’ve two con artists who have fake feedback scores who can also summon several lackeys who will “bid” on that fake item as well. Making you feel “sure” that you’ve won that item.

    And if they can hack feedback scores; then they can certainly hack into any Paypal account as well!

18. rpbonoan

    January 4th, 2007 at 8:58 pm

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    Hi. So what’s been happening to the Paypal issue? Anything lately on the receiving money aspect for the Philippines?

19. Technqx

    January 8th, 2007 at 11:56 am

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    Yeah Paypal is now available in the Philippines but you can only use it for shopping online, you won’t be able to receive funds if you’re selling on eBay. There is no definite time yet when are they going to make PayPal here fully functional (sending & receive).

    Wanna share it with you guys. After long research, I got a solutions and it’s guaranteed working cuz I got mine already.

    Its guaranteed that you will be verified by PayPal allowing you to receive and send money.

    I haven’t been to the US yet and I was able to get a verified PayPal Account associating my US Bank Account.

    STEPS:

    1. Open a US Bank Account (even you’re not from the US. Use your Philippine address, that’s cool.
    2. Open a US PayPal account – using any US address – don’t worry PayPal won’t verify your address – it’s the bank account that will be verified.
    3. Add your newly-opened US Bank Account to your US PayPal Account.
    4. PayPal will then deposit small amounts to that bank account ( that should appear on your bank transaction history within 2-3 days). You will have internet banking facilities with that account.
    5. Enter to your PayPal the exact amounts they have deposited to your bank.
    6. There you go. You are now a verified US PayPal account holder having the privileges of receiving and sending money online.

    More information: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtechnqxQQhtZ-1