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PayPal Cashback Mastercard®: Earn 3% Cash Back on PayPal Purchases

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PayPal is offering 3% cash back on PayPal purchases and 2% on all other purchases with their PayPal Cashback Mastercard®. No Annual fee.(1)

Card Details:
  • Earn 3% cash back on PayPal purchases and 2% on all other purchases. Purchases are subject to credit approval, and the PayPal Cashback Mastercard must be used for payment. See Rewards Program Terms for details and restrictions.
  • With the PayPal Cashback Mastercard®, earn unlimited cash back at millions of merchants.
  • No restrictions. No rotating categories. No annual fee. See Terms and Rates for New Accounts.
  • Shop at millions of brands with PayPal to earn unlimited 3% cash back.
  • Earn rewards without the wait. Cash back is earned daily on completed purchases posted to your account. Important information on redeeming Cash Rewards: You need to have a PayPal Balance account to use your redeemed rewards in your balance. If you do not have that account, you can only transfer your Cash Rewards to your bank account or debit card linked to your account with PayPal.
  • Redeem it to your PayPal balance, and spend it however you want.
  • Enjoy peace of mind with Mastercard benefits from Tap & Go® to 24/7 Identity Theft Protection™. See Mastercard Guide to Benefits.
  • The PayPal Cashback Mastercard is issued by Synchrony Bank pursuant to a license by Mastercard International Incorporated. Mastercard, Tap & Go and the circles design are registered trademarks of Mastercard International Incorporated.
(1)See Terms and Rates for New Accounts.

Purchases are subject to credit approval, and the PayPal Cashback Mastercard must be used for payment. See Rewards Program Terms for details and restrictions.

Important information on redeeming Cash Rewards: You need to have a PayPal Balance account to use your redeemed rewards in your balance. If you do not have that account, you can only transfer your Cash Rewards to your bank account or debit card linked to your account with PayPal.

The benefits and services as further described in the Mastercard Guide to Benefits are provided solely by Mastercard International Incorporated. PayPal and Synchrony Bank do not endorse, recommend, warrant or take responsibility for these offered benefits.
Applications are subject to credit approval. You must be at least 18 years old and reside in the US or its territories to apply.
The PayPal Cashback Mastercard is issued by Synchrony Bank pursuant to a license by Mastercard International Incorporated.
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Knightshade
01-23-2024 at 05:15 AM.
01-23-2024 at 05:15 AM.
Quote from wei2cool :
Also the BOA card cashback capped at 2500 per quarter. That's 2500 * 5.25% = 131.25 per 3 month

Just want to point that out

While that's true, you can have more than 1 of the card and each gets its own cap (and a business version on top will get you Yet Another chance for another $2500 cap though only some of the categories overlap with the personal one you can also get multiples of)
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avidmtbiker
01-23-2024 at 05:56 AM.
01-23-2024 at 05:56 AM.
Synchrony Bank is a terrible provider. They cancelled ALL of my open lines for actually using one of their cards. Balanced paid in full, but was a 2% cash back card. Cost me all accumulated cash back, plus lost bonuses at other stores (Amazon 5%, Ebay, etc). Terminated about 40k of available credit, and $2k of cash back. No valid reason given, and they were not helpful. My credit score was > 800 at the time too. I figured they just didn't want to pay out the cash back I was earning on the transactions and closed all accounts.
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Samweiss
01-23-2024 at 07:12 AM.
01-23-2024 at 07:12 AM.
Quote from mitchflorida :
This BofA card is better in every way, and gives 3 percent off on all online purchases, not just eBay. $200 sign up bonus too.

https://www.bankofamerica.com/cre...edit-card/ [bankofamerica.com]


Online shopping, including cable, internet, phone plans and streaming 3% cash back

Automatic 2% cash back at grocery stores and wholesale clubs
Nice, only thing id add - I get 6% back at grocery stores and gas using amex up to a certain amount for the year. So i use that up first.
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aendil
01-23-2024 at 07:42 AM.
01-23-2024 at 07:42 AM.
This is the best all around cashback card. I've been using it since it was little known promo and they had a signup bonus as well.
PNC are preparing one with similar benefit of 2% but is only by invitation at this point.
Only single drawback to this card is that it is a mastercard and you can't use it in costco.
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FioreB2420
01-23-2024 at 09:00 AM.
01-23-2024 at 09:00 AM.
Quote from mitchflorida :
This BofA card is better in every way, and gives 3 percent off on all online purchases, not just eBay. $200 sign up bonus too.

https://www.bankofamerica.com/cre...edit-card/


Online shopping, including cable, internet, phone plans and streaming 3% cash back

Automatic 2% cash back at grocery stores and wholesale clubs

3% cash back in the category of your choice — with newly-expanded options
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SharpShoe5834
01-23-2024 at 09:28 AM.
01-23-2024 at 09:28 AM.
My favorite credit card to use a guaranteed 2% on every purchase
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Knightshade
01-23-2024 at 09:43 AM.
01-23-2024 at 09:43 AM.
Quote from Samweiss :
Nice, only thing id add - I get 6% back at grocery stores and gas using amex up to a certain amount for the year. So i use that up first.

