Gmail can do a lot of things for you. Now, you can add one more to the list of tasks it can handle: money transfer. Google on Wednesda...
Gmail can do a lot of things for you. Now, you can add one more to the list of tasks it can handle: money transfer. Google on Wednesday said that it was adding a new feature to Gmail that will allow its users to transfer money, simply by attaching it with an outgoing email.
Sounds neat? We will explain how it works but do know that for now the feature works only in the US. Also, at the moment the new feature is announced only for the Android users.
To recall, previously Gmail for desktop allowed the users to send money, make payments via the lately introduced Google Wallet. Extending this feature, Gmail now introduces a new payment feature for the Gmail mobile users which will probably help the users to transfer money to others with the help of the Google Wallet.
With this, you must be wondering on how can you attach money? Let's make it simple and explain in details on how does the new Gmail feature exactly work. First, compose a new mail, enter the recipient's email id or contact details, now like you attach pictures, videos, and other files, there will appear a new option "send money" once you click on the attach icon at the top right corner.
Now, ensure that you have enough money in your Google Wallet, if not, first add sufficient money to the wallet to make the transaction process via Gmail smoother and much easier. Once that's done, now all that's required is to add the amount that you wish to transfer it to your friend, say, for instance, you want to make a transaction of Rs 500, enter 500, click "continue", mention the purpose of the transaction and tap on the "done" option. You are now sorted.
Like photos and videos get attached to the email, you can see Rs 500 attached to the body of the email, which will appear as "money attached". This is the last stage of the transaction process, and now click on send money by tapping on the send icon. The transaction process takes a few seconds.
Talking about how different is the new feature from the already existing Venmo and Square Cash, it is possibly a little different as the Gmail's new "send money" option doesn't charge any additional transaction fee and is seemingly user-friendly.
source - indiatoday
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