As a PP member for 10 years, I would not worry about it. Of course, make sure the request is only coming from the URL https://www.paypal.com for they get a lot of phishing attacks.Evildeadmanwalking77 wrote:Ticked off: Paypal needs my bank account info now apparently for some ridiculous verification reasons?They already have my American Express account so I'm not just giving out my bank account info.
Otherwise, if it's coming up on the actual site, there should be a "no thanks" or "cancel/continue" option. They always bug me for a bank account to be a "Verified" member, but unless your using the account for selling stuff on Ebay/online store, that status is unnecessary. I just have a credit card on file for buying things through PP online, and I would NOT trust them with a bank account or such information, seeing how badly they screwed up lately in the news. Plus, with a credit card, you have fraud & liability protection built in and you can dispute any charges and not be responsible -- not so much with a bank account.