I have had a PayPal account for the last 5 years and could only make purchases with it. It was more of a convenience rather than a tool for really transacting online. Following on the announcement by PayPal and FNB  of what is commonly known now as PayPal SA , I hastily rushed off to to the nearest FNB and opened an account with the accompanying Online Banking addon.

Back at the office I logged into FNB Online Banking and proceeded to link my existing PayPal account with my new FNB account. The process was smooth and was completed in under 5 minutes. All that remained was to wait for someone to hit the buy button on my site, and that happened this morning with an email from Paypal requesting me to confirm receipt of 300.30 Euros.

I logged into Paypal and was presented with a page ( See screenshot below )