If a service has changed the way of dealing with transfers and payments in Spain, that is Bizum. In common agreement with the majority of entities, this 100% Spanish platform as the objective of exceeding 20 million users, expanding into new businesses, offering new functions and who knows if reaching new frontiers. Some borders, both physical and electronic, that go through an expansion abroad and allow more banks to face the service through other networks such as WhatsApp.
As the process of transforming cash payments towards telematics progresses, with increasing relevance, new functions continue to appear that support this change. One of them is , on board the instant messaging social network, which has already been installed in some countries such as Brazil.
Of course, even without plans to appear in Spain, where Bizum dominates over other well-known services such as Google Pay or Apple Pay, it is the first that has associated with the social network owned by Facebook to allow you to send money while you a “good morning” or an emoji.
Bizum on WhatsApp, only available for BBVA
Of course, only available for now for BBVA customers, the Spanish entity offers this possibility through its payment platform. A service that has been operating for four years but that has increased the most due to the high demand for online payment methods.
Through any instant messaging application, so it can also be used on Telegram or Line, in addition to WhatsApp, BBVA includes this option on the keyboards of both Android and iOS devices. Of course, in order to make a payment through its platform, you must have both the application and a bank account with the entity.
This is how Bizum is configured in the WhatsApp of BBVA customers
Once with the BBVA Cashup application, you will have to go to the profile, select the ‘make an operation’ option and click on the Bizum logo. There you must confirm both the telephone number and the bank account with which the operations are carried out.
The next step to use the service will be to go to , to activate the BBVA Cashup key there. Option that will already appear within WhatsApp (as if you wanted to insert an emoticon or a sticker) to, once clicked, make the payment as if it were the Bizum application of any entity.
In the conversation of the person to whom you want to make it, BBVA Cashup lets you enter an amount, the user’s password and send the transfer. Quite a simple way to integrate two of the most fashionable applications in Spain, which have opened a path that other banking entities could soon pick up.
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