How can I correct my bank account information for payouts?

Topic summary

Issue: Multiple merchants report failed payouts after entering incorrect bank account details for Shopify Payments. When attempting to update, the system requires the original (incorrect) bank info, which they no longer know, blocking changes.

Shopify response: A Shopify Social Care rep escalates cases to the Account Integrity team (handles sensitive banking changes). General support cannot access banking data. Merchants must verify their account via email; replies to the ticket-number email are the correct channel. Users are advised to check inbox/spam and continue via email.

User experiences: One merchant confirmed their issue was solved after this process. Another reported timing: ~4 days to create a ticket via chat and ~2 additional days for the fix. Community advice suggests using Shopify’s chat in the Help Center/FAQ to get a ticket created.

Open questions: A user asked if payouts can be redirected to a linked PayPal account; no answer provided in-thread.

Status: Ongoing. Resolution occurs privately through support after email verification; no self-serve fix was shared publicly.

Summarized with AI on January 10. AI used: gpt-5.

Hello Community Members!

Helen here from Shopify Support stepping in for Dallas. I understand how frustrating it can be when you’re not able to change your banking information, so I’m here to guide you towards resolving it.

As Dallas mentioned earlier in this thread, changing this sensitive information on your account requires assistance from the Account Integrity department, and so a Support Advisor will need to escalate the change request on your behalf. The quickest way to initiate the escalcation is to reach out to Support via callback (if there’s a spot available), or through live chat on the contact page here.

Please note that the flow of contacting support has changed slightly when choosing the live chat option. Once you’ve entered your store details, you will be redirected to a search page. Please enter a topic into the search bar, and scroll to the bottom of the documents provided where you’ll find a green ‘Continue’ button to proceed with connecting to a Support Advisor. It looks like this:

Prior to reaching out to Support, we kindly request that you please double check your banking information to ensure that you are attempting to enter the correct account number. You can find your banking information to confirm it, one of the following ways:

  • On the bottom of a blank cheque
  • Through your online banking account, or
  • By contacting your bank directly

We look forward to helping each of you resolve this as quickly as possible. Thank you for your cooperation!