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PayPal finally reveals Venmo user count, as Zelle keeps growing

Payments Source

Venmo has more than 40 million active users, PayPal has revealed for the first time. This finally gives the market a sense of how popular Venmo is, and sheds a little light on how it compares to the bank-run Zelle service.

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Big banks to launch digital wallet operated by Zelle parent: report

Payments Dive

The wallet, which is expected to launch in the second half of the year, aims to compete with PayPal and Apple, sources told The Wall Street Journal. But serious competition may take a while, an analyst said.

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Visa+ expands its availability for PayPal and Venmo users across the US

Tearsheet

At the time, Visa+ outlined plans to make the service widely available to Venmo and PayPal users in the US by mid-2024. Expanding on last year’s announcement, the recent development marks the official [consumer] launch of the service with inaugural partners PayPal, Venmo, and DailyPay. This gap prompted the launch of the Visa+ service.

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Zelle Processes $35B In Q4 Payment Volume

PYMNTS

Zelle, traditional banks’ answer to Venmo and Paypal, continues to grow in usage, not only with customers but with banking institutions as well, according to reports. Zelle’s operator, Early Warning Services, reported a Q4 payment volume of $35 billion, which is up 12 percent from Q3 and 61 percent from a year before.

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Payment Network Zelle Processed $39B During Q1

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Digital payment company Zelle sent $39 billion through its network on 147 million transactions during the first quarter of this year, the company said in a news release. This past quarter Zelle achieved several milestones toward our goal of nationwide ubiquity,” said Lou Anne Alexander, group president of payments solutions at Early Warning.

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Zelle: The Role Of AI In Stopping COVID-Related P2P Payment Scams

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Fighting these threats requires an equally wide range of defenses, says Jamie Armistead, Zelle vice president. Peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps like CashApp , PayPal , Venmo and Zelle are especially popular targets for financial crime, with fraud attacks against these apps increasing by 733 percent since 2016.

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PayPal And Discover Partner For Rewards, Payments

PYMNTS

PayPal and Discover have joined forces to allow customers to use the credit card’s Cashback Bonus or Miles to buy things through PayPal, according to a Monday (Nov. Our customers loved seeing PayPal added to this year’s categories in the 5% Cashback program. 25) press release. .

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