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.

(source: venmo.com)

More Than Half of US Consumers Use P2P Apps to Send Money
More Than Half of US Consumers Use P2P Apps to Send Money
August 02, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Consumers are turning to peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Venmo and Zelle for quick and easy money transfers. But while these services have become ubiquitous, concerns...

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EBay Uses Pay by Bank to Reach New Gen Z Consumers
EBay Uses Pay by Bank to Reach New Gen Z Consumers
August 01, 2024  |  Earnings

As eBay looks to reach Generation Z and millennials, the online marketplace is turning to pay by bank to meet younger customers’ eCommerce expectations. On...

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EBay to Add Venmo as Payment Option in US
EBay to Add Venmo as Payment Option in US
June 13, 2024  |  Retail

Online marketplace eBay will add Venmo as a payment option in the coming week, saying it aims to expand payment method choice and cater to...

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P2P Payments Bring Convenience and Flexibility to Retail
P2P Payments Bring Convenience and Flexibility to Retail
June 03, 2024  |  Retail

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments are revolutionizing the retail landscape, with major players ranging from Starbucks to eBay embracing the capability to offer consumers more convenient and...

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Instant Payments Drive Profits for the Small Restaurants That Use Them
Instant Payments Drive Profits for the Small Restaurants That Use Them
May 31, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Forty percent of the independent mom-and-pop restaurants in the U.S. that generate $10 million or less annually now use instant payment rails as their primary...

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70% of Restaurant SMBs Say Convenience Is Top Instant Payments Benefit
70% of Restaurant SMBs Say Convenience Is Top Instant Payments Benefit
May 29, 2024  |  Faster Payments

While instant payments might seem like an innovation that only big companies would embrace, these types of expenditures are gaining traction with many mom-and-pop eateries....

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PayPal Adds Stablecoin to Solana Blockchain
PayPal Adds Stablecoin to Solana Blockchain
May 29, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

PayPal says its stablecoin — PayPal USD (PYUSD) — is now available on the Solana blockchain. The move is designed to make the stablecoin faster and cheaper to...

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More Consumers Would Pay With Venmo If They Understood It
More Consumers Would Pay With Venmo If They Understood It
April 10, 2024  |  Payment Methods

For account-to-account (A2A) payment providers, PYMNTS Intelligence research finds, education continues to present a huge barrier to adoption. By the Numbers A2A payments, which bypass...

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As Visa+ Comes to PayPal and Venmo, Interoperable Cross-Border Payments Gain Ground 
As Visa+ Comes to PayPal and Venmo, Interoperable Cross-Border Payments Gain Ground 
April 02, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Interoperability in payments — paying anyone, anywhere, no matter the network — remains a Holy Grail in payments. And interoperability is a work in progress....

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