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|Description=American mobile payment service owned by PayPal.

|~~Name~~=~~Venmo, LLC|Type=Subsidiary~~|Founded=2009|Industry=Financial ~~Services~~|~~Official~~ Website=https://venmo.com/~~|Logo=Venmo Logo.svg~~}}

|Founded=2009

|Industry=Financial Technology

'''[[wikipedia:Venmo|Venmo]]''' is an American mobile payment service aimed at users who wish to split their bills.

|Logo=Venmo Logo.svg

|ParentCompany=PayPal

It is owned by [[Paypal]]~~:<blockquote>We’re owned by PayPal, a global leader in digital payments. We’re proud to be part of the pack~~.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venmo.com/about/us/|title=Hi. We're Venmo.|work=Venmo|access-date=2025-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317030845/https://venmo.com/about/us/|archive-date=2025-03-17|url-status=live}}</ref>~~</blockquote>~~

|Type=Subsidiary

|Website=https://venmo.com/

}}

'''[[wikipedia:Venmo|Venmo]]''' is an American mobile payment service aimed at users who wish to split their bills. It is owned by [[Paypal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venmo.com/about/us/|title=Hi. We're Venmo.|work=Venmo|access-date=2025-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317030845/https://venmo.com/about/us/|archive-date=2025-03-17|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Controversies==

=== Privacy Concerns ===

===Privacy Concerns===

In a 2018 study, researchers looked at over 200 million public transactions and found that Venmo "shares an enormous quantity of private data about users' lives by default."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Kari |date=22 Jul 2018 |title=The scary reasons you should make your Venmo account private |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-scary-reasons-you-should-make-your-venmo-account-private-2018-07-17 |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=MarketWatch}}</ref> Venmo makes transactions visible on a public feed by default unless users choose to make them only visible to friends or just visible to the two parties involved in a transaction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Samantha |date=28 Aug 2019 |title=Venmo Is Still Exposing Your Connections to Everyone You Know |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/venmo-letter-eff-mozilla-public-by-default-settings/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Vice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Dan |date=26 Jun 2019 |title=I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk |url=https://www.wired.com/story/i-scraped-millions-of-venmo-payments-your-data-is-at-risk/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Wired}}</ref>

In a 2018 study, researchers looked at over 200 million public transactions and found that Venmo "shares an enormous quantity of private data about users' lives by default."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Kari |date=22 Jul 2018 |title=The scary reasons you should make your Venmo account private |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-scary-reasons-you-should-make-your-venmo-account-private-2018-07-17 |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=MarketWatch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251023043448/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-scary-reasons-you-should-make-your-venmo-account-private-2018-07-17 |archive-date=23 Oct 2025}}</ref> Venmo makes transactions visible on a public feed by default unless users choose to make them only visible to friends or just visible to the two parties involved in a transaction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Samantha |date=28 Aug 2019 |title=Venmo Is Still Exposing Your Connections to Everyone You Know |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/venmo-letter-eff-mozilla-public-by-default-settings/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Vice |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251216034304/https://www.vice.com/en/article/venmo-letter-eff-mozilla-public-by-default-settings/ |archive-date=16 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Dan |date=26 Jun 2019 |title=I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk |url=https://www.wired.com/story/i-scraped-millions-of-venmo-payments-your-data-is-at-risk/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Wired |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116082415/https://www.wired.com/story/i-scraped-millions-of-venmo-payments-your-data-is-at-risk/ |archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref>

== References ==

==References==

[[Category:Venmo]]

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-{{InfoboxCompany
+|Description=American mobile payment service owned by PayPal.
-|Name=Venmo, LLC|Type=Subsidiary|Founded=2009|Industry=Financial Services|Official Website=https://venmo.com/|Logo=Venmo Logo.svg}}
+|Founded=2009
+|Industry=Financial Technology
-'''[[wikipedia:Venmo|Venmo]]''' is an American mobile payment service aimed at users who wish to split their bills.
+|Logo=Venmo Logo.svg
+|ParentCompany=PayPal
-It is owned by [[Paypal]]:<blockquote>We’re owned by PayPal, a global leader in digital payments. We’re proud to be part of the pack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venmo.com/about/us/|title=Hi. We're Venmo.|work=Venmo|access-date=2025-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317030845/https://venmo.com/about/us/|archive-date=2025-03-17|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>
+|Type=Subsidiary
+|Website=https://venmo.com/
+}}
+'''[[wikipedia:Venmo|Venmo]]''' is an American mobile payment service aimed at users who wish to split their bills. It is owned by [[Paypal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venmo.com/about/us/|title=Hi. We're Venmo.|work=Venmo|access-date=2025-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317030845/https://venmo.com/about/us/|archive-date=2025-03-17|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Controversies==
-=== Privacy Concerns ===
+===Privacy Concerns===
-In a 2018 study, researchers looked at over 200 million public transactions and found that Venmo "shares an enormous quantity of private data about users' lives by default."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Kari |date=22 Jul 2018 |title=The scary reasons you should make your Venmo account private |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-scary-reasons-you-should-make-your-venmo-account-private-2018-07-17 |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=MarketWatch}}</ref> Venmo makes transactions visible on a public feed by default unless users choose to make them only visible to friends or just visible to the two parties involved in a transaction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Samantha |date=28 Aug 2019 |title=Venmo Is Still Exposing Your Connections to Everyone You Know |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/venmo-letter-eff-mozilla-public-by-default-settings/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Vice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Dan |date=26 Jun 2019 |title=I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk |url=https://www.wired.com/story/i-scraped-millions-of-venmo-payments-your-data-is-at-risk/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Wired}}</ref>
+In a 2018 study, researchers looked at over 200 million public transactions and found that Venmo "shares an enormous quantity of private data about users' lives by default."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Kari |date=22 Jul 2018 |title=The scary reasons you should make your Venmo account private |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-scary-reasons-you-should-make-your-venmo-account-private-2018-07-17 |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=MarketWatch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251023043448/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-scary-reasons-you-should-make-your-venmo-account-private-2018-07-17 |archive-date=23 Oct 2025}}</ref> Venmo makes transactions visible on a public feed by default unless users choose to make them only visible to friends or just visible to the two parties involved in a transaction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Samantha |date=28 Aug 2019 |title=Venmo Is Still Exposing Your Connections to Everyone You Know |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/venmo-letter-eff-mozilla-public-by-default-settings/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Vice |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251216034304/https://www.vice.com/en/article/venmo-letter-eff-mozilla-public-by-default-settings/ |archive-date=16 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Dan |date=26 Jun 2019 |title=I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk |url=https://www.wired.com/story/i-scraped-millions-of-venmo-payments-your-data-is-at-risk/ |url-status=live |access-date=25 Mar 2025 |website=Wired |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116082415/https://www.wired.com/story/i-scraped-millions-of-venmo-payments-your-data-is-at-risk/ |archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref>
-== References ==
+==References==
 <references />
+[[Category:Venmo]]