Payment Methods

Pay with a credit card

1. Cash App

The Cash App, formerly known as Square Cash, is free to download and accepts credit and debit cards. It’s the No. 1 money app in the App Store, with more than 35 million downloads.

You can send or request money using a $Cashtag, which is a unique identifier so you can make private and secure payments. You can use a credit card to send money, but there’s a 3% transaction fee. The app is free to use otherwise.

After downloading the app and creating an account, enter the dollar amount you want to send and set up who it goes to. The person you’re sending money to also needs the app, and you’ll have to enter their phone number, email, or $Cashtag to make sure your money gets to the right person.

2. Venmo

Venmo requires you to sign up for an account through Facebook or your email. But it’s free to use, and there’s no charge for transferring money with a debit card. There’s a 3% fee for sending money with a credit card, though, so it’s a good idea to use one of the best credit cards for Venmo to help recoup this fee.

One big differentiator is that Venmo allows you to view public transactions via a newsfeed.

3. PayPal

PayPal is one of the oldest services for electronically sending and requesting money. You’ll need to sign up for a free account and link a credit card to send money. Paying with a credit card will cost you 2.9% plus 30 cents for each transaction (or more, if there’s a currency conversion).

It’s a little less user-friendly compared to your other options, especially since PayPal offers so much more than sending electronic payments to friends. Most of its services are geared toward business.

Pay with a debit card or bank account

If you don’t have a credit card or want to save on transaction fees, you have the option of adding a debit card or bank account to send money to Us.

1. Apple Pay

Earlier this year, Apple discontinued person-to-person credit card payments, but you can use debit cards to transfer money to someone else.

If you have an iPhone, you have a fairly instant way of sending money online. In Messages, you can tap the Apple Pay button in a text conversation with us to send money. Enter the amount, then approve the transaction using Touch ID or Face ID.

Your debit card is added to your Apple Wallet so you can avoid manually entering card information when it comes time to send a payment.

2. Google Pay

The Google Pay app allows you to send money to us with a phone number or email address. If you’re sending money to us, Google Pay only allows using a debit card or bank account.

We will get an email or text once the money is sent.

3. Zelle

To start using Zelle, you may not even need the app. If your bank or credit union allows you to send money with Zelle, you can use your bank’s app to do it. If your financial institution doesn’t offer Zelle, you can download the app to send money. (Check out Zelle’s full list of partners to see if your bank is eligible.)

We do not need to belong to the same bank as you for you to initiate the payment. Zelle transfer typically takes few minutes.

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Are the fees worth it?

The apps listed above all charge fees to use a credit card. Before paying with a credit card, consider how much extra you’re paying to do so.

For example, the Cash App charges a 3% transaction fee to use a credit card. That means on a $100 payment, you’ll pay $3 in fees.

Should you use the app fairly often, those fees can add up: Just $6 in fees every month is $72 a year. That’s a decent chunk of change for the courtesy of paying with a credit card — especially since using a debit card is typically free.