Paypal via Skype, sometime

by Sue Bailey

This post was written in March 2007; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

Skype users will be able to send Paypal money via their Skype accounts, co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has announced. It’s long been possible to send Paypal money by mobile, so extending that to Skype seems like an obvious move. However, it seems implementation is typically half-assed: Zennstrom was unable to say when exactly the service will go live. A Skype spokesperson later said that it “should” be “within a month”.

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Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
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One Response to “Paypal via Skype, sometime”

  1. TameBay : Skype me money via PayPal on March 28th, 2007 9:38 pm

    [...] I’ve just download Skype 3.2 beta and as promised it’s now PayPal enabled! I can now right click any contact and send them money via PayPal without even leaving Skype to do so. Of course before you start sending money you have to link your Skype account to your PayPal account. Even better then sending money, once you’ve linked your Skype account to your PayPal account people can send you money through Skype, and it’ll appear directly in your PayPal account. [...]

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