PayPal, the online payment company that has been striking a flurry of deals in recent weeks, has teamed with Microsoft to enable money transfers in Skype’s mobile app, according to pymnts.com.
In a blog post announcing the news, John Kunze, vice president of global consumer product & Xoom at PayPal, noted that it is partnering with Skype to let users in 22 countries send money to other Skype users with PayPal via the Skype mobile app.
“With over one billion Skype mobile downloads to date globally, users will be able to use PayPal directly from their Skype app to seamlessly send money in the moment — like for a gift for a family member across the country or internationally,” the executive stressed.
Person to person (P2P) money transfers with PayPal on Skype rolled out Wednesday (Aug. 2) to PayPal and Skype users in the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. The P2P feature will initially be rolled out to Skype customers on the latest version of Skype for iOS and Android mobile devices, PayPal said.
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Source: pymnts.com
