9/27/2023 10:25:07 PM PayPal's stablecoin, PYUSD, is now available on Venmo By FinTech Collective PayPal USD (PYUSD), PayPal’s on-chain, regulated, dollar-denominated stablecoin 100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S...
6/15/2023 7:38:36 PM The risks of storing money in apps like Venmo and Cash App By Samantha Wulfson Unlike deposits in savings and checking accounts at federally insured banks, funds stored in many “peer to peer” apps aren’t...
8/11/2021 12:49:31 PM Venmo to allow credit card holders to automatically buy cryptocurrency with their cash back By Sarah Wolter Unlike when buying cryptocurrency directly, these automated purchases will have no transaction fees associated with them — a feature...
7/23/2021 1:02:29 PM Venmo removes public news feed over privacy concerns By FinTech Collective After years of defaulting public posts and joke transaction descriptions, Venmo has removed its global social feed. This comes after...
4/20/2021 1:32:27 PM Venmo adds support for buying, holding and selling cryptocurrencies By Sarah Wolter Venmo is adding support for cryptocurrency immediately. The company says it will begin to roll out the ability for Venmo’s more than 70m...
1/4/2021 11:07:38 PM Venmo adds a check-cashing feature, waives fees for stimulus checks By Sarah Wolter The company’s move into check cashing doesn’t make the peer-to-peer payment app an alternative to online banking, however. Instead, it...
11/18/2020 2:34:32 AM CVS becomes first national retailer to offer support for PayPal and Venmo QR codes at checkout By Sarah Wolter The entire transaction can be touch-free, as it involves QR code scanning as opposed to using a card that has to be swiped or inserted...
11/17/2020 2:07:58 PM American Express links up With PayPal, Venmo to enable customers to split payments By Sarah Wolter The new program enables American Express consumer cardholders to use the new Amex Send & Split service. Cardholders will be able to send...
10/5/2020 10:30:59 PM Venmo launches its first credit card, offering up to 3% cash back, personalized rewards By Sarah Wolter Cardholders will be able to track their spending in real time, organized by category, plus split or share purchases, view their cash back...
7/2/2020 2:50:52 AM Venmo begins piloting ‘business profiles’ for small sellers By Carlos Alonso Torras Mobile-payments app announced it’s piloting a new feature which offers small sellers and other sole proprietors the opportunity to have a...
5/21/2020 3:56:25 PM PayPal sees rise in ‘silver tech’ as older generations test digital payments By Faisal Kawar People over 50 were PayPal’s fastest-growing segment from March to April. Venmo particularly stands to benefit from the new audience.
2/10/2017 9:10:15 PM Venmo security: How to protect your account By FinTech Collective Despite the humorous aspects of Sean Spicer's recent Venmo trolling, the security of the payment app has been called into question....
2/10/2017 9:06:35 PM Sean Spicer and more trolled through Venmo By FinTech Collective New York based payment and social app Venmo has made headlines recently thanks to people taking advantage of the platform's social...
2/18/2016 10:14:36 PM Venmo Joins 3 Comma Club By FinTech Collective P2P payment companies, take note. In seeking to assert itself as the undisputed leader in P2P payments, Venmo has announced that, for the...
4/9/2015 2:17:51 PM Students fret over Venmo payments to alleged drug dealer By FinTech Collective Columbia students are upset over the arrest of a student who was arrested on drug charges after accepting payments through Venmo. Every...
3/20/2015 2:29:17 PM Facebook Introduces Free Friend-To-Friend Payments Through Messages By FinTech Collective Facebook is now officially in the payments game. Rather than partnering with another player such as PayPal or Square, in the same...