PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Last month, PayPal and Venmo began offering a credit card that features users’ QR codes , which allows the platform’s more than 60 million customers to shop, split purchases and earn cash back wherever Visa cards are accepted. The code can be scanned in the Venmo app by friends to send payments or split purchases.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

According to the latest Gig Economy Index , more than one-third of the U.S. PYMNTS research found that 51 percent of full-time gig workers prefer to be paid via PayPal , which outranked all other forms of payment, including direct deposit. The Ubiquity (And Certainty) Of PayPal. However, the same can’t be said of PayPal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Morgan is bringing payments to the point of sale (POS), with an eye on making inroads into a landscape dominated by firms such as PayPal and Square. As economies reopen, there is a need for flexibility at the POS and for in-store (or curbside) contactless payments – along with the hardware to make those transactions possible.

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Point-of-Sale (POS) Push-to-Card PayPal Volume 122

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Today in the payment’s news roundup, PayPal is teaming with Synchrony Financial to put forward a Venmo co-branded credit card next year. PayPal Launches Venmo Credit Card. Venmo started with P2P payments and rolled out a debit card last year. It also offers a “pay with Venmo” option with partners such as Uber.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

There is lots of motion in the markets, with Apple officially moving into the world of being a card issuer (with mixed reviews), Venmo making moves on the bank account and Google Pay breaking up with Visa Checkout as a payments button. Goldman, for its part, may see impact from loan losses should the economy falter. the company said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Big news from PayPal — the payments firm on Thursday afternoon (June 20) that COO Bill Ready is leaving the company. According to a statement from PayPal , “Ready will transition at the end of 2019 to pursue entrepreneurial interests outside the company.” Prior to that, the payments veteran was president of iPay Technologies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The platform economy is being transformed by an increased demand for faster payments bolstered by mobile usage, according to the latest Payments and the Platform Economy Playbook. But it’s countries like China and India where the economy developed a mobile-first mindset that is driving real growth in digital payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The former PayPal chief operating officer is the new president of commerce at Google, according to a report by TechCrunch. Ready’s job at Google is going to be a little different than it was at PayPal, as he won’t be dealing directly with payments. I’ve long admired how Google has enabled access to the digital economy for everyone.

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PayPal Venmo Economy Product 52

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

In today’s top news, the CEOs of the four biggest tech companies will testify before Congress over antitrust issues, and Venmo introduced business payments for individuals. Venmo Pilots Business Payments For Micro SMBs. Venmo will introduce a new feature for businesses to accept payments separate from the individual owner’s account.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A leading payment orchestration provider, BR-DGE , has announced today its integration with PayPal to offer merchants greater payment choice and flexibility at online checkout. As part of the integration, BR-DGE merchants will also have access to PayPal Braintree, allowing them to reach more buyers and drive higher conversion among customers.

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PayPal Consumer Payments Venmo 52

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

B2B, in some respects, is the stubborn mule of the digital economy, and represents a massive source of economic strength. PayPal Eyes Credit to Monetize Venmo. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is reportedly settling on Synchrony Financial to issue the Venmo credit card. Fun, Odd and Edgy.

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Clearly Payments

AUGUST 24, 2024

In 2023, Venmo processed over $245 billion in transactions, a 32% increase from the previous year. P2P Money Transfers Peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers have emerged as a key component of the digital economy, enabling individuals to send and receive funds instantly without the need for traditional banking intermediaries.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments are blazing a hotter path in the digital economy as the second half of 2019 gets underway – and there is fresh evidence that the payment method is not only growing, but helping to influence related endeavors. Venmo Trends. Venmo, of course, is not the only major P2P player in the game. Zelle Trends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

It’s expected that OPay will use the funds to further grow the business in Nigeria, home to Africa’s largest economy and the most populous country on the continent. OPay was founded in 2018 and serves as a mobile platform for sending and receiving payments. The popularity of mobile payments apps has grown significantly in recent years.

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Mobile Payments Payments Venmo Non-Bank 70

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Growing strong this week, we have Google making it easier to save money, Sephora making it easier (and more rewarding) to spend it and PayPal making it easier to move it around. PayPal’s Big Instant Bank Transfer Play. PayPal will be the first firm to implement this feature. Google Flights Takes Off. Australia, Italy and Spain.

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PayPal Credit Cards Debit Card Faster Payments 43

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Every day offers something new in a connected economy powered by increasingly agile apps. Mighty PayPal takes the No. 1 spot in that inaugural ranking, with the top five rounding out with the usual suspects and maybe an outlier: PayPal. What, no Venmo? Eyes on the App Economy. Mobile banking. Digital wallets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Another instance would be those who resisted peer-to-peer (P2P), until Venmo didn’t give them any other choice. This has already happened in the gig economy, [as its] workers are fickle by definition and don’t get overly embedded with one employer. Look at Square’s debit card,” Edwards said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

An astounding 62 percent of American adults surveyed in a Gallup poll this past year think the country has the possibility of becoming a cashless economy. These mobile payment technology companies include the likes of PayPal, Venmo, LevelUp, Square, Google Wallet and more.

