Q&A Forum > > Reply To: send money to a friend in Google Pay Start a new discussion May 8, 2020 at 12:53 pm #42559 Komando CommunityParticipant @KomandoCommunity You do have to log into, or create, a Google account in order to claim the money. However, there are no fees to sign up or accept the funds. https://support.google.com/pay/answer/7643914?hl=en&ref_topic=7643991