{"id":29484,"date":"2017-03-17T21:01:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29484"},"modified":"2020-06-13T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T06:04:22","slug":"send-receive-money-via-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/send-receive-money-via-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Now Send &amp; Receive Money With Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Android: Back in 2013, Google introduce a feature that would allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/digital-wallets\/\"><strong>Google Wallet<\/strong><\/a> users to <strong>send and receive money via the web version of Gmail<\/strong>. Fast forward to 2017, this feature is making the jump to the mobile space as Gmail for Android now comes with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/gmail\/send-and-request-money-in-your-gmail-app-android\/\"><strong>Google Wallet integration<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those <strong>looking to send money to a third party<\/strong> via Gmail for Android, all you have to do is open up a new email, tap on the <strong>\"Attachment\"<\/strong> icon, then select <em>Send Money<\/em>. Doing so would open a Google Wallet window that lets you enter the amount of money you\u2019ll send to the third party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/paypal-alternatives-bestof\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 5 PayPal Alternatives for Online Transactions\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 PayPal Alternatives for Online Transactions<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/paypal-alternatives-bestof.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-37753 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/paypal-alternatives-bestof.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">5 PayPal Alternatives for Online Transactions<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPayPal may be the most widely used online transaction service, but that doesn't mean it has no flaws....\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve confirmed the amount, you\u2019ll be given the option to <strong>add a memo for the payment<\/strong>. Once you\u2019ve tap on the <strong>\"Done\"<\/strong> button, the payment will be attached to your email, after which <strong>you can send it out to the third party<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the event that you\u2019re the recipient of the payment, all you need to do is open the attachment and tap on the<strong> \"Claim Money\"<\/strong> button. Recipients can choose to either have the money transferred into their Google Wallet balance, or have it transferred directly into their bank account. Perhaps the best part of this feature is that the <strong>recipient doesn\u2019t need to have a Gmail account in order to receive payment<\/strong> via this feature.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/send-receive-money-via-gmail\/01-send-money.gif\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" alt=\"send money\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Much like the web version of Gmail<\/strong>, sending and receiving money via this feature is completely free. Unfortunately, payments via Gmail for Android is <strong>only available for users living in the United States at the moment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/digital-wallets\/\">10 Mobile Payment Systems for Effortless Digital Transactions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android: Back in 2013, Google introduce a feature that would allow Google Wallet users to send and receive money via the web version of Gmail. Fast forward to 2017, this feature is making the jump to the mobile space as Gmail for Android now comes with Google Wallet integration. 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