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Contactless Payments Payments Credit Cards PayPal 57

PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The idea that money should be able to move instantly between sender and recipient has long been gaining ground in P2P payments, the gig economy, the insurance industry and more. That’s a good start, but since PayPal and its Venmo unit have some 175 million accounts, millions of customers still can’t access their money in an instant. “The

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Millennials have grown up with the rise of the digital economy,” Bond said. They are comfortable and trusting of electronic payment processors such as Venmo and PayPal and expect their investment experience to be 100 percent electronic from start to finish. Many millennials are wary of investing in the first place.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

billion, and the economy is facing greater challenges as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. In today’s top news, PNC will acquire BBVA’s U.S. unit for $11.6 Plus, Mastercard announced a new Account-to-Account service to its Track Business Payment Service. PNC Advances $11.6B BBVA Record Purchase Deal. The second-biggest banking deal in the U.S.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 7, 2024

The existence of Zelle , Venmo , Cash App , PayPal and other wallet services has dampened US Banks’ appetite for implementing instant payments, with 50 per cent feeling a lot or significant impact. It is simple: to maintain the position of the world’s largest, most dynamic economy, the US cannot afford to be a laggard in payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Visa, PayPal Expand Global Real-Time Payments Partnership. PayPal and Visa have expanded methods for individuals and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to move money in an expedient manner. The worldwide collaboration will bolster the sending or receipt of money via Venmo , Xoom or PayPal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

As Webster noted, PayPal has considered launching credit cards in an effort to more fully monetize Venmo. Firms such as Ondot , he said, can give mid-tier financial institutions “economies of experience” through pre-packaged solutions that allow them to design and offer cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

PayPal, Venmo and other consumer wallets can move funds between wallets instantly, but these funds have always been tied to a closed ecosystem (e.g., available for spending with PayPal merchants). That changed with the emergence of the gig economy. Remind me: What’s the incentive to participate on your platform?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Buying From Developing Economies. It also has had to use credit cards and PayPal for other international ingredient purchases, where protections like chargebacks have proven to be important safeguards. Providing convenient payments to rural suppliers in developing economies as well as U.S.-based The Paper Versus Digital Debate.

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Checks Online and Mobile Banking B2B P2P 81

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Insurance payments, healthcare reimbursement, merchant settlements, loan disbursements, and payments to workers participating in the shared economy represent a $9 trillion opportunity filled with friction for both the sender and the receiver, with the remaining $1 trillion represented by the more “traditional” P2P payments use cases.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Walmart showed some early results to goose the gas on eCommerce, which is starting to help the company gain some ground back on Amazon; Zelle is now open for business and coming for Venmo; and Alibaba made its latest big brick-and-mortar play. The battle between big bank-backed Zelle and PayPal property Venmo starts now.

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Zelle Venmo Online and Mobile Banking P2P 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We’re flying blind because we lack relevant data to build and then use the right frameworks to make confident, reasonable decisions that guide our businesses, and even our economy. It was devised when the world was largely a manufacturing economy and manufactured goods drove the output of goods and services. Put on a Retail Happy Face.

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Caps Online and Mobile Banking P2P Economy 54

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Deluxe will digitize real-time deposits into ACH or into any number of other payments acceptance mechanisms that the hospital might want — across prepaid cards, PayPal, Venmo, etc. “That software platform today, on an outsourced basis or with people using that software themselves, is processing about $2.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

It involves a lot more than just providing immediate access to those funds, as a variety of use cases — from peer-to-peer (P2P) to gig economy payments to insurance claims payouts and loan disbursements — are being challenged to “go instant.”. “Of

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Instant Payments FedNow Push-to-Card Payments 70

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Consumers use Venmo and Zelle to quickly settle shared expenses between friends, and they know the money will arrive in their bank accounts within a few minutes — or even seconds. Services like Venmo and Zelle process billions of dollars in payments each year. Paying gig workers faster.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If companies can borrow at zero or close to zero percent interest then they should, economists say, found profitable businesses, create jobs and stimulate the economy. Following the Great Recession of 2008, many first-world nations adopted Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) as a means of boosting investment.

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Posting FinTech Venmo Instant Payments 69

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Then came PayPal’s debut of Instant Transfer to Bank. This new feature, available to PayPal customers in good standing, leverages the company’s partnership with Chase, and Chase’s connection to The Clearing House’s RTP network, to move money instantly into the bank accounts of consumers and SMBs. See First Data and Fiserv.

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Faster Payments Fed RTP Same Day ACH 80

Wharton Fintech

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Shaw for a few years and then ultimately was running engineering at Venmo. They ended up getting acquired by Braintree and then PayPal at the end of 2013. Peyton was running engineering at Venmo. Venmo became one of Plaid’s first customers after we introduced them to them and they ripped out Yodlee and inserted Plaid.

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FinTech Small Business Payment APIs and Integration Laws 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The solution has already been deployed by other partners in the ecosystem, including PayPal, Venmo, Square, Ingo Money and NovoPayment. a market in which the gig economy explosion has transformed the way professionals want to receive compensation for their work, and the way businesses want to send those payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

TickPick is catering to these desires by expanding the number of payment methods it accepts, and it now supports Apple Pay and PayPal in addition to debit and credit cards. PayPal and Apple Pay each account for approximately 10 percent of TickPick’s payments, while the majority are still processed via debit or credit card.

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Instant Payments Payments Push-to-Card Credit Cards 49