Check On Your Recurring Payments in Paypal

Do you regularly audit your life for subscriptions you ought to cancel - unused gym memberships, trial versions of software? Here's another step to take to protect yourself from phantom charges.

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If you have a PayPal account, it may be tied to one or more “Recurring payments.” Alarmingly, it’s not just for actual recurring payments. If you’ve used PayPal to buy from a vendor just once, PayPal may have treated this as a “Recurring payment” even though you’re not being charged on a recurring basis.

To manage these payments, log into your PayPal account. Open “Settings” by clicking the gear next to where it says “Log Out” on the top right of your screen. Once you arrive on the “Settings” screen, click “Payments.” You’ll see a large button that says “Manage automatic payments.” You can take it from here, but don’t forget to click “View more”!

Friday Goody Bag recommends deleting any information for vendors that you don’t have actual, legitimate recurring payments set up for.