Withdraw PayPal via Xoom from same country — allowed or not?

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One of our members, Joanna (ani*****@gmail.com), wrote to tell us about Xoom.com‘s confusing policy on intra-country transfer of PayPal funds.

Joanna wants to convert her PayPal funds to cash via Xoom. She contacted Xoom to inquire whether it is indeed possible to make an intra-country transfer, that is transfer funds from a PayPal Philippines account to an account holder in the Philippines.

Xoom’s reply:

Xoom Corporation (Shiva Prasad) – 01/07/2008 08:43 AM

Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting Xoom Customer Support.

Please be informed that you can transfer the funds in the same country. Your Pay Pal should be verified to transfer the funds.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Ok, as long as the PayPal account is verified, one “can transfer the funds in the same country.” So far, so good.

But when Joanna filed the transfer request, the transaction was denied. Xoom’s explanation:

Xoom Corporation (Abhishek Mishra) – 01/07/2008 07:00 PM

Dear Joanna,

I would suggest you to get in touch with PayPal in order to verify if they allow intra country transfers.

Please let us know if you have more concerns.

Huh? Why can’t Xoom know if they can or cannot process intra-country transfers?

Several PayPal users in the past have noted that Xoom cannot be used to withdraw funds from PayPal accounts in the Philippines. This has also been the subject of discussions last year in the How to withdraw PayPal in the Philippines thread.

If Xoom does not allow intra-country PayPal transfer, they should make an official announcement so people won’t be confused. Having conflicting statements does not help.

PayPal users only want to know: can they or can they not transfer PayPal funds to someone in the same country?

About the Author

James Ryan Jonas teaches business strategy, investments, and entrepreneurship at the University of the Philippines (UP). He is also the Executive Director of UP Provident Fund Inc., managing and investing P3.1 Billion ($56 Million) worth of retirement funds on behalf of thousands of UP employees.

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6 thoughts on “Withdraw PayPal via Xoom from same country — allowed or not?”

  1. What is the quickest way to withdraw from paypal? I’ve withdrawn 500$ to my eon union and its now five days..and nothing is showing up in my balance. hay…

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  2. I think each bank has different processing times and sometimes (or most of the time), it’s not even standard.

    My own UnionBank withdrawal of PayPal funds took 4 days while the shortest UnionBank transfer time I am aware of was only 1 day. However, some people have reported that their transactions get processed after 3 weeks or even a month.

    We’ll try to do research later to find out the real fastest way of withdrawing PayPal funds and we’ll post it here.

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  3. please help me..i need to know how to withdraw funds from paypal via xoom….how are we going to know if paypal account is already verified?is there a need of bank account?

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