Venmo and PayPal Users Will Finally Be Able To Send Money To Each Other

Starting in November, Venmo and PayPal users will finally be able to send money directly to each other, ending years of workarounds despite Venmo being owned by PayPal. TechCrunch reports: This change means that PayPal users will now be able to find Venmo users by inputting their phone numbers, and later, their email addresses. If you don't want PayPal users to be able to find you, you can update your settings in the Venmo app by navigating to Settings - Privacy - Find me... and while you're at it, you might as well default your Venmo transactions to private via Settings > Privacy. You'll thank me in the long run.

PayPal announced that it would broaden its network of payment systems in July, starting with Venmo, but the companies did not confirm the date of the update until now. This collection of partnerships, which PayPal has named PayPal World, will also work with Mercado Pago, NPCI International Payments Limited, and Tenpay Global. This will help users send money internationally without barriers and fees. Combined, Venmo and PayPal have 2 billion global users, according to PayPal.

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