PayPal Launches Instant Transfer to Bank Solution

PayPal announced a new faster way to move money from PayPal to the customer’s bank.

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The company is beginning to roll out Instant Transfer to bank to consumers in the US now and expects to roll out the new feature for businesses in the US in the coming weeks, with international expansion expected in the near future.

PayPal is able to offer this functionality to customers following its expanded partnership with JPMorgan Chase. Through this partnership, PayPal is able to access the Real Time Payments network from The Clearing House and enable Instant Transfer to the bank.

Instant Transfer Differences

Beginning a couple of years ago, PayPal launched Instant Transfer to a debit card, which gave people and businesses the ability to transfer their balance to eligible debit cards instantly. Since then, the company has seen impressive adoption of the Instant Transfer to debit solution.

Last year, PayPal announced Funds Now, which helps select businesses get access to funds from their completed sales within seconds by eliminating wait times due to holds, delays and reserves so they can spend or transfer money from their completed sales immediately, without having to pay any additional fees.

With Funds Now, PayPal aspired to set new expectations in payments – that immediate access to funds should be the norm rather than the exception for small businesses in good standing.

Currently, Funds Now is available to more than 3.5 million businesses across the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

After seeing impressive adoption with both of these offerings, PayPal wanted to continue rolling out additional solutions that make it faster for people and businesses to get access to their money.

Getting faster access to money is becoming more and more critical for most people, especially as the global workforce is evolving and an increase in less traditional and more entrepreneurial jobs means people have potentially less stable and more variable incomes.

Faster access to money can also mean being able to cover unexpected expenses and emergencies, staying on top of bills and avoiding late fees.

For businesses, getting faster access to money from their sales can mean they can afford to hire more employees, purchase inventory, quickly invest back into their businesses and better manage their cash flow.

Instant Transfers typically occur in minutes and vary by bank and as with the Instant Debit card solution, there is a 1% per transaction fee capped at $10.