Get your Paypal account verified with Union Bank EON Debit Card
For PayPal users in the Philippines, you might be having a lot of confusions, fears and misconceptions about having your PayPal account verified so you could lift your sending and withdrawing of funds accounts. Yes, indeed this is already possible but you have to follow all the process properly to avoid getting rejected in the end.
Actually I have a bank account and a check card from one US-based bank. When I registered with PayPal, I tried to get verified with these cards and bank account. However, due to my poor reading comprehension, I wasn’t able to follow the right instructions so the verification process was denied. Worse, the accounts were forever banned from PayPal so I had to get another credit card.
Fortunately, I heard the buzzes from the entire blogosphere saying that Paypal had already expanded their country of coverage so Philippines is now part of the PayPal domains. Then it was said that EON debit cards from Union Bank could be used to get your PayPal accounts verified. And here’s how we did got verified.
- Since I’m currently outside the Philippines, it would be impossible for me to apply for this Philippine based debit card so I applied and registered online for my wife. Click Click here for the online application.
- After 4 days, my wife got an email from Union Bank informing her to claim her EON card at the branch we had indicated during the online application. We preferred to claim it in Dasmariñas branch since it’s the nearest to our home.
- On the informed date, my wife claimed her EON card from chosen branch. We paid the registration fee of Php 350.00 to claim the card.
- I asked my wife to deposit an initial amount on the card so we can use it to register with PayPal. Note that you have to place at least a Php 100.00 since PayPal will debit US$1.85 from your account to confirm your ownership of this card. (Don’t get too worried about it since you’ll be able to get it back after you’re verified. Also, PayPal will need this to be able to send you your Expanded Use Number.)
- Then we enrolled our EON VISA card from the Union Bank Online banking.
- We registered the card for verification with PayPal and waited for 3 days for our EXPUSE number to appear on EON account online. However, we already waited for some time but we still could not find the 4-digit EXPUSE number from our transaction records although there’s already some amounts withdrawn from our account on the transaction history. So I asked my wife to check with the customer service. The Union Bank CS informed us that it would take at least 15 banking days before we could see the EXPUSE number reflected on our account online, though they gave us the 4-digit numbers after some identity identification process.
- After getting the numbers, I entered it on my PayPal account and VOILA! We got verified!
Our EON card was actually denied when I first tried to have it registered. Maybe because I did not wait enough time for the deposit to be reflected on the card. After 3 days without doing anything, I tried to register the same card and fortunately it was accepted.
We can now go shopping in the speed of light!
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March 9th, 2008 at 3:17 amI just got my EON card too. I got frustrated though when it was denied on my first try. I totally overlooked the fact na kailangan may laman pala ang account. Sheesh. Tomorrow pa lang ako makakapagdeposit. Then I’ll follow the steps you outlined here.
March 9th, 2008 at 5:11 pmFor me, I already knew that it will really need an initial deposit since PayPal will take an amount from it. The problem was, I did not wait for the deposit to be reflected on the account. Lecheng Union Bank naman kase yan ang bagal ng clearing. hahaha!
Don’t forget to call their customer service after 3 days to follow up for your EXPUSE number. 15 days pa kase before mag-reflect sa online banking mo yun e.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:14 pmi got my EON debit card 2 weeks ago. after that, i registered my card in paypal since they need it for verification. i foun out that you cant verify your paypal account with zero balance in your debit card. so i deposited a certain amount in my account…the problem is I still cant verify my account in paypal… it says my card is denied by the bank… and im already enrolled in unionbank’s online banking and it reflected the amount i deposited already..
please help me about this matter..
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March 25th, 2008 at 12:56 pmi had the same problem with heinz i just got my EON card yesterday.. im so excited to use it already,.. what exactly is the EXpuse number for? thats not the CVV right?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:51 amheinz, sorry for the late response. have you tried calling eon bank customer service? the cs representatives could trace the issue for you.
yuanito, nope. it’s not the CCV number. EXPUSE is the Expanded (or Exclusive) use number that you will need to enter in your paypal account to be verified. When you call Union Bank EON CS, just ask for the EXPUSE number. They’ll ask you some questions for identification then they’ll give you the EXPUSE number.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:14 amThanks for the tips. I signed up for the EON card a while ago, and they said I would get it in 5 days in the Katipunan branch. Do I have to wait another 3 days (exactly)to get my EXPUSE number from Union Bank? Other than my EON card and the EXPUSE number, what else do I need for a verified Paypal account?