Do you mean buying gas AT grocery stores, which is the only place the Amex BCP gives 6%?

Even then unless you spend a LOT on groceries you're worse off than using the BoA card if you have the right BoA status.

The 6% card has a $95 annual fee though and caps at 6k spend a year. The BoA card has no annual fee.

$6000 spent at 6% on the Amex card only nets you $45 in extra rewards compared to the same $6000 spent at 5.25% on the BoA card.

So you're $50 behind using the Amex card over the course of a year on that 6k spend... (plus you effectively have a 10k cap instead of 6k for the year with BoA).


Now, if you spend more than $2500 per quarter you might run into issues- but that's easily solved just getting a second (also no annual fee) BoA card.



Now, without BoA status the math is totally different of course.
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SlickCrowd6832
01-23-2024 at 10:30 AM.
01-23-2024 at 10:30 AM.
I have this card and I have the Bank of America Card and my wife has the Bank of America card.

Bank of America Card... one category is online shopping and the other category is groceries.

BUT I also have the PayPal Card and use it when I reach my cap with BofA. I also have a Marriott card and JetBlue Card.
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jerry79304
01-23-2024 at 10:31 AM.
01-23-2024 at 10:31 AM.
Quote from conure :
yes . would also like to know. is the digital wallet also like a ACH transfer with a routing #?
Actually for tax payment, I am referring using credit card option which has PayPal as an option. 3% > 1.85%. Previously when freedom has 5% PayPal I am able to get it counted, so my guess is it would be counted as "PayPal" https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-...redit-card
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e_honda
01-23-2024 at 11:31 AM.
01-23-2024 at 11:31 AM.
Quote from mitchflorida :
This BofA card is better in every way, and gives 3 percent off on all online purchases, not just eBay. $200 sign up bonus too.

https://www.bankofamerica.com/cre...edit-card/


Online shopping, including cable, internet, phone plans and streaming 3% cash back

Automatic 2% cash back at grocery stores and wholesale clubs
I have this card and it indeed is great, but it should be noted that it has a combined $2500 per quarter limit for the 3% category and 2% category.

Just something to keep in mind if you splurge on a new Sony Alpha Full Frame camera or some high end pairs of speakers.
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Knightshade
01-23-2024 at 11:45 AM.
01-23-2024 at 11:45 AM.
Quote from jerry79304 :
Actually for tax payment, I am referring using credit card option which has PayPal as an option. 3% > 1.85%. Previously when freedom has 5% PayPal I am able to get it counted, so my guess is it would be counted as "PayPal" https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-...redit-card

Sure, but unless you have a tiny tax bill you're FAR better off using your tax bill for a new credit card signup... something like 75-150k of whatever card points on 4-6k of spend or something, rather than a messily net 1.15%
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jerry79304
01-23-2024 at 01:00 PM.
01-23-2024 at 01:00 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
Sure, but unless you have a tiny tax bill you're FAR better off using your tax bill for a new credit card signup... something like 75-150k of whatever card points on 4-6k of spend or something, rather than a messily net 1.15%
Yea...but I am not going to open new card every year or every quarter....
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wsush
01-23-2024 at 01:05 PM.
01-23-2024 at 01:05 PM.
Quote from avidmtbiker :
Synchrony Bank is a terrible provider. They cancelled ALL of my open lines for actually using one of their cards. Balanced paid in full, but was a 2% cash back card. Cost me all accumulated cash back, plus lost bonuses at other stores (Amazon 5%, Ebay, etc). Terminated about 40k of available credit, and $2k of cash back. No valid reason given, and they were not helpful. My credit score was > 800 at the time too. I figured they just didn't want to pay out the cash back I was earning on the transactions and closed all accounts.

omg, this, are you me??? synchrony is the devil, if they were the last creditor on earth id go dave ramsey
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gotk
01-23-2024 at 01:09 PM.
01-23-2024 at 01:09 PM.
Quote from RlndV :
I have never used Gpay in person but for all online Gpay it worked for me. Though there is nothing saying that it wouldn't work
Are there a lot of places you shop online that take GPay but not paypal?
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01-23-2024 at 01:31 PM.
01-23-2024 at 01:31 PM.
Quote from jerry79304 :
Yea...but I am not going to open new card every year or every quarter....

Why?

If you can do the spend organically it's, by far, the best way to get much higher rewards on spending you're already going to be doing.
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