Tagged: venmo

May 12, 2024 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venmo announced the third Venmo Small Business Grant, a program for small businesses that will provide financial grants and mentorship to 10 Venmo business profile users. In the program’s third year, selected businesses will each “receive $20,000 for expenses, such as rent, supplies, marketing, or… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrustCommerce, a Sphere company and a provider of end-to-end integrated healthcare payments and security software, announced that it is adding PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Venmo, in the U.S., to its healthcare-focused payments platform, enabling providers to offer patients additional flexibility and modern payment options. Through this… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 5:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available for all Venmo business profile and PayPal Zettle users in the U.S., enabling them to accept contactless card and digital wallet payments “directly on their iPhones with no additional cost… Read More

October 11, 2023 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Piper Sandler (NYSE: PIPR) has posted its 46th semi-annual survey of Teens across the United States. The survey can help glean emerging trends that can impact future economic activity and rising brands. Of course, Teens can be fickle, but today’s Teens are tomorrow’s adults. When… Read More

October 4, 2023 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the most popular digital wallets in the world is now accepting PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Venmo credit and debit cards. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), which already accepts a litany of different cards in its wallet, now gives PayPal users the option to add their card to… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the second Venmo Small Business Grant, a program for small and emerging businesses “providing financial grants and mentorship for 20 Venmo business profile customers.” The selected businesses will each “receive $10,000 for expenses, such as rent, or to help… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, is adding PayPal and Venmo to its suite of payment solutions, making them available to clients across REPAY’s verticals, including personal finance, auto finance, credit unions and mortgage. As noted in the update: “Our… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a statement that “billions” of dollars held on payment Apps may not possess federal insurance. The CFPB said these funds may not be safe during times of “financial stress,” alluding to the recent banking crisis. Rohit Chopra,… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 7:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onbe, a business to consumer disbursements financial technology company, announces the addition of PayPal and Venmo functionalities to its product offerings. With PayPal and Venmo, Onbe’s clients now “have more options to provide fast, seamless and secure digital choices to their recipients within Onbe’s existing product… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venmo introduced the Venmo Teen Account, providing parents and legal guardians the ability to open a Venmo account for their teenagers between the ages of 13 to 17-years-old so they can send and receive money. The Venmo Teen Account also “comes with a Venmo Teen… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 4:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced it is partnering with PayPal and Venmo in order to pilot Visa+, an innovative service that aims to help individuals move money quickly and securely between different person-to-person (P2P) digital payment apps. Later this year, Venmo and PayPal users in the… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment bank Piper Sandler (NYSE: PIPR) has posted its 45th semi-annual report on Teen preferences, which can help glean which products and services are rising and which are on the wane. At the same time, teens can be fickle, as parents will explain. The Taking… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

After claiming it was a mistake, PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has re-animated its $2500 penalty for each violation of its Acceptable Use Policy. Once again, Twitter users slammed the overreach of the financial services firm. PayPal added the $2500 fine for misinformation back to their terms, after… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) U.S. customers will soon be able “to add their Venmo account as a payment method.” At Venmo, they’re consistently “focused on giving you more ways to use Venmo in your daily life.” Today, they’re pleased to introduce the ability “to pay with… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Piper Sandler (NYSE: PIPR) has published its 43rd semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey which reviews trends and brand preferences from Gen Z (teens) across 44 U.S. states. The spring 2022 survey was conducted from February 16 to March 22 with the most responses from… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’ve sent or received a payment from a friend or family member, you might have used either Zelle or Venmo to complete the transaction. These Fintech payment services enable consumers to send and receive local personal payments easily, with simply an email address or… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zelle is a peer-to-peer payments service that is now utilized by over 1000 banking apps across the US. As services like Venmo gained in popularity, traditional banks were compelled to compete and Zelle has emerged as a viable alternative for real-time transfers. Originally founded by… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 3:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Facebook – Meta (NASDAQ:FB) announced today it will begin testing Split Payments on Messenger next week. They tout it as a method to improve the ability to split bills like dinners or rent. To begin, users should click “Get Started” in a group chat or… Read More

November 19, 2021 @ 1:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa finds itself in the wrong place at the wrong time and that will hurt its business in the United Kingdom, GlobalData payments analyst Chris Dinga said in a research note today. As of Jan. 19, 2022, Amazon will no longer accept payments from Visa… Read More

November 13, 2021 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the Venmo team continues to grow and expand their cryptocurrency platform, they’re pleased to offer a new feature that will enable clients to set price alerts for digital currencies via the Venmo platform. This should help clients with tracking the price of the four… Read More