How to send money to a friend with google pay

Google Pay is a simple, secure, and seamless way to pay and save, giving you helpful ways to do more with your money:

- Pay at your favorite places

- Send and receive money instantly

- Earn rewards for everyday payments

- Discover offers from your favorite places

- Understand your spending

📱MAKE PAYMENTS FAST & EASY

Send & receive money

+ Transfer money easily to friends & family safely

+ Create a group to send and receive money for things like trips, dinner, bills, rent, and more. Google Pay will even help you do the math on who owes what.

+ Money transfers are instant and free with Google Pay balance. There are no fees if you use your linked bank account to withdraw funds.

Your shared payments stay with the group

+ When you send a payment with Google Pay, it’ll stay between you and your friends. Only the people involved in the transaction will see it.

Pay contactless

+ Pay with your phone anywhere contactless payments are accepted. Just unlock it, hold it to the reader, and go.

Connect with your favorite businesses and discover new ones

+ See businesses where you’ve used Google Pay when you open the app. Get quick access to your transactions and activate offers.

Shop online

+ Use Google Pay to check out quickly and securely when you shop on websites and apps.

💵 SAVE YOUR MONEY

A more rewarding way to shop

+ Get cashback for things like paying friends. Any money you receive will go straight to your Google Pay balance so you can use it instantly.

Take your rewards even further

+ Activate offers and get cashback for redeeming them – whether you use Google Pay or your plastic card. Better yet: get twice the rewards when you redeem with a cashback credit card.

📈 SEE HOW YOU’RE SPENDING

Stay on top of your spending

+ See the total balance and weekly summaries from all of your eligible accounts in one place, so you’ll always know exactly what’s coming in and what’s going out.

+ View recent purchases and upcoming payments to see how you’re spending.

Access all your transactions with a simple search

+ With your permission, you can see activity from accounts you've linked. Import receipts from Gmail and Google Photos and then simply search for any of them.

🛡️ SAFER WITH GOOGLE

Authentication for every payment

+ You'll need to use your fingerprint, pattern, PIN, or face to verify your identity each time you open the app or make a payment — only you can pay or send money.

Keeping your private information safe

+ Try out a more personalized experience to see the most relevant offers from stores and get recommendations for ways to save. Turn it on or off at any time.

+ Manage and control personalization and other privacy settings like location preferences and contact syncing from settings.

Your cards encrypted

+ When you pay cashless with your Android phone, Google Pay shares a unique Virtual Account Number instead of your actual card number with the business, so your payment info stays safe.

Still have questions? Head over to https://support.google.com/googlepay

*Payments processed by Google Payment Corp., a licensed money transmitter (NMLS ID: 911607). Licensed as a money transmitter by the NY State Dept. of Financial Services and to Transmit Money By Check, Draft or Money Order By The Department of Banking and Securities, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To learn more about Google Payments, visit the Google Payments Help Center.

Money can make things awkward enough as it is, so the easier it is to pay for things, the better. And it doesn't get much easier than using Google Pay. This super simple payment portal app makes sending payments as easy as a few taps on your screen.

Once you have downloaded the Google Pay app on your iPhone or Android device, take a minute to add your bank's information, and a credit card, if you'd like. 

To send money via Google Pay, follow these steps:

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How to send money through Google Pay

1. Open the Google Pay app on your iPhone or Android device and tap the button at the bottom that says "Send or request."

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