Venmo

Venmo is a mobile payment service owned by PayPal. Venmo account holders can transfer funds to others via a mobile phone app; both the sender and receiver have to live in the U.S. Venmo is a type of payment rail. It handled $31 billion in transactions in the first quarter of 2020.

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Nonprofits Say ‘Thanks For Giving’ as Next Gen Payments Power Contributions
Nonprofits Say ‘Thanks For Giving’ as Next Gen Payments Power Contributions
November 24, 2022  |  Payment Methods

By many accounts, we’re living during a golden age of philanthropy and charitable giving. Urged on by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, 236 of the...

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Venmo Offers Help for High Inflation Holidays
Venmo Offers Help for High Inflation Holidays
November 22, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

With Americans preparing to enter a holiday shopping season they might not be able to afford, Venmo has debuted a pair of tools it says...

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PayPal Claims Top Spot in BNPL as Q3 Volume Spikes 157%
PayPal Claims Top Spot in BNPL as Q3 Volume Spikes 157%
November 03, 2022  |  Platform Payments

PayPal’s users are still engaged, but spending is clearly slowing. But even as PayPal, like other firms, is not immune to macro headwinds and inflation’s...

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Amazon, Venmo Team on New Secure Payments Partnership
Amazon, Venmo Team on New Secure Payments Partnership
October 25, 2022  |  eCommerce

Online shoppers can now pay for their Amazon purchases though their Venmo accounts thanks to a new partnership announced Tuesday (Oct 25). Both Venmo and...

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Data Brief: Fewer Than 1 in 10 US Consumers Use FinTechs as Primary Bank
Data Brief: Fewer Than 1 in 10 US Consumers Use FinTechs as Primary Bank
September 19, 2022  |  Digital Banking

The corner bank branch — the brick-and-mortar kind — may be giving way to a digital one embedded in our phones. We’re seeing the rise...

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46% of Merchants Say They Accept Crypto, but Nonnative Wallets Rule
46% of Merchants Say They Accept Crypto, but Nonnative Wallets Rule
August 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The number of merchants who accept cryptocurrency payments in some form is high, but far and away the most common source of those payments are...

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PayPal: BNPL Volumes Surge 226% Year on Year  
PayPal: BNPL Volumes Surge 226% Year on Year  
August 02, 2022  |  Earnings

PayPal’s most recent earnings results spotlight the continued digital shift, as active user counts eclipsed pre-pandemic levels.   And buy now, pay later (BNPL) volumes...

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Grant Program Offers Support to Venmo Business Users
Grant Program Offers Support to Venmo Business Users
July 28, 2022  |  SMBs

A new grant program offered by PayPal will provide financial and mentorship support to 20 new and existing Venmo Business Profile users. Each of the 20 businesses selected...

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P2P Payments Fraud Suggests Liability Gray Area
P2P Payments Fraud Suggests Liability Gray Area
July 12, 2022  |  Banking

Peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions between bank accounts are gaining in popularity, evidenced by the triple-digit percentage gains in Zelle and Venmo volumes, due in part to...

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