Users report failures in transfers from Plin to Yape

The Plin digital wallet, one of the most used in Peru, has been a trend on social networks, due to the fact that a large number of users of this financial application They had problems when wanting to make transfers to Yape accounts.

Plin’s fall generated all kinds of comments in the users, who did not hesitate to tag the banking entity in search of a quick solution. Comments have appeared like “@interbank, I can’t yap from plin. Has that function been disabled?”, “Why can’t I go from PLIN to YAPE anymore?”, “How can I no longer yap from my plin?”, were some of the reactions shared by Internet users due to the impossibility of using their application to carry out said transfer. However, as the hours passed, users have reported that it has already returned to normal.

What did Interbank say about Plin’s fall?

Given the drop in transfers in the Plin digital wallet, users tagged the financial entity Interbank, which responded by urging clients to send their data internally in order to be helped in resolving their cases.

How to transfer money from Plin to Yape 2023?

• Select the contact number of the person you want to contact.
• Once the contact is selected, choose the destination. If the contact has Yape, that option will also appear.
• Enter the amount to be linear, the dynamic key and that’s it!​
• If you want to make a transfer for the first time, you must update your Interbank APP to the latest version to have the functionality available.

Safety Tips for Yape and Plin

• Keep in mind that these digital wallets do not send links, nor do they ask for passwords or personal information by call, text message or email.
• Always validate that the payment is in the movement list or that the balance has increased. Above all, in business cases, review it before delivering the order or concluding the service. It may take a minute, but it will allow us to ensure that the movement was carried out correctly and thus prevent and avoid falling into scams.
• Activate alert notifications when receiving a new transfer. You can do it from your cell phone.

What financial entities are affiliated with these digital tools?

• The application Yape It is affiliated with the following entities: Mibanco, Banco de la Nación, BCP, Caja Cusco, Caja Piura and Caja Tacna.
• For its part, the Plin application is the digital wallet of the following banks: Scotiabank, BanBif, BBVA, Interbank, Caja Arequipa and Caja Sullana.

What you should not do in Yape to protect your account?

1. Do not share your authentication code on Yape.
2. Do not share your confidential data such as ID number or secret keys.
3. Do not show your Yape balance or your savings accounts.
4. Do not enter links that you receive by SMS or email to ‘update your data’ in the name of Yape. They will never ask you for confidential information.
5. Do not connect to public Wi-Fi networks when using the app.

Yape a Plin: how to send money to myself?

Since April, this function has been progressively enabled. If you need to transfer money between your accounts or applications, you must follow the following steps:

• You must save your own number as a contact.
• You enter Yape and you look for your own number.
• When selecting, mark the other banks option.
• Once this is done, you enter the amount and indicate that you will send it to your account in Plin.
• Finally, you confirm the operation and, automatically, the money will arrive in your Plin wallet.