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PayPal Review: Free to Send, 1.75% to Get It Out

Free From a Bank, 2.90% From a Card

The fee schedule is worth learning before the interface. Sending to friends and family inside the US costs nothing from a balance or a linked bank account, and 2.90% plus a fixed fee — thirty cents in dollars — when the money comes off a card. International personal transfers cost 5.00%, with a floor of $0.99 and a ceiling of $4.99. Getting money out is where the two routes diverge: the instant option charges 1.75% of the amount, minimum $0.25 and maximum $25, while the standard transfer that lands in one to three business days is free. These are US figures and change by region.

Pay in 4 Covers $10 to $2,000

Pay Later splits an eligible purchase between $10 and $2,000 into four payments taken every two weeks, the first at checkout, with no interest and no late fees. Bigger baskets go to Pay Monthly instead: $49 to $10,000 over three, six, twelve or twenty-four months, at a fixed rate between 0% and 35.99% set by credit, with nothing down. Active plans sit on one screen with progress bars and dates — a Best Buy plan three payments in, a Nike plan at one of four, each showing what falls due next. Partner stores pair the option with 5% back at chains including Nike, Lululemon and Walmart.

Subscriptions, Packages and Nine Data Categories

Two side features justify opening the app between payments. The subscriptions tab lists every recurring charge linked to the account with amounts and last payment dates — $36.45 for pet supplies, $22.99 for a streaming service — and cancels them from the same row. Package tracking imports shipping details from Gmail and maps a carrier's progress against a delivery window. That second one deserves a pause, because it means handing mailbox access to a payments app. Google Play's data card lists nine collected categories with personal information shared onward, and the listing carries neither an advertising badge nor in-app purchases.