Shared mobile payments

1. A system comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to:

receive a first communication including a request, at a first user device of a first user, for a transaction to purchase a product from a merchant device of a merchant and to share a payment for the product between the first user and a second user;

generate, at a first instance of a shared application, a link that references the transaction that is being processed by a first instance of a shared application;

access a second user account of the second user to determine a communication address for the second user;

provide the link to a second user device of the second user, the link usable at a second instance of the shared application at the second user device;

determine a portion of the payment that the second user indicates, via the second instance of the shared application, to the merchant device for the transaction; and

process, by the first instance of the shared application using information regarding a first user account of the first user and the second user account and the portion of the payment that the second user indicated to the merchant device, a portion of the payment to a merchant account of the merchant, from each of the first user account and the second user account.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein executing the instructions further causes the system to send a second communication to the second user device requesting that the second user shares the payment for the product.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the link is provided via a near field communication (NFC) between the first user device and the second user device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the request includes information representative of a scan of a near field communication (NFC) sticker, a quick response (QR) code, a barcode, or a stock keeping unit (SKU).

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein executing the instructions further causes the system to,

indicate, to the first instance of the shared application, that the second user contributed the portion of the payment to the merchant device; and

determine whether the first user contributes a remaining portion of the payment to the merchant.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second user is a member of a predefined group of users stored by the first instance of the shared application.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first user device of a first user, a first communication including a request for a purchase transaction from a merchant device of a merchant and to share a payment for the purchase transaction between the first user and a second user;

generating, at a first instance of a shared application, a link that references the purchase transaction;

obtaining a communication address for the second user device from the first user device;

providing the link to a second user device of the second user, the link usable at a second instance of the shared application at the second user device;

determine an indicated portion of the payment that the second user indicates, via the second instance of the shared application, to the first instance of the shared application for the purchase transaction; and

processing, electronically via the one or more processors using information regarding a first user account of the first user and a second user account of the second user and the indicated portion of the payment, a portion of the payment to a merchant account of the merchant, from each of the first user account and the second user account.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising sending a second communication to the second user device requesting that the second user shares the payment for the product.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the request includes information representative of a scan of a near field communication (NFC) sticker, a quick response (QR) code, a barcode, or a stock keeping unit (SKU).

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising indicating, to a shared payment application on the first user device, that the second user contributed the portion of the payment to the merchant device; and

determining whether the first user contributes a remaining portion of the payment to the merchant.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second user is a member of a predefined group of users stored by a shared payment application on the first user device.

12. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a first user device of a first user, a first communication including a request for a purchase transaction a product from a merchant and to share a payment for the purchase transaction between the first user and a second user;

generating, at a first instance of a shared application, a link that references the purchase transaction;

accessing a second user account of the second user to determine a communication address for the second user;

providing the link to a second user device of the second user, the link usable at a second instance of the shared application at the second user device;

determining an indicated portion of the payment that the second user indicates, via the second instance of the shared application for the purchase transaction; and

processing, using information regarding a first user account of the first user and the second user account and the indicated portion of the payment, a portion of the payment to a merchant account of the merchant, from each of the first user account and the second user account.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise sending a second communication to the second user device, of the second user, requesting that the second user shares the payment for the product.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the second communication comprises a near field communication (NFC) between the first user device and the second user device.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , and wherein the request includes information representative of a scan of a near field communication (NFC) sticker, a quick response (QR) code, a barcode, or a stock keeping unit (SKU).

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the second user is a member of a predefined group of users stored by a shared payment application on the first user device.