What Is Venmo & How does work?

Venmo is a mobile payment app that allows users to pay each other for goods or services. The app is free and does not charge any fees for transactions.

Like many other apps, Venmo tracks your spending habits through the use of digital receipts. Venmo is a mobile payment platform, founded by Brian Vigehter and Nick Galifianakis in 2012. The platform allows users to pay each other through the use of an app. Users can also earn money by referring their friends to the platform.

The company was originally based out of New York before moving its headquarters to Chicago in 2016 where it currently operates from as well as its office space. Venmo sells gift cards, products, and services through its website called ‘Shop With Venmo’ which enables merchants to accept payments for their products or services using the app.

What is Venmo?

What is Venmo? Hope you have understood from the above text. Again this is a mobile app for peer-to-peer, or P2P, money transfers and payments. It's particularly known for its Timeline feed where you and your connections in the app can send each other payments via emoji messages, but don't worry: dollar amount transfers are always private.

How does the Venmo platform work?

Venmo is an application that allows people to make payments and transfers, without the need for cash or a third party. This can be done using your smartphone or through the website.

You can pay back friends who owe you money, or vice versa. If someone doesn’t have enough money in their account at the time of payment, they will receive a notification with instructions on how to obtain more money from their bank account (using their debit card).

Transfers and purchases: Venmo allows you to send money and request money from anyone who has a Venmo account. Remember, this app can help with the awkward task of compensating family or friends for dinner or other shared expenses, but it's not intended to buy or sell goods between strangers. Of particular note, Venmo can also be used for web purchases with certain merchants, such as Amazon, or on websites with a Venmo payment button, such as PayPal.

Mobile only: Venmo payments are made through its highly rated Android and iOS smartphone apps, as well as iMessage or Siri voice commands. So you can sign in to Venmo's website on a desktop or mobile device to view transactions, but not to make or request payments.

US customers only: Note that Venmo, owned by PayPal, requires both the sender and recipient to be in the US.

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How to add funds to a Venmo account?

Typically, Venmo accounts are paid with a debit card, credit card, or a bank account. To send money to Venmo, you'll need to link the app to a US bank account, debit card, prepaid debit card, or credit card. If you receive money and want to transfer it from Venmo, you need to link your Venmo account with your bank account.

Remember in this case, link a checking, not a savings, account. Savings accounts traditionally had a limit of six online withdrawals or transfers per month, although some banks lifted such restrictions after federal regulation changes in 2020.

What are the Venmo app fees?

Venmo typically charges credit card and instant transfer fees. However, it is possible to avoid the fee when using Venmo. Note, the service charges two fees for certain options:

1. 3% per transaction for peer-to-peer payments funded by credit card. Remember, peer-to-peer payments funded by a bank account, debit card, or prepaid debit card on Venmo are free. And purchases from merchants with Venmo payment options are also free, even with a credit card

2. 1.75% per transaction with a 25-cent minimum for instant transfers. This fee is deducted when you cash out your Venmo balance to a debit card. These transfers are usually delivered within minutes. There is no fee if you use a standard "cash-out" transfer to a bank account, although delivery takes one to three business days.

How do I get money from Venmo?

App You can view your balance in the Venmo app. Like PayPal, Venmo stores your money as an in-app balance, which you can fund future payments (if you have enough money) or cash out to your bank account.

Otherwise, your money just sits there and that's not ideal. Keep in mind, unless you're using Venmo's direct deposit feature, where your funds are held at a partner bank, your Venmo app balance isn't federally insured like bank accounts, so you could lose it if Venmo goes out of business. Also keep in mind, money in a Venmo account doesn't earn interest either.

How much money can you send with Venmo?

Typically you can send up to $60,000 per week. And remember to get started with Venmo, you'll need to download the mobile app, create a login, and confirm your phone number, email address, and bank account information.

You also have a maximum initial transfer limit of $299.99 per week until you verify your identity. And verification happens when you submit your social security number, zip code, and date of birth, and you're "verified." You can then send up to $60,000 per week in one or more transactions

Notably, the most you can transfer from Venmo to a bank account starts at $999.99 per transaction, but once you're verified, the limit is $19,999 per week.

Are Venmo transactions secure?

The security of the app is its main feature. Some of its security measures include PIN- and fingerprint-based login options and two-factor authentication. If your phone is lost or stolen and you don't have these protections set up, you can stop allowing access to your account by logging into Venmo's website and changing your permission settings.

Be aware that Venmo's parent company, PayPal, settled with the Federal Trade Commission in 2018 alleging that access to customers' funds was delayed without notice and that Venmo misled users about maintaining privacy settings for their transactions.

Social Feed Features: Venmo generally offers social media features, including paid feeds of people you connect with on Venmo. However, you can adjust your privacy settings so that transactions are visible to "Private" (visible to sender and recipient) or "Friends" (sender, recipient, and Venmo connections). However, visitors can change settings retroactively for past transactions.