def _mass_pay(request, payment_paypal_dict):
    PAYPAL_CONFIG = PayPalConfig(
        API_USERNAME=settings.PAYPAL_API_USERNAME,
        API_PASSWORD=settings.PAYPAL_API_PASSWORD,
        API_SIGNATURE=settings.PAYPAL_API_SIGNATURE,
        API_ENVIRONMENT=settings.PAYPAL_API_ENVIRONMENT,
        DEBUG_LEVEL=0,
    )
    paypal_interface = PayPalInterface(config=PAYPAL_CONFIG)
    payment_dict = {"RECEIVERTYPE": "EmailAddress"}

    for i, item in enumerate(payment_paypal_dict.items()):
        payment_account = (item[0])[0 : item[0].find("_")]
        participant = item[1]
        payment_credit = participant.award_credit - participant.donate_credit
        if payment_credit > 0:
            if payment_account:
                payment_dict["L_EMAIL%s" % i] = payment_account
                payment_dict["L_AMT%s" % i] = payment_credit
                payment_dict["L_NOTE%s" % i] = participant.research.name
                participant.superuser_award_dt = now()
                participant.payment_type = "paypal"
                participant.payment_account = payment_account

    try:
        resp = paypal_interface._call("MassPay", **payment_dict)
        if resp["ACK"] == "Success":
            for payment_account, participant in payment_paypal_dict.items():
                participant.payment_status = True
                participant.payment_resp = "MassPay Success"
                participant.save()
            success(request, _(u"Payment of payment successful"))
    except PayPalAPIResponseError as e:
        error(request, _(u"%s") % e.message)