Thanks again. Just want a speedy process.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pmHi! I went to Union Bank this afternoon to apply for the EON card but one of the staff told me that I should apply online. Should I open a savings account first to get that EON card? I couldn’t find if where will I register in unionbank website. Please help me I’m so confuse.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm~ Celina, you don’t need to apply for any account with Unionbank. You may apply EON card online immediately. We did the same without any other unionbank account.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:30 amThanks to u! Questions again… I will be using my paypal account for shopping online or joining in a dating site or maybe receive money too from relatives. What should I use PERSONAL, PREMIER or BUSINESS? Sorry I’m still confuse.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:23 pmNo problem. I used PERSONAL when I registered an account but after adding a bank account and the EON card, it became a PREMIER account. I’m not sure whether this is an automatic update but I only registered a PERSONAL account.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:00 pmok thanks again for the very quick reply. I’m still waiting for my eon card to be release because my BDO can’t be use in paypal.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pmwhat will i put in my profile address at paypal? the bank address where I’m near or my home address? sorry still confuse with that.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:02 pmYou should use your home address that you used to apply for an EON card.
May 19th, 2008 at 12:36 amOh i see, thanks again. One more question, can I use my paypal if the online store uses other monetary unit like pounds as payment?
May 21st, 2008 at 2:16 pmi want to apply eon visa card but unfortunately di na nag aappear sa website yung online application form. ang sabi visit the union bank branch na lang daw. i really need an eon card to verify my paypal premiere account para makapag start na ako to work with Nextmorning LLC. di pa kasi sila makapgbigay ng first task sa akin hanggat di pa verified yung account ko with paypal. my question is, ilang weeks ba before makuha yung personal card? madali lang ba yung approval nito pag nakapag fill up na ng application form? magkano ang recieving and withdrawal limits nito? im from kidapawan city at kelangan ko pa bumiyahe papuntang davao para mag apply ng eon visa card… sana may makatulong sa inquiry ko and pls email me to my email address nightbreeze2006@yahoo.com yung mga sagot if possible…
June 13th, 2008 at 2:02 amLast May I registered online EON bank and after how many days they require I went to the nearest EON bank here in Cagayan de Oro City only to find out that there website online banking is not online during the time I apply. Why not email me and inform before that time? EON Bank services are stupid! So, I try to call manila main office of EON Bank they said I can apply in the bank itself but the clerk there told us that they cannot accommodate us because she is still got many work to do and there’s no form left. So I call again the Manila office and ask what to do. They told me that the Cagayan de Oro branch can give us application form through fax. Then we back again to EON bank here in Cagayan and inform them what the main office told us. The clerk told us “yeah…I know busy lng dami work kasi”. She let us keep coming again again to get the form. After getting the form and fill it up. We keep on calling and do follow ups before she submit the application form to the Manila. Now it’s been two months of waiting. I can’t get the eon card.
EON Bank kindly refine your customer service please and fire your people who is not entertaining there customer well…!
June 20th, 2008 at 3:36 amIs there any banks aside from EON Bank that is affiliated in Paypal too? That we can still be verified? Why not in the other bank when the EON are not having a proper customer service right?
Any possible answer to my question are very much welcome.
Thanks
June 20th, 2008 at 3:44 amI already have an eon card and deposited a certain amount but unfortunately my eon card is denied by paypal. My deposited money is already reflected on my online banking.
What’s the matter with this….
July 10th, 2008 at 5:16 amTo Cyth:
ang alam ko any card at debit card basta master or visa pwede sa paypal. Isang option ko rin ung smart money.
Mastercard un e.
Labo talaga yang eon customer hotline nila. Madali lang mag-appy thru online. In just 7 days meron na ko. Kailangan rin pala may laman bago ma-link sa paypal.Na-dedeny rin ako dati. Ilang tawag ako sa online banking nila walang sumasagot kaya diretso na ko sa branch. Pag dating nun kung kani-kaninong poncio pilato nila ko pinatawag. Kung hindi pa ko nagtaray hindi nila ko masyado aasikasuhin.Pero may hint na ko na dapat ata may pondo. Kung hindi ko pa sinuggest hindi nila malalaman. Mag-aadd na ko ng amount from bank to paypal kaso from US default nakalagay sa Paypal. Pinalitan ko na profile ko ganun pa rin. Tulong!!
August 1st, 2008 at 6:08 pmIs there any other bank that let paypal accounts be verified.
It took me a long time getting my EON card, then when I finally got it, they gave me a wrong expuse number that when I entered the 4 digit code, paypal rejected my card for good after 3 tries. Actually, only just 1 try, I click the back button that resulted it in 3 tries. Yup, I can’t believe it.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:33 am