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Venmo on Thursday rolled out eight digital “gift wrapping” options for in-app payments, adding a bit of color and animation to the process of zapping someone a little cash. In a release about the new feature, Venmo owner PayPal noted that 78% of Venmo users said they’d sent a gift last year through one payment app …

Venmo is rolling out a new feature that lets Venmo Credit Card users automatically purchase cryptocurrency using cash back earned from their card purchases, the company announced Tuesday.   Called Cash Back to Crypto, the feature “expands choice in how customers can spend their cash back while allowing them to start exploring crypto within the Venmo environment they know and …

Venmo on Tuesday said it’s removing its global feed, meaning users will no longer be able to see payments between people they don’t know. The change comes as part of a redesign of the Venmo app, which also includes a refreshed look, new discover features and expanded privacy controls.  Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, said people will still be …

Following an incident earlier this month in which BuzzFeed reporters found President Joe Biden’s Venmo account with ease, Venmo says it’ll roll out a feature allowing people to make their friends lists private or decide who can see them, BuzzFeed said Friday.   A Venmo representative confirmed the report to CNET, saying: “We’re consistently evolving and strengthening the Venmo platform …

Over the past year, Google has weathered a whole host of controversies — from antitrust scrutiny to discord in its AI ranks — amid the wide-ranging challenges of the pandemic. So it must have been a relief for the company to spend a couple of hours focused exclusively on the marvels of tech it’s been cooking up. That’s what we …

If you’re using Apple Pay on your iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) or Apple Watch ($349 at eBay), you might wonder about the tiny black Apple Pay oval at the bottom of your Messages app. Or perhaps a friend sent you money with Apple Cash and you want to know what you can do with it. I’m going to walk you …

Last fall, I realized my decades-old wallet strategy was due for an update. Since I was a teenager, I’d been stuffing everything into a traditional folding wallet. But now I’ve made a dramatic change to the way I haul around money and cards, and I’m expecting even more radical changes to come. I felt no need for a new approach …

Venmo will expand its functionality in the coming months, according to an earnings call with the app’s parent company, PayPal. Not only will users be able to send a few bucks to a friend quickly, but they’ll also have the option to buy some cryptocurrency, save money and even keep up to date on shopping deals with integrated tools from …

Venmo may be testing out a feature that lets users set up a debit card for teens that’s connected to their account. The feature was spotted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who tweeted about it on Monday.  This could allow parents to have more control over their kids’ spending while also making sure they have enough funds for emergencies. …

Venmo went down Monday, with the money-transfer service confirming the outage on Twitter via its support account. Venmo said its app was experiencing interruptions, with people complaining on Twitter that the desktop version wasn’t working either. “We are currently experiencing an interruption in service on the Venmo mobile app,” Venmo Support tweeted at 10:45 a.m. PT as people tweeted about having …