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paypal.com PaymentsLast verified 2 Nov 2026

PayPal has 1 registry-verified row in the CertReports index, last verified 2 Nov 2026. The strongest row is PCI DSS: Listed on the Visa Global Registry as PCI DSS validated through 2027-03-31. This page is independent of the vendor’s own trust centre: dates, sources and caveats come from CertReports captures.

Reviewer brief

As of 26 Oct 2026, PayPal is listed in the Visa Global Registry as PCI DSS validated through 31 Mar 2027. As of 26 Oct 2026, the Visa Global Registry records the PCI DSS validation as originally issued on 1 May 2007, audited by IQ Information Quality. As of 26 Oct 2026, no public evidence found for SOC 2. As of 26 Oct 2026, no public evidence found for ISO/IEC 27001. As of 26 Oct 2026, no public evidence found for HIPAA.

PCI DSS - listed in Visa Global Registry, validated through 31 Mar 2027 (as of 26 Oct 2026)
SOC 2 - no public evidence found (as of 26 Oct 2026)
ISO/IEC 27001 - no public evidence found (as of 26 Oct 2026)

Facts only, each dated; nothing here is inferred, scored or advised. Brief generated 26 Oct 2026; it is regenerated whenever a row changes.

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1verified rows

Category median 1, across 742 indexed payments vendors. PayPal has more verified rows than 7 percent of them.

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Compliance grid

PCI DSSVerified
Listed on the Visa Global Registry as PCI DSS validated through 2027-03-31
as of 2 Nov 2026
4 sources · IQ Information Quality

No public evidence yet for HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, CSA STAR, Cyber Essentials, ISO 27701, ISO 42001. This does not mean the vendor lacks them; it means nothing public was found at the last check.

Legal artefacts

No DPA, BAA or subprocessor list has been captured from a public page yet. Registry rows above do not depend on this.

Subprocessors

No subprocessor list captured yet.

Change history

26 Oct 2026PCI DSS auditor changedAuditor changed from K3DES, LLC to IQ Information Quality.
26 Oct 2026PCI DSS renewedExpiry moved from 2026-10-31 to 2027-03-31.
19 Oct 2026PCI DSS auditor changedAuditor changed from Payment Software Company (PSC) to K3DES, LLC.
12 Oct 2026PCI DSS auditor changedAuditor changed from Sikich LLP to Payment Software Company (PSC).
12 Oct 2026PCI DSS renewedExpiry moved from 2026-12-31 to 2027-03-31.
29 Sep 2026PCI DSS auditor changedAuditor changed from K3DES, LLC to Sikich LLP.
29 Sep 2026PCI DSS renewedExpiry moved from 2026-10-31 to 2026-12-31.
18 Sep 2026First indexed by CertReports5 evidence rows across 1 framework entered the index.