# Facebook Messenger gets P2P payments in the UK **URL:** \ **Category:** Fintech Chat\ **Created:** [6 November 2017 21:46 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844 "2017-11-06T21:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon30125102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anon30125102](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon30125102)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2017 21:46 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/1 "2017-11-06T21:46:08Z")
[http://www.wired.co.uk/article/facebook-messenger-pay-uk-how-to-wechat](http://www.wired.co.uk/article/facebook-messenger-pay-uk-how-to-wechat) It sounded quite nice until this: “The money is then transferred to a friend in one to three business days. If the friend hasn’t set the system up, they’ll be prompted to enter the card details to get the payment.” ---
**Author:** ![anon72173902](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@anon72173902](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon72173902)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2017 21:47 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/2 "2017-11-06T21:47:33Z")
It sounded quite nice until this: Facebook ---
**Author:** ![TonyHoyle](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/tonyhoyle/32/3357_2.png) [@TonyHoyle](https://community.monzo.com/u/TonyHoyle)\ **Post date:** [7 November 2017 09:21 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/3 "2017-11-07T09:21:42Z")
3 days? Why would anyone use it? ---
**Author:** ![effsee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/effsee/32/5760_2.png) [@effsee](https://community.monzo.com/u/effsee)\ **Post date:** [7 November 2017 16:00 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/4 "2017-11-07T16:00:49Z")
> [@anon72173902](#): > > It sounded quite nice until this: > > Facebook I agree. Facebook - the bastions of data privacy! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![anon93718513](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@anon93718513](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon93718513)\ **Post date:** [7 November 2017 16:35 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/5 "2017-11-07T16:35:25Z")
> [@TonyHoyle](#): > > 3 days? Why would anyone use it? it’s worse than BACS! At least with BACS your data isn’t being shared with a huge US corporation… 😛 Also, on another note. The Messenger app has become more and more bloated, with Snapchat style features and special bot channels etc. etc. I only use as a communication tool and so do most of its users I guess. i now use the Lite version as it gets rid of all the crap and turns it back into just a messaging app. Yes the experience isn’t that great and I don’t get “secret” conversations (but I would use Signal for anything vaguely important anyway) but it doesn’t use as much battery and you don’t get a load of extra stuff slowing everything down. ---
**Author:** ![anon30125102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anon30125102](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon30125102)\ **Post date:** [7 November 2017 17:07 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/6 "2017-11-07T17:07:52Z")
I tried to switch to the lite version but it seemed to require a full Facebook account and I only have a messenger account. ---
**Author:** ![hailstorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hailstorm](https://community.monzo.com/u/hailstorm)\ **Post date:** [7 November 2017 17:21 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/facebook-messenger-gets-p2p-payments-in-the-uk/26844/7 "2017-11-07T17:21:09Z")
3 days 🤣 Even paypal is pretty instant now. DOA.