What happens if someone doesn t accept your cash app payment

You can use Google Pay to send money to friends and family in India using your mobile device. You’ll need an internet connection, an Indian bank account and an Indian phone number.

You can find people to send money to if they’re nearby or you can search for them by their:

  • Name
  • Phone number
  • UPI ID (typically friendname@bankname)
  • Bank Account and IFSC code

Send money to someone nearby

You can send money to someone near you who uses Google Pay.

Note: Google Pay uses audio pairing to help you connect with nearby users. You’ll need to let Google Pay use your microphone.

  1. Make sure the person you want to send money has Google Pay installed on their phone.
  2. Open Google Pay 
    What happens if someone doesn t accept your cash app payment
    on both phones.
  3. In the top right, tap your profile.
  4. Tap on your profile again, and tap your Spot Code.
  5. Get people to scan the code with their Google Pay scanner.
  6. Enter the amount and description and select the form of payment.
  7. Tap Proceed to pay.
  8. Enter your UPI PIN.

When the money has been sent, you will get a notification.

Send money to someone anywhere in India

To pay one of your contacts, no matter where in India they are:

  1.  Open Google Pay 
    What happens if someone doesn t accept your cash app payment
    .
  2. From the bottom of the screen, tap "New Payment"
  3. Search for the person or contact you want to send money.
  4. Once you select the person/contact are provided, in next screen, enter the amount.
    • Make sure you enter the correct details. Once you send the money, the transaction can’t be cancelled.  
  5. Tap Pay.
  6. Enter the amount and description and select the form of payment.
  7. Tap Proceed to pay.
  8. Enter your UPI PIN.

When the money has been sent, you’ll get a notification. You'll also receive an SMS from your bank with the debited amount.

Note: If your transaction to your contact’s bank account fails, the bank might debit the money from your bank account and then refund it. In this case, you will receive two SMSes, one for the debit and the second for the refund.

Send money to external bank account

To pay one of your contacts, no matter where in India they are:

  1.  Open Google Pay 
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    .
  2. Tap “New payment” in the screen, it will take you to payment options where you need to tap Bank transfer option.
  3. Once you chose bank transfer, the screen will ask for following details.
    1. Recipient Name
    2. Recipient account number and re-enter once again.
    3. IFSC code
  4. Once above inputs are provided, in next screen, enter the amount.

Note: Make sure you enter the correct details. Once you send the money, the transaction can’t be cancelled.  

  1. Tap Pay.
  2. Enter the amount and description and select the form of payment.
  3. Tap Proceed to pay.
  4. Enter your UPI PIN.

When the money has been sent, you’ll get a notification. You'll also receive an SMS from your bank with the debited amount.

Note: If your transaction to your contact’s bank account fails, the bank might debit the money from your bank account and then refund it. In this case, you will receive two SMSes, one for the debit and the second for the refund.

Common reasons why you can’t find someone

In Google Pay, the “Allow people to find you” setting isn’t automatically turned on.

If this setting isn’t turned on, a person isn’t searchable unless you’re already connected to them on Google Pay.

You can search for someone in your contacts with their name, phone number, or email:

  • If a person is in your device contacts, you can search for them with their name.
  • If a person isn’t in your device contacts,you can search for them with their email address or phone number.

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What happens if someone doesn t accept your cash app payment

  • You may be able to cancel a Cash App payment by heading to your Cash App profile and locating the pending payment in question. 
  • Usually payments on Cash App are instant and can't be canceled, but sometimes there may be a cancel option available on the receipt for a pending payment. 
  • Unfortunately, if you send a payment to the wrong person all you can usually do is request the money back and hope that the person does the right thing.
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Cash App payments are sent instantly to the recipient, but it's not entirely impossible for a payment to be canceled.

Reasons for canceling a payment on Cash App could vary from sending money to the wrong person to putting the wrong amount of money into a payment request. 

In either case, if you wish to cancel a Cash App payment you may be able to do so before the payment is issued to the recipient.

Here's how to do it. 

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How to cancel a Cash App payment if the option is available

1. Unlock your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and launch the Cash App. 

2. On the Cash App home screen, locate and then tap on the Activity tab, which will allow you to view all of your Cash App transactions. 

Tap the Activity tab to view payments sent and received on the app. Taylor Lyles/Business Insider

3. Once you are in the Activity tab, locate the payment that you are looking to cancel. 

4. Once you identify the payment that you wish to cancel, tap on the payment and a menu with the payment details will pop up. 

5. Tap on the "..." located in the top-right corner of the screen. 

Tap "..." to pull up some additional options. Taylor Lyles/Business Insider

6. If there, select "Cancel a Payment" and press "OK" to cancel the transaction.

Select "Cancel a Payment" to cancel the Cash App payment. Taylor Lyles/Business Insider

If an option to cancel your payment is not available, you'll have to submit a request for refund to your payment.

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Taylor Lyles is a freelance writer for Business Insider.

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Can someone take back their Cash App payment?

A: Only send payments to people who you trust. Cash App to Cash App payments are instant and usually can't be canceled. To be sure, check your activity feed to see if the payment receipt is displaying a cancel option.

How do I know if someone received my Cash App payment?

Every time you're sent a payment, it'll be logged in your Activity. To check your Activity (and locate a recent payment), tap the Activity tab on your Cash App home screen, then tap the payment you'd like to review to see its status.