Google Will Let Users Send Money as an Email Attachment

Gmail users will be able to send money as an attachment to make person-to-person payments online, the company said today.

Gmail users will be able to send money as an attachment to make person-to-person payments online, Google said today.

Along with the paper clip attachment icon, users will see a dollar sign that allows them to send money.

The feature draws on Google Wallet, an app once intended to facilitate in-store payments with smartphones but which has increasingly focused on Web payments. Wallet allows users to store their credit card or bank account information with it to make it easier to pay multiple vendors.

“Wallet is now integrated into Gmail.

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