PayPal API, with Arbol. The payment link, inside the conversation.
Online payments and digital walletGlobal
What PayPal is
PayPal is a digital payments company operating in about 200 markets.
People pay with their PayPal account or a card, and businesses get paid through payment buttons and links, invoices and recurring payments, receiving funds in their preferred currency.
Bill patients from abroad for visits and treatments with a payment link or invoice they can pay with PayPal or a card.
In Q2 2026, PayPal's total payment volume grew 10% to USD 486.4 billion, and the company ended the quarter with 439 million active accounts.
Source: investor.pypl.com (opens in a new tab)Per PayPal's fee table for Colombia, as of September 2026 the standard fee for a business with a Colombian account to receive a payment from a customer in another country is 5.40% plus a fixed fee.
Source: paypal.com (opens in a new tab)
PayPal API with Arbol
Arbol API
Arbol is already connected to PayPal: your tech team works with Arbol's API instead of building on PayPal's.
The PayPal API
PayPal publishes REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and a sandbox for testing, to create orders and capture payments, issue invoices, manage subscriptions and disputes, and receive webhook notifications.
PayPal documentation (opens in a new tab)What Arbol does with PayPal
- Sends the PayPal payment link in the same conversation where it books, quotes or confirms.
- Quotes the amount from your clinic's price list, never an invented answer.
- Keeps a record of who received the link and how the conversation ended.
How PayPal connects to Arbol
We connect your clinic's PayPal merchant account, with the permissions your team sets.
We load the price list: visits, procedures and packages.
From the first conversation on, the link goes out with the right amount.
PayPal, combined
Questions about PayPal
Does PayPal have an API?
PayPal publishes REST APIs with OAuth 2.0 and a sandbox for testing, to create orders and capture payments, issue invoices, manage subscriptions and disputes, and receive webhook notifications. Arbol is already connected to PayPal: your tech team works with Arbol's API instead of building on PayPal's.
Does the money go through Arbol?
No. The payment happens in PayPal, into your organization's account. Arbol sends the link and records the conversation.
Does Arbol have a partnership with PayPal?
No. PayPal is a trademark of its owner and does not sponsor or endorse Arbol. Arbol works on your organization's side, with the processes and accounts you already have with PayPal.
What happens to patient data?
They are health data, sensitive under your country's data protection law: processed for a stated purpose, with the patient's authorization and with security measures, encryption and isolation per organization. Every conversation is recorded and exportable.
Trademarks and logos belong to their owners. PayPal does not sponsor or endorse Arbol.
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