Malaysian Paypal users are now allowed to top up & send Paypal money via Malaysian bank account. This services is the outcome of collaboration between Paypal and RHB Bank.
RHB is the first bank in Malaysia to allow their customers to use their checking or savings account to instantly top-up a Paypal account or send money to anyone with email address via Paypal.
RHB customers also have a shopping site called WorldMart that provides special PayPal merchant deals to users of this new top-up service.
Top up Paypal account is FREE for all RHB customers and the process is done via RHB Bank online banking.
For sending money, at the moment, only Ringgit Malaysia (MYR) and US Dollars (USD) is allowed. You will be charged RM1 per transaction for sending money in MYR & RM 8 for other currency. However, send money in Ringgit Malaysia (RM) can only be transferred to a Malaysian registered PayPal Account only.
For a transfer made in other foreign currency through, the currency exchange rate used to convert the remitting funds from Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) into your selected foreign currency will be higher than the Bank’s applicable rate. The daily transaction limit is RM3,000 or USD equivalent.
The operating hours for this service is as per below;
- Transaction in Ringgit Malaysia (MYR): 24 hours daily
- Transaction in US Dollars (USD): 9.30am – 8.00pm daily following Kuala Lumpur and U.S. business days
Step on how to top up Paypal account
- Logon to RHB Internet Banking
- Click on Prepaid Services tab followed by Top Up PayPal Account menu on the left navigation
- Fill in all the required fields
- Tick the Declaration checkbox to agree with the terms and conditions
- Enter the One Time Password (OTP) sent to your handphone
- Click OK at the popup to proceed
- Your transaction is successful
Step on how to send money via Paypal
- Logon to RHB Internet Banking
- Click on Fund Transfer tab followed by Send Money via PayPal menu on the left navigation
- Fill in all the required fields
- Enter the Description and ECM ID (if required)
- Tick the Declaration checkbox to agree with the terms and conditions
- Enter the One Time Password (OTP) sent to your handphone
- Click OK at the popup to proceed
- Your transaction is successful
For more information kindly proceed to RHB-Paypal webpage.
hi,
im have RHB OD account, paypal acocunt(even i still dont know how to use)..my questions are:
1) can i use this RHB-paypal services?
2) MYR n USD only accept? so other currency cannot? for eg if i wanna buy items at JPY currency, can i transfer my MYR money to seller account tru paypal??
thanks
Hi dunk,
You can use your saving or current account to top up or send paypal money in RM or USD. If you buy items in other currency, paypal will automatically convert it for you.
Hello I top up 10 MYR to my paypal account. now I can see the amount in paypal . but it is in MYR and I can not convert to UD dollar to use the money. how should I convert RHB transferd money to US dollar in paypal?
hi i just transfered 47USD from my RHB Bank to my Paypal . the thing is, my money has deducted from the bank acc & unfortunately my Paypal balance has not yet increase . i’m wondering if the process take some days because i need to use the money urgently .
Kina Liam, if the money still not in your paypal account after 24 hours, you better contact RHB or even Paypal.
HI , uhh what is the ECM ID please, where can I get it ?