# Mobile Peer-to-Peer Payments Paykey Lets You Transfer Money Through Your Phone's Keyboard By Ell Smith | Published 2017-10-26 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paykey References: [techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/19/paykey-raises-10m-for-its-millennial-targeted-social-banking-smartphone-keyboard/) & [paykey](http://www.paykey.com/) Mobile banking is an increasingly popular financial tool among the millennial demographic, which is why Paykey, a Tel Aviv-based startup is implementing a banking-friendly keyboard extension, which enables peer-to-peer payments, without having to open a designated banking app. This seamless social banking platform syncs with one's financial accounts, offering a streamlined means of personal payment. This means that if a friend contacts you for money, those funds can be transferred and deposited through a simple tap of the keyboard, which appears as the dollar sign symbol. The intuitive keyboard extension can recognize when finances are being discussed, prompting the device to offer a variety of options, including peer-to-peer payment, or account balance information. Paykey's streamlined peer-to-peer payment method offers the millennial consumer a more efficient and socially integrated means of dealing with personal finances. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.4/10 - Popularity: 37% | Activity: 57% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Mobile Peer-to-peer Payments:** Paykey's keyboard extension enables peer-to-peer payments through a simple tap of the keyboard. - **Seamless Social Banking:** Paykey's social banking platform syncs with financial accounts, providing a streamlined means of personal payment and account balance information. - **Efficient Personal Finances:** Paykey's peer-to-peer payment method offers a more efficient and socially integrated way for millennials to handle personal finances. ### Who This Affects Most - **Fintech:** Paykey's keyboard extension disrupts traditional banking by offering a seamless social banking platform for peer-to-peer payments. - **Mobile Banking:** Paykey's mobile peer-to-peer payment solution revolutionizes the way millennials handle their personal finances through their phones. - **Social Integration:** Paykey's social banking platform integrates personal finances with social interactions, creating disruption in the finance industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Social Messaging Money Transfers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/payments-on-viber.md) - [App-Based Employee Payments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/instant-financial-1.md) - [Visual Payment Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vizme.md) - [Shared Expense Managers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paymates.md) - [Instant Messaging Payment Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pay-by-text.md) - [Global Money-Transferring Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hsbc-2.md) - [Group Finances-Centered Payment Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innovative-payment-app.md) - [Simplified Digital Financing Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spush-wallet.md) - [Banking Super Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bankifi.md)