PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Those are just some of the many ways to give people your money via your phone, and now comes another way in the form of Facebook Pay.
Facebook just announced Facebook Pay, which is a single payment system that ties together all things under Facebook, namely, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook proper. Just add a payment method once, and it will apply to any of the Facebook apps for which you enable it.
Facebook says that Pay should start rolling out this week, albeit only on Facebook/Messenger at first, and only for folks in the U.S. The company says it should work with most major credit/debit cards and PayPal, and they’re being careful to note that this is separate from its whole cryptocurrency wallet effort.
Does anyone need this? Probably not. It removes some friction from the Facebook Marketplace process and will probably find a natural user base there — but, honestly, when it comes to paying a friend back for dinner or paying for that used guitar, there’s an absolutely monstrous mountain of alternatives here.
What are your thoughts about this one?
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