31Oct Update on Public Bank Visa Electron debit card and Paypal
Last week I wrote about how my experience of using Public Bank Visa Electron debit card did not work with Paypal when I wanted to link the card to my Paypal account. I’ve finally figured out what happened.
The Public Bank Visa Electron debit card works like a prepaid credit card. That means you need to load money into the card before you can swipe it for purchases. Upon approval of your application for the card, Public Bank requires you to load the card with a minimum of RM25 before they will send the physical card to you.
When I received my note to do this, I loaded RM30 into the card. Not long after, I received my card from Public Bank and proceeded to register it with Paypal. For Paypal to verify the card, you need to follow its steps to link and confirm the card. When you agree to link the card by a click of the mouse button, Paypal will charge US$1.95 to the credit card that will be refunded later on. This is where my earlier glitch came about.
I called Public Bank (as suggested by you clever bloggers, thank you!) and found out that there must always be a balance of RM25 in the card. I loaded it with RM30 and that means that I can only charge a maximum of RM5 to my card. Any transaction with an amount that will eat into the balance of RM25 on the card will not go through. Since Paypal charges US$1.95 for the linking process, it is equivalent to RM6.80. I only have RM5 available in my credit card and thus, I was unable to complete the transaction required by Paypal. I made a run to top up the card and have now successfully linked the card to Paypal.
So if you are applying for this card and linking it to Paypal, make sure you top up enough the first time round for your linking charges by Paypal to go through. It was a rather silly mistake but one that must be learned. I hope this mistake of mine will help save you time should you go through this process too.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Very helpful. I think I might do the same mistake if I didn’t read this post. I wonder if the process is long…as in the paper works/documents. Do we need to prepare anything like payslips?
November 1st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
The application is very simple, you can download the application form from the website, then print a copy and send to the bank along with your copy of IC. The only pain is to wait for the bank to get back to you. It can take 3 weeks or longer. But it’s worth the wait if the card is going to prove useful. I was willing to wait because that’s the only way I know how to get cash out of Paypal!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
yesterday i link public bank debit card to my paypal account but unsucessfully , but message come out “We were unable to verify this credit card. Please check the information you have entered is correct. If the problem persists, please try to enter a different credit card.”
but i get all information that public bank debit card 100% can withdraw $ from paypal
so i thinking may be i top up RM30 , balance must RM 25 at all time, paypal charge US1.95 charge may be , so RM 5 not enough , i planning tomorrow go to topup , but i still worry may be my card not yet activate or other problem with my card, so i try to suft net , hope can get solution, finally get this site, thank you , i facing same problem with you , now very happy cuz get the answer already
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Hmm…this is quite a common “mistake” then. Glad that this post has helped you. It should work perfectly once you top up enough for your Paypal charges to go through. Good luck!