PayPal today announced its collaboration with Skype, which allows users in Greece and other 21 countries to send money to other Skype users with PayPal via Skype for mobile.
With over one billion Skype downloads on mobile to date, users will be able to use PayPal directly from Skype application to send money seamlessly - for example for a gift to a family member in their own country or abroad.
P2P payments are one of the biggest driving forces for consumer engagement for PayPal.
More than 7 million dollars per hour are sent to friends and relatives worldwide via PayPal P2P, Venmo and Xoom. By working with Skype, we offer P2P payments with PayPal in more places and in different circumstances - where people connect online and mobile - such as through a voice command with Siri, chat with Slack, and email via Microsoft Outlook.com.
The ability to send money via PayPal to Skype starts today for users of PayPal and Skype in the United States, the 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 app will initially be available to Skype customers using the latest version of Skype for iOS and Android.
