Currency Codes
Last updated: Aug 15th, 7:41am
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To specify currencies in fields and variables for the Express Checkout, PayPal Payments Standard, and Website Payments Pro APIs, use three-character ISO-4217 codes.
PayPal accepts credit and debit cards issued globally.
PayPal provides the Multi-currency functionality, which allows merchants to accept payments in a variety of currencies for the buyer's and merchant's convenience. This feature helps merchants reach additional customers who prefer to pay in their local currency. It also helps eliminate the need for merchants to maintain multiple accounts in more than one currency because the merchant's PayPal account can hold balances in multiple currencies. In the event that Multi-currency is unavailable, the transaction is settled in the merchant's local currency.
Note: To receive payments in a currency that you do not hold in your PayPal account, you must first configure your Payment Receiving Preferences within your account. Otherwise, the payment status remains pending until you manually approve the payment in your PayPal account.
Acceptance of certain currencies may be subject to regulatory requirements or restrictions. Currency options may also be limited for high risk categories. Contact your PayPal account representative for more information.
Important: Effective 1 April, 2021, PayPal will no longer offer domestic payment services in India. As a result of this, PayPal Payments Private Limited users cannot use Indian rupees (INR) to receive payments. This change, however, has no impact on PayPal’s international services. Users in India can continue to send and receive international payments in US dollars (USD).
Multi-currency Support List
Multi-currency support for PayPal payments
The following table details multi-currency support for PayPal payment transactions that use Express Checkout, PayPal payment buttons (PayPal Payment Standard) and other PayPal products.
Note: Regulatory per transaction limits may apply in China, Japan and Russia.
| Currency | Currency code | Per transaction limit |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Dollar | AUD | |
Brazilian Real Note: This currency is supported as a payment currency and a currency balance for in-country PayPal accounts only. If the receiver of funds is not from Brazil, then PayPal converts funds into the primary holding currency of the account with the applicable currency conversion rate. The currency conversion rate includes PayPal's applicable spread or fee. | BRL | |
| Canadian Dollar | CAD | |
| Chinese Renmenbi Note: This currency is supported as a payment currency and a currency balance for in-country PayPal accounts only. | CNY | |
| Czech Koruna | CZK | |
| Danish Krone | DKK | |
| Euro | EUR | |
| Hong Kong Dollar | HKD | |
Hungarian Forint Note: Decimal amounts are not supported for this currency. Passing a decimal amount will throw an error. | HUF | |
| Israeli New Sheqel | ILS | |
Japanese Yen Note: This currency does not support decimals. Passing a decimal amount will throw an error. | JPY | 1,000,000 |
Malaysian Ringgit Note: This currency is supported as a payment currency and a currency balance for in-country PayPal accounts only. | MYR | |
| Mexican Peso | MXN | |
| Norwegian Krone | NOK | |
| New Zealand Dollar | NZD | |
| Philippine Peso | PHP | |
| Polish Zloty | PLN | |
| Pound Sterling | GBP | |
| Russian Ruble | RUB | For in-border payments (payments made within Russia), the Russian Ruble is the only accepted currency. If you use another currency for in-border payments, the transaction fails and returns the 10001 error code – Internal Error. |
| Singapore Dollar | SGD | |
| Swedish Krona | SEK | |
| Swiss Franc | CHF | |
Taiwan New Dollar Note: Decimal amounts are not supported for this currency. Passing a decimal amount will throw an error. | TWD | |
| Thai Baht | THB | |
| U.S. Dollar | USD |
Multi-currency support for direct credit card products
Supported major credit cards and currencies
The following table details the major credit cards supported and multi-currency support in direct credit card transactions (transactions that are not branded as PayPal transactions), sorted by the merchant's country.
The products listed in this table support payments with buyer credit cards issued in any country.
| Country Name | Product Name(s) | Major credit cards | Multi-currency Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Website Payments Pro Hosted Solution | American Express (AUD only), Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| Canada | PayPal Payments Pro PayPal Payments Advanced* Website Payments Pro** | American Express (CAD only), JCB (CAD only), Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| France | PayPal Intégral Evolution | 4 étoiles, Carte Aurore, Carte Bancaire, Cofinoga, Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| Website Payments Pro Hosted Solution | Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD | |
| Italy | PayPal Pro | Carta Aura, Mastercard, PayPal Prepaid, Postepay, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| Japan | Website Payments Plus | JCB (JPN only), Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY***, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| Singapore | Website Payments Pro Hosted Solution | Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| Spain | Pasarela Integral | Mastercard, Tarjeta Aurora, Visa | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD |
| UK | Website Payments Pro Hosted Solution | Discover, Maestro, Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Electron | AUD, CAD, CHF, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, JPY, NOK, NZD, PLN, SEK, SGD, USD |
| USA | PayPal Payments Pro PayPal Payments Advanced* Website Payments Pro** | American Express (USD only), Discover (USD only), Mastercard, Visa | AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, JPY***, USD |
* No longer actively marketed; now included with PayPal Payments Pro.
** No longer actively marketed; predecessor to PayPal Payments Pro.
*** JPY transactions have a per transaction amount limit of approximately 1,000,000 JPY.
Payment Receiving Preferences
If you have a PayPal Premier or Business account, configure your Payment Receiving Preferences to handle payments automatically. You can convert any payment into your primary currency or block certain types of payments.
You can set the following:
- Block or unblock payments from U.S. customers who don't have a confirmed address.
- Block or unblock payments sent to you in a currency you don't hold.
- Block or unblock payments for duplicate invoice IDs.
- Block or unblock payments from customers who have non-U.S. PayPal accounts.
To configure your preferences:
- Log in to your PayPal business account at PayPal.com.
- Hover over your name and then click Account Settings from the dropdown menu.
- From the left menu, click Payment preferences.
- Click Update for the Block Payments item. Your settings are automatically saved when you update them.