PayPal deliver one of the most secure payment platforms in the world. After more than a decade as the leader in online payments, we've learned a thing or two about keeping your information safe.

We can spot problems before they happen

• We use fraud prevention technology that monitors transactions for suspicious activity.
• We have a team of over 2,000 specialists including former law enforcement officials, working to protect you from fraud and identity theft.
• To help weed out fraudulent activity, every transaction is reviewed by state of the art models.
• We ensure users who send or receive large amounts of money have successfully completed our verification system and identity check.

PayPal uses state of the art encryption

Safeguarding your financial and personal information is one of our most important priorities. That's why we automatically encrypt all sensitive information sent between your computer and our systems, ensuring your information is kept private.