Facebook Preps Messenger for Payment Processing?

Will users of Facebook’s Messenger applications feel comfortable enough to send sawbucks via the apps, instead of stickers? TechCrunch shared screenshots captured by Andrew Aude, a computer-science student at Stanford University, confirming the existence of coding within the iOS version of the app that would enable payment processing.

MessengerPayments650Will users of Facebook’s Messenger applications feel comfortable enough to send sawbucks via the apps, instead of stickers? TechCrunch shared screenshots captured by Andrew Aude, a computer-science student at Stanford University, confirming the existence of coding within the iOS version of the app that would enable payment processing.

Not coincidentally, PayPal president David Marcus joined Facebook in June to lead its mobile messaging efforts.

Aude told TechCrunch sending payments via Messenger would roughly mirror the process of sending photos via the app, with users clicking a button, adding an amount, and sending it, adding that the transactions would be kept private and not shared on News Feed.

According to Aude, users would be able to add debit cards to Messenger — not credit cards — or use debit cards that were already added to Facebook, and an in-app PIN code was added for security purposes.

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