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Venmo’s Latest Effort to Turn a Profit: Credit Cards

April 19 2019

“Venmo’s latest gambit to profit off its massive but still-not-lucrative user base involves a decidedly old-school idea: credit cards. Executives at the digital payments company have been meeting with banks since late last year to discuss issuing a Venmo-branded credit card, people familiar with the matter said. The company, owned by PayPal Holdings Inc., is […]
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Venmo Looks to New Leader to Overcome ‘Growing Pains’

September 24 2018

“Venmo is best known as a money-transfer service that connects to users’ bank accounts and lets them send money digitally, along with a caption or an emoji that by default gets posted into a public newsfeed. It has become a hit with consumers—more than $14 billion in payment volume moved across Venmo in the second […]
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Venmo Considers Making It Harder to See What Other People Are Buying

August 27 2018

“In recent weeks, executives at PayPal Holdings Inc., the parent company of Venmo, were weighing whether to remove the option to post and view public transactions, said a person familiar with the deliberations. It’s unclear if those discussions are still ongoing, and regardless of the outcome, payments between friends would still be visible on the home […]
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PayPal’s Venmo Isn’t Enough to Drive Payment Volume Growth

April 25 2019

“PayPal Holdings Inc. released first quarter results that showed rising sales and profit but a decline in payment volume growth, a closely watched measure of the company’s popularity among customers.    The San Jose, California-based met analysts’ expectations for revenue and exceeded them for per-share earnings last quarter. On a conference call after the report, […]
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PayPal Reports Strong 3Q Earnings on Surge in Venmo, New Members

October 25 2019

“The company reported a surge in net new active accounts, rising 16% or 9.8 million to 295 million accounts.  The company saw a strong increase in business from Venmo, which rose 64% to process more than $27 billion in total payment volume during the quarter. Meanwhile P2P volume grew 39% to $51 billion during the […]
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Venmo Bumps up Sending Limits

April 22 2020

“With people under stay-at-home orders throughout the nation, many are finding themselves short on cash. That’s increasing their reliance on electronic payment services. Now, Venmo is easing some of its rules to facilitate payments. The company has increased its sending limits to $4,999.99 per week for person to person payments. That’s a 40% increase from […]
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Chevron App Now Accepts Venmo

February 21 2020

“Chevron announced that its new Chevron and Texaco mobile apps now include Venmo as a payment option, making the company the first to accept the payment service for fuel purchases at the pump. ‘Chevron updated its branded mobile applications to offer consumers access to Venmo to pay for fuel and car washes at the pump from their mobile […]
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Venmo Launches Limited Pilot of New Tools for Sole Proprietors With the Introduction of Business Profiles

July 2 2020

“Piloting to a limited number of users today, Business Profiles allows sole proprietors, casual sellers, and users with a side hustle to create an additional Venmo profile to accept payments for goods and services. Whether you’re an artist, selling homemade planters at a craft fair, serving up one-of-a-kind haircuts, selling floral arrangements or mowing lawns, […]