PayPay’s “Send/Receive” feature now available in LINE chats

LY Corporation and PayPay Corporation have announced that an entry point to the “Send / Receive” feature of the cashless payments app “PayPay” has been made on the communication app “LINE,” enabling its use from LINE Chats.

Users can send “PayPay Balance” via the “Send / Receive” feature on “PayPay” for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The feature holds approximately 95% of the share of number of transfers in code payments. Already, users can send “PayPay Balance” and requests for a specified balance to “LINE” friends from “PayPay,” which is used for settling restaurant bills with friends and coworkers and sending allowances to family members. Now, users can send a payment request for a specified amount of “PayPay Balance” to friends through the “+” icon menu in “LINE” Chats free of charge. Also, when using the “PayPay Balance” or “Send / Receive” features in Group Chats, only requests for the same amount to members of the group chat are supported.

How to send “PayPay Balance” from LINE chats

1. Select the Chat with the friend you want to send “PayPay Balance” to and tap the “+” menu to the right of the message box then “Send / Receive”
2. Tap “Create Send Link”
3. Navigate to the PayPay app, input the amount you want to send and tap “Next”
4. Tap “Send Link on LINE” in the PayPay app
5. Tap “Share” the link and send the link to send “PayPay Balance

How to make a payment request from LINE chats

1. Select the Chat with the friend you want to send a request to, then tap “Send / Receive” from the “+” menuto the right of the message bar
2. Tap “Create Link”
3. Navigate to the PayPay app, input the amount you want the friend to pay, and tap “Add (amount) yen”
4. Tap “Share Link With LINE Friend” on the PayPay app
5. Tap “Share” the link to send the “PayPay Balance” request link

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