PayPal and Siri enable voice command payments

PayPal has been integrated with Siri on iOS 10, enabling users to send and request money via voice command.

In the past year there were $41 billion worth of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions across PayPal, Venmo and Xoom, with PayPal predicting more than 17 million P2P transactions this December alone.

“Sending and receiving money from friends and family has long been one of the most popular activities on PayPal,” said Peter Santiago, director in-store at PayPal Australia.

“The evolution of mobile payments into voice recognition technology is just another way we are helping Australians to access their money.”

Access to PayPal through Siri is now available in 30 countries across the globe, including Australia, Austria, Belgium (French and Dutch), Brazil, Canada (English and French), China, Denmark, Finland (Finnish), France, Germany, Hong Kong (Cantonese), India, Israel (Hebrew), Italy, Japan, Malaysia (Malay), Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia (Arabic), Singapore (English), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (French, German and Italian), Thailand, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates (Arabic) and United States.

The latest version of the PayPal app is available on the App Store.

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