I have poured through the PayPal payment documentation and I think what I'm trying to do may not be possible but I hoped someone can show me that I'm wrong. I want to take a payment using Pay Pal's Standard payments form integrated into my web site but I need the payment to go to another person's (my client) bank account rather than my pay pal account. I see that you can direct the payment to a different pay pal account but I don't see an option to pay someone that does not have a pay pal account. I would prefer to not require my clients to set up a pay pal account.
Bottom Line: Do I have any options to take the payment using paypal API on my website then programmatically direct the payment to a bank account that is not tied to Pay Pal?
Thank You!
The short answer is no. The longer answer is that there do exist solutions that will allow you to send money to a bank account, but they require approval and custom integration work and in general are way more trouble than they are worth--certainly more trouble than requiring recipients to open a PayPal account which can be done in minutes.