Messaging & calls Rolling out

Chat on Kit Pay

Conversations built for end-to-end encryption, with payments inside the chat — and why chat reaches devices in stages.

Money conversations and money movements usually live in different apps — the plan in a chat somewhere, the payment in a wallet, and the connection between them in nobody's records. Kit Pay chat exists to close that gap: conversations built for end-to-end encryption, with payments that appear right inside the chat they belong to.

What a Kit Pay conversation is

  • A private thread with another Kit Pay user, built for end-to-end encryption — designed so the conversation belongs to the people in it.
  • A place where payments show up as part of the story: send or receive with someone, and the money and the messages sit together.
  • The natural home of everything around a payment — the "did you get it?", the "sending half now", the agreement that explains the transfer your history shows.

Chat changes context, not money rules

Nothing about a payment relaxes because it started in a conversation. Sending money from a chat is the same sensitive action as sending it from anywhere else: the review screen, then approval tied to what you are doing, using your wallet PIN or supported device security, then the ledger record. Payments inside chat walks through exactly how the two fit together.

Arriving in stages, honestly

Encryption keys belong to devices, so chat activates per device as the rollout completes — here is why, and it is a better reason than most rollout explanations. More is coming behind it: voice and video calls are switching on in stages, groups are being built, and smaller comforts are on the way. The app announces each piece when it is real for your device.

One boundary worth knowing from day one: a conversation is private, but it is not unsupervised money. If someone uses chat to pressure, deceive, or defraud, report the conversation — you decide what to share: a report can include specific messages you select and explicitly consent to show moderators, and the rest of the thread stays sealed.

Frequently asked questions

Why can my friend chat on Kit Pay but I cannot yet?

Chat activates per device as the encryption rollout completes, so two phones can honestly be at different stages. Your app announces it when your device is ready.

Do I need chat to send money?

No. Transfers, requests, links, and QR payments work regardless. Chat adds the conversation around money, not the ability to move it.