Payouts country and currency codes

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Last updated: Aug 15th, 8:02am

PayPal uses 3-character ISO-4217 codes to specify currencies in fields and variables.

Currency	Currency code
Australian dollar	`AUD`
Brazilian real ²	`BRL`
Canadian dollar	`CAD`
Czech koruna	`CZK`
Danish krone	`DKK`
Euro	`EUR`
Hong Kong dollar	`HKD`
Hungarian forint ¹	`HUF`
Indonesian rupiah	`IDR`
Israeli new shekel	`ILS`
Japanese yen ¹	`JPY`
Malaysian ringgit ²	`MYR`
Mexican peso	`MXN`
New Taiwan dollar ¹	`TWD`
New Zealand dollar	`NZD`
Norwegian krone	`NOK`
Philippine peso	`PHP`
Polish z ł oty	`PLN`
Pound sterling	`GBP`
Russian ruble	`RUB`
Singapore dollar	`SGD`
Swedish krona	`SEK`
Swiss franc	`CHF`
United States dollar	`USD`

Notes:

¹ This currency does not support decimals. If you pass a decimal amount, an error occurs.
² This currency is supported as a payment and balance for in-country PayPal accounts only.

Restrictions

Countries with Currency Restrictions

If you are a PayPal account holder in a country with currency restrictions, make sure that your Adaptive Payment code or Mass Pay file contains requests that meet your country's requirements. If any of the Mass Pay entries do not comply with the country's restrictions, those entries will fail with an error message.

The following table lists the countries with currency restrictions and describes the restrictions that apply to Adaptive Payments and Mass Payments.

Country	Currency Code	Restrictions
Brazil	BRL	Brazilian users: 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.
Malaysia	MYR	Malaysian users can: Send payments in MYR only to other Malaysian users. Send payments in other currencies to all users, including those in Malaysia. Malaysian users can't: Send payments that result in currency conversion to or from MYR. Send MYR balances to non-Malaysian users. Note: Non-Malaysian users cannot hold currency balances in MYR.

Country

Currency Code

Restrictions

Brazil

BRL

Brazilian users:

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.

Malaysia

MYR

Malaysian users can:

Send payments in MYR only to other Malaysian users.
Send payments in other currencies to all users, including those in Malaysia.

Malaysian users can't:

Send payments that result in currency conversion to or from MYR.
Send MYR balances to non-Malaysian users.
Note: Non-Malaysian users cannot hold currency balances in MYR.

Exclusions

You won't be able to convert to these countries' currencies.

Asia

China
India
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey

Caribbean and Latin America

You can send USD to these countries. The recipient can withdraw their balance in local currency from their bank.

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Bolivia
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Falkland Islands
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

Automatic currency conversion

PayPal can automatically exchange payments to and from any of the following currencies:

Currency	Currency code
Australian dollar	`AUD`
Canadian dollar	`CAD`
Euro	`EUR`
Mexican peso	`MXN`
Pound sterling	`GBP`
United States dollar	`USD`