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PayPal Cashback Mastercard®

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177

reviews

2

Rating: 4.4 out of 5.

Great for PayPal purchases

Annual Fee: $0

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Here’s the average credit limit of members who matched their PayPal Cashback Mastercard® or similar cards.

% of members by credit limit range

$0-$3K $3K-$5K $5K-$10K $10K-$20K $20K+ 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 35% 18% 27% 14% 5%
$0-$3K $3K-$5K $5K-$10K $10K-$20K $20K+ 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 35% 18% 27% 14% 5%
$0-$3K $3K-$5K $5K-$10K $10K-$20K $20K+ 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 35% 18% 27% 14% 5%

The average credit limit for members who have matched with this card or similar cards is $7,047, with $2,000 being the most common.

Here’s the average credit score of members who matched their PayPal Cashback Mastercard® or similar cards.

% of members by credit score range

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The average credit score for members who have matched with this card or similar cards is 689, with 763 being the most common. Note this is just one of the deciding factors when it comes to getting approved.


Member stats

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23%

Average credit utilization (or what percent of the card’s credit limit is being used) of members who matched with this card or similar cards.

41 years

Average age of members who matched this card or similar cards.

$100,980

Average annual income of members who matched this card or similar cards. Note: Income may be estimated for some members by Credit Karma and may differ from members’ actual incomes.


Member reviews

Overall rating:

2

Rating: 4.4 out of 5.

177

reviews

Most helpful positive review

August 21, 2024

4

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Still a good card.

Credit Karma Member

In August of 2024, Synchrony bank which is in charge of the card, lowered the flat cash back rates from 2% to 1.5% on regular purchases. Still no categories to bother you. In my eyes this remains a competitive rate on the anyway dull CC-market, just not the best one; there are cards around that offer more and a handful of them with flat cashback as well. You still get 3% cashback if you use PayPal - the payment network popular enough and easy to deal with for managing personal finances and resolving unavoidable issues, related to online payments. My personal experience with PayPal is great. High APR, but the majority of other cards are just as aggressive, having mercy for introductory period only. Best not to carry any balance in this life. Easy to apply for. I did a while ago and already had a PayPal Credit account which I had used sparingly before. As someone mentioned here in the good honest review it helps. No hard pulls were made before the decision was made in my case. Generous credit limit too. I say PPMC is still an amazing niche flat cash back credit card. Hope it helps. Thank you.

Most helpful negative review

September 3, 2024

1

Rating: 1 out of 5.

Beware... Synchrony is a bad creditor..

Credit Karma Member

A month before Christmas they dropped my credit limit by around $2000... They claimed it was due to my credit history but I had nothing that changed in my history to account for the change. Due to this happening, it dropped my credit by 40 points. Same happened to my wife's account at the same exact time. Also happened with JCPenney's and Harbor Freight cards which is also owned by Synchrony. No other credit card company's have ever taken credit away except Synchrony.... Beware

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