PayPal announces fines - for a very specific group of users

PayPal is the most popular payment service in Germany - and to date it has been free.

If PayPal has its way, that should change - a penalty fee will soon be due for certain customers.

• Statistics show:

  PayPal

  is the most popular

  online payment service

  of the Germans.

• PayPal customers

  worldwide can

  send and receive money - completely

  free of charge.

• But

  PayPal is planning a big innovation

  from

  December 2020

  : Many customers will then have to

  pay

  fines

  .

San José / London - According to the global corporation, statistically every fourth German now uses

- or at least has an account for the

.

Although security loopholes are known again and again,

popular as it enables money to be received and payments to be made online worldwide.

offers its users

, which is particularly popular with fans of

,

& Co.

Video: consumer advice center warns of PayPal and Co.

In addition,

- and that is probably crucial for its international success - is still free.

If the company has its way, that should change very soon.

Although the company is flourishing and - according to its own statements - over 346 million people use the online payment service, some of its customers are apparently still a thorn in the side.

Too many of the registered

are not regularly active when it comes to cashless

via

.

A

is intended to change this - and thus apparently encourage the use of the

.

As the British newspaper

reports, the

at PayPal

into effect

from

and apply to both buyers and sellers.

If you have money in

account but do not use the account, you should either

pay

the proposed penalty

of

- this would be around

- or close your account.

The new measure affects all users

who have not used

more than a year.

This is how the PayPal penalty fee can be avoided

From one year of

,

will be asked to pay.

According to the company, the affected customers should be

notified

sixty, thirty and seven days before

by

order to have enough time to cancel the account if necessary.

However, there are a few loopholes for the more "passive" PayPal customers: If there is

no

on the

for example

, the

fee does not have to be paid.

In addition, an

is already

considered

to be sending, receiving or debiting money once a year - or simply logging in.

In addition, PayPal users in

and

are not yet

affected

by the

- the novelty will apparently only be

introduced in

at first

, reports the technology portal

.