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by jointpdf 1720 days ago
What about Venmo? Or Cash App?

Venmo has been ubiquitous for years—everyone seems to have it. I’ve used it for everything from buying plants at the farmer’s market to paying rent and medical expenses.

Edit: Of course the default broadcasting of your payments to a social feed is bonkers and needs to be turned off.

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Speaking of Venmo. Venmo for some reason would not let me confirm my bank or credit union no matter what I did or what email address I used or however long I waited, the error message is one of those non-sensical catch-all error messages originating from some black hole. And customer service cannot do anything because "it's not up to them". Cash app worked instantly though. Anyway I would not recommend venmo or at least offer an alternative.
They don't appear to be viable for people outside the US.
Venmo is owned by Paypal