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PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. is a credit institution (or bank) authorised and supervised by Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (or CSSF). CSSF’s registered office: 283, route d’Arlon, L-1150 Luxembourg. The CSSF maintains a register of the organizations that it regulates at

PayPal is number B00000351 on the register, but you can also look us up on the register by our name. Trade Register Number: R.C.S. Luxembourg B 118 349.

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Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). The CSSF is the authority responsible for the prudential supervision of companies in the financial sector in Luxembourg, like us. You can contact the CSSF at 283 Route d'Arlon, 1150 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. You may obtain further information regarding the CSSF and how to contact them at:

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The Financial and Capital Markets Commission (in Latvian – Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisija) (if you are a non-consumer). The Financial and Capital Markets Commission is the authority responsible for the supervision of companies in the financial sector in Latvia, like us. You may obtain further information regarding the Financial and Capital Markets Commission and how to contact them at

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