<p>For people with a bank account and a Twitter handle in France, transferring money via Twitter is now just a click away.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Groupe BPCE, France's second largest bank, has teamed up with the micro-blogging site to offer the unique service.<br /><br />S-money, a division of the Groupe BPCE, will take care of the service, Financial Times reported.<br /><br />"Groupe BPCE is the first banking group to offer individuals a payment solution where they can transfer money with a simple tweet," Jean-Yves Forel, Groupe BPCE chief executive (commercial banking and insurance), was quoted as saying.<br /><br />The initiative opens up a whole new range of payment opportunities on social networks.<br /><br />With the S-money agreement, Twitter has introduced a money transfer product before its much larger rival Facebook, the report added.<br /><br />Recently, Twitter had launched a "buy" button to allow people to purchase products directly from a tweet.<br /><br />According to Olivier Gonzalez, chief executive of Twitter France, the micro-blogging site is well suited to payments because of its "live, public, conversational dimension".</p>
<p>For people with a bank account and a Twitter handle in France, transferring money via Twitter is now just a click away.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Groupe BPCE, France's second largest bank, has teamed up with the micro-blogging site to offer the unique service.<br /><br />S-money, a division of the Groupe BPCE, will take care of the service, Financial Times reported.<br /><br />"Groupe BPCE is the first banking group to offer individuals a payment solution where they can transfer money with a simple tweet," Jean-Yves Forel, Groupe BPCE chief executive (commercial banking and insurance), was quoted as saying.<br /><br />The initiative opens up a whole new range of payment opportunities on social networks.<br /><br />With the S-money agreement, Twitter has introduced a money transfer product before its much larger rival Facebook, the report added.<br /><br />Recently, Twitter had launched a "buy" button to allow people to purchase products directly from a tweet.<br /><br />According to Olivier Gonzalez, chief executive of Twitter France, the micro-blogging site is well suited to payments because of its "live, public, conversational dimension".</p>