PayPal Alternative Payment Methods Agreement

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PayPal Alternative Payment Methods Agreement

PayPal Alternative Payment Methods Agreement Last updated on July 15, 2026

These are the terms of a contract between you and PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), and applies to your use of Alternative Payment Methods (“APM”).

PayPal Alternative Payment Methods Agreement

1. About these terms

1. About these terms

These terms apply to your use of any of our APM functionality.

For reference:

• APM functionality is functionality provided by us which, if integrated into your online checkout or if you send an invoice as a payment request, enables your customer to select and use any Alternative Payment Method (APM) (as we may allow from time to time) to pay you; and

• Alternative Payment Method (APM) is any payment method listed in Annex 1, which we may allow anybody to use without an Account to send a payment to your Account, subject to these terms.

The User Agreement for the country where you are registered with PayPal as a resident forms part of these terms. Capitalized words which are not defined in these terms are defined in that User Agreement. As much as possible, these terms and the User Agreement should be interpreted as a consistent whole. Where a conflict of interpretation arises, these terms override the User Agreement to the extent of the conflict.

The definition of our Services in the User Agreement, when read together with these terms, includes our APM functionality.

PayPal Alternative Payment Methods Agreement

2. APM prohibited activities

2. APM prohibited activities

Merchants are not allowed to accept payments for goods or services:

• that are not provided on the Merchant’s own account;

• that are not provided within the scope of the normal business operation of the Merchant as provided for in the Merchant Registration Form;

• that are prohibited as set out either below or within any respective specific terms of a Payment Method;

• Payment Methods are not permitted to be offered, used or otherwise made available for any of the following categories of business:

• Illegal products and services, or products and services prohibited by applicable laws:

• Business or organization that engages in, encourages, promotes or celebrates unlawful violence toward any group based on race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other immutable characteristic

• Counterfeit or unauthorized goods;

• Drugs and narcotics;

• Get-rich-quick schemes or pyramid schemes;

• Human or animal bodies or organs;

• Intellectual property or proprietary rights infringement;

• Nazi-branded products, Nazi content and articles;

• No-value-added websites, including websites which employ unfair, deceptive or predatory sales practices;

• Pay-to-remove sites or defamatory publications;

• Racist, sexist, misogynistic or otherwise abusive products and content;

• Radioactive, toxic, flammable, corrosive or other types of hazardous materials;

• Regulated goods and services (including products and services falling under general regulations, jurisdictional and/or age-restrictions):

• Alcohol and alcoholic beverages;

• Archaeological findings and items;

• CBD and hemp products;

• Online pharmacies, prescription drugs;

• Fireworks and related products;

• Live animals;

• Pornography and other obscene materials; sites offering sexually-related services such as prostitution, escorts, adult live chats, etc.;