Works great; very popular with the under 40 crowd.
The odd thing is that others can see who you pay money to…..
Some people I know would have trouble with that… 😬
When I first heard about it from my son around four years ago, I thought he was saying that I needed a “bimbo…” We still call it that when the need to use it comes up…
You can change your settings so your transactions are private and only you and the specific recipient can see the transaction.
The default is to make the transactions public because Venmo is also trying to be a social networking app. People add outlandish descriptions to their payments in the hopes of attracting views and likes. or they just like showing off how much money they spend and on what. That's the main reason venmo is so popular with the young crowd. they like their entire life to be visible and on line.
I should probably add that I don't use it and won't use it. The information I posted was meant to be informative while also explaining