Anyone using Open Banking or PayPal for withdrawals
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 10:49 am
Been moving more of my withdrawals to Open Banking and PayPal lately and wanted to compare notes.
Open Banking (the pay-by-bank thing) has been the quickest cashout method I've used on UKGC sites, genuinely under an hour a couple of times. No card details, no e-wallet middleman, straight to the bank.
PayPal's been solid too where it's offered, usually same day, but fewer UK sites support it for withdrawal than you'd think and some only let you cash out to PayPal if you deposited with it.
What's your experience? Is Open Banking as fast for everyone or did I just get lucky? And has anyone hit the PayPal deposit-method-lock and had to use something else to take winnings out? Trying to work out if it's worth making these my defaults.
Open Banking (the pay-by-bank thing) has been the quickest cashout method I've used on UKGC sites, genuinely under an hour a couple of times. No card details, no e-wallet middleman, straight to the bank.
PayPal's been solid too where it's offered, usually same day, but fewer UK sites support it for withdrawal than you'd think and some only let you cash out to PayPal if you deposited with it.
What's your experience? Is Open Banking as fast for everyone or did I just get lucky? And has anyone hit the PayPal deposit-method-lock and had to use something else to take winnings out? Trying to work out if it's worth making these my defaults.