September 14th, 2023 | Updated on November 16th, 2023
Venmo is an American mobile payment service founded in 2009 and owned by PayPal since 2013.
Venmo is aimed at friends and family who wish to split bills e.g. for movies, dinner, rent or event tickets etc.
Venmo is the fast, safe, social way to pay and get paid. Join over 83 million people who use the Venmo app today. Venmo app today and start sending and receiving money effortlessly.
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Is Venmo Down
THOUSANDS of Venmo users have encountered problems with the application, with a surge in reported issues.
According to users on Downdetector, many experienced disruptions in service, with payments failing to process.
The peak of these reports occurred today at 7:47 AM (IST). The majority of complaints centered around difficulties with the app’s functionality, particularly in relation to payments and fund transfers.
Fortunately, it appears that these issues have since been resolved.
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As of 07:11 AM (IST), recent updates from multiple sources indicate that the Venmo app is currently experiencing an outage and is non-functional.
Hmm Venmo website & Mobile App have been offline for a few hours now…
Looks like down detector agrees with me.
— Bob Duker (@2Pennies_Table) September 14, 2023
@Venmo are your services down right now?
— Anayalator Me/Mine (@TheAnaya) September 14, 2023
Venmo is down. I looked up the venmo/paypal outage map
— crissy (@crissysutcliffe) September 14, 2023
Hey @Venmo @VenmoSupport – trying to pay my hotel room and your app/site is down. Kinda important, help please??
— Jerry Smith (@JerryisjustOK) September 14, 2023
@VenmoSupport lol seriously? pic.twitter.com/y5SUPbgLSx
— velociriley (@ohjeezriley) September 14, 2023
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Update 1 [ 16 November 2023 ]
11:37 AM ( IST ), Many Venmo users have reported issues such as not being able to receive payments, inability to load their saved/verified accounts, and difficulty adding new ones. Venmo, what is the issue causing a significant number of your members to be unable to transfer funds?
@Venmo what’s the issue with so many of your members being unable to transfer fund?
— Tracey Jackson (she/her/hers) (@Tleighjack) November 16, 2023
Oh, thank you! I was having the same problem. I didn’t know the website was an option!
— Amy Primeaux ❤️ 🇺🇦 (she/her) (@aprimo224) November 16, 2023
Talk to @ElizLord12 if you aren’t okay with the replies from support services. You can send them a dm or tag them and get your issues solved
— walaf tos (@walaf_dos) November 15, 2023
How To Check If Venmo Is Down
Venmo is a popular mobile payment app that allows users to send and receive money quickly and easily. However, like any other online service, Venmo can experience outages from time to time.
If you are experiencing problems with Venmo, there are a few ways to check if the service is down.
- Check the Venmo status page. The Venmo status page is a good place to start to see if there are any known outages or service disruptions. You can find the status page here: status venmo
- Use a website like Downdetector. Downdetector is a website that tracks outages for a variety of websites and services. You can search for “Venmo” on Downdetector to see if other people are reporting problems.
- Try using the Venmo app. If you’re still not sure if Venmo is down, try opening the app and see if you can send or receive money. If you get an error message, then Venmo is likely down.
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