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I'm not looking for a digital wallet, but rather a service with an API that we could use to let people who use our app make payments to others using our app (iOS/Android)

Does this service exist yet?

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There are a bunch of them... Paypal has a pretty easy to use one: PayPal Mobile API Also checkout kuapay.com... paypal is your best bet in your case.

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As far as I know PayPal can let your users, pay you in App... but not other users directly. – LongWinter Jul 15 '11 at 4:11
I double checked with Paypal and near as I can tell you are correct their new mobile payment product can do it. Cheers and thanks. – LongWinter Jul 15 '11 at 10:08

I am not sure if this is allowed from the Apple In-App-Payment policies, but Paypal has a pretty ok API. You could use that to transfer money.

I recommend you that reading: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/StoreKitGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html

Maybe that is of help too

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Thanks very much I'll give it a look! – LongWinter Jul 12 '11 at 4:28

Im not aware of anyone offering this, but I would get in contact with Venmo. At the moment, it doesn't look like they offer any APIs; but perhaps they would be open to hearing ideas about P2P payments within 3rd-party apps. As it stands, the service is easy and cheap (no transaction fees) and you can send money via text message or their own iOS/Android/BB apps. They have the functionality you're probably looking for, should be an interesting prospect for them to consider at least.

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Yeah I've checked them out and will definitely contact them. – LongWinter Jul 12 '11 at 4:29

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