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PayPal this morning is launching<\/a> a new bot aimed at making it easier for Slack users to send money without ever leaving their preferred work chat platform. This is the first time PayPal has launched a bot, the company claims, though it\u2019s not the first time PayPal has integrated with a larger communication service.<\/p>\n This past fall, for example, PayPal\u00a0deepened its relationship<\/a> with Facebook Messenger, and added the ability for customers to track their transactions within the chat application. It has also been working with merchants to support transactions<\/a> within their own chatbots on Messenger.<\/p>\n PayPal, too, has\u00a0integrations with other large platforms, like Apple\u2019s Siri and Microsoft\u2019s Outlook.com.<\/p>\n Similar to these latter two integrations, PayPal\u2019s\u00a0Slack bot is\u00a0aimed at end users directly. Available as a Slack app through the company\u2019s online directory, the PayPal bot can be used by typing \u201c\/PayPal\u201d followed by your command once\u00a0it\u2019s installed. For example: \u201c\/PayPal send $5 to @Dave.\u201d<\/p>\n The idea here is that the bot could be used for those quick peer-to-peer payments between co-workers, such as splitting lunch, coffee orders, sharing cab fare, going in on group gifts, and more.<\/p>\n Before using it, you\u2019ll need to link your PayPal account and configure your transactions settings, including when you want to review and approve transactions, PayPal says.<\/p>\n![\"screen-shot-2017-02-07-at-10-44-32-am\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/screen-shot-2017-02-07-at-10-44-32-am.png?w=680&h=287\")
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