Confirming Your Bank Account - A Security Measure

After you add a bank account, PayPal makes 2 small deposits into that account. We then ask that you tell us what the exact amounts of these 2 deposits are. Since only you as the owner of this bank account would have access to this information, knowing the exact amounts of these 2 deposits confirms that you are the true owner of this bank account and protects your financial information with PayPal.