Online Banking | Person-2-Person Payments

Send and receive money from almost anyone

Have you ever needed to pay a friend back for lunch? We’ve made it fast, simple and secure with our Person-2-Person Pay feature. You can send money from your checking account without exchanging checks, cash or account numbers. Or, have them send money to you. They don’t even have to be a People’s United Bank customer.

Sending money

Enter the recipient's mobile phone number or email address. Recipients do not need to be a People's United Bank customer or enrolled in Person-2-Person Pay.

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Receiving money

The recipient will receive a text message or email with instructions on how to claim the payment. Funds can be claimed by bank account, PayPal or with a debit card.

Manage your money your way

How to get started using Person-2-Person online payments

To get started you need a People’s United Personal Checking account, Online Banking and an email address or mobile phone number.

How to enroll

Enroll in Person-2-Person Pay with just a few simple steps:

Select Person-2-Person from the top menu bar
On the enrollment page, verify your email address
Select Enroll
Review our People's United Person-2-Person Pay Service Agreement and Disclosures; acknowledge that you have read the agreement, and click enroll
A confirmation code will be sent to your e-mail address. Enter the confirmation code and click submit

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Sending money

Click Person-2-Person then:

Choose from your existing Contacts or enter the details for the person you want to pay and how much you want to send
Select the account you want to use to send from
Select how you want to send it
Enter an optional message to the recipient
Review, confirm and pay

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Receiving money

For recipients enrolled in Person-2-Person Pay, start by clicking Person-2-Person and then:

Select the Incoming tab
Choose the Unclaimed Payment
View the payment details and click Claim
Choose how you want to claim the payment, where to deposit it and click Claim
For recipients not enrolled in Person-2-Person Pay, an email or text message will be sent and then:
Select the link in the payment message
Enter the claim code included in the message
Select how you want to receive it
Enter claim related details and click Continue

Person-2-Person Online Banking screen highlighting area to see your incoming payments

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People's United is committed to protecting your private information, as well as providing our deposit customers with quality online banking services in a secure customer-friendly environment.

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