PayPal for Android to receive Mobile Check Capture

[phandroid]

You know that fancy ability to snap a picture of a check with your smartphone’s camera and have the funds automatically deposited into your PayPal account? The feature that iPhone users have had since last October? It is making its way to Android today through a soon-to-be released update to the platform’s PayPal app. The [...]

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[OstrichSaK]

So can I deposit a check someone else gives me into my Paypal account or does it have to be the checking account I have attached to the Paypal account? I would actually use this since I use USBank which doesn't have a check capture feature for Android yet. Sometimes it's a PITA to drive into town to my bank to deposit a physical check. This would be a VERY handy feature for me if that was the case. If it has to be the check from the account tied to your Paypal account then it's really nothing new save for now you're waisting a check. You can just transfer from your Paypal account via the website.