Blackberry announced this week that PayPal will provide its Messenger users the ability to transfer funds to others using the service, according to blog posts from both companies.

Blackberry wrote in a blog post that the external beta will be available for Blackberry, iOS and Android BBM users in Canada, and will be available to other regions worldwide within the next several weeks. Users did not need to use the PayPal app to transfer funds, according to the announcement.

"You can start sending money to family and friends once they’ve also connected their PayPal accounts to BBM," said Matt Gromada, PayPal's director of consumer product marketing. "From there, you'll simply select the PayPal icon directly in BBM, enter in the amount of money, review the details, and hit send."