Should I List My PayPal Account?

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If you have a PayPal Credit account, you should list it as a creditor on your bankruptcy forms. If it's a standard PayPal account without any lines of credit, list it as a checking account in the financial accounts section.

Written by Kristin Turner, Harvard Law Grad.
Updated January 26, 2022

With all kinds of newer financial institutions and technologies, it can sometimes be hard to know how or if to list them on your bankruptcy forms. If you have a PayPal Credit account, which means you have a line of credit through PayPal, you need to list it as a creditor. But if you have a standard PayPal account that doesn't include any lines of credit, list it as a checking account in the financial accounts sections of your paperwork.

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Kristin Turner, Harvard Law Grad

Kristin is a recipient of Harvard Law School’s Public Welfare Foundation A2J Tech Fellowship. At Harvard Law, she served as a member of the Harvard Defenders, the Women’s Law Association, and the Harvard Law Negotiation Review. She was the 2016 – 2017 president of the Harvard Bla... read more about Kristin Turner, Harvard Law Grad

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