Google is testing a new feature "Pony Express" that can complete online billing and payment within Gmail

Google "GmailNew features that manage online charges and can make payment from e-mail within "Pony Express"It turned out that it is currently being tested.

Google Pony Express May Let You Receive, Pay Bills Directly in Gmail | Re / code
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Re / code's proprietary Google internal company document revealed is Gmail's new feature "Pony Express", which allows you to pay online billing within Gmail without going through other services something like. This feature is designed to allow you to complete payment from receipt to payment only within Gmail, not by sending a specific site when making a payment. Indeed, it seems that Google plans to partner with insurance companies, telecommunications carriers, public entities, etc. to make payment of public utilities such as insurance premiums, communication fees, water bills and gas bills from Gmail.

In "Pony Express" it is necessary to enter various personal information such as social security number, driver's license number, etc. in addition to personal information such as name and address.


In addition, users need to populate "Pony Express" with bank accounts and credit cards by entering credit cards or information on their own carriers.


The service itself of being able to pay water bills and communication fees from online is not very rare, but "Pony Express" makes it possible to automate all payments by Gmail users. The following image is a screen that actually performs payment automation function at "Pony Express".


Before automating, of course, you confirm to the user how much you pay, how to do, when you pay.


In "Pony Express" there is also a "divide payment" function between Gmail users, and this function can also be used to split payment of charges by multiple people, so for example, rent between residents living in a share house You will be able to do splitting etc. more smoothly.

Google already has a settlement service called Google Wallet, but it was designed to be unable to collaborate with bank accounts. However, because "Pony Express" allows cooperation with bank accounts, whether Pony Express exists before extending the service of Google Wallet or whether it is completely separate from Google Wallet It is not clear at the moment.

Although "Pony Express" is scheduled to start from the fourth quarter (October to December) in 2015, it remains unclear whether the name of the new function will be released with "Pony Express" as it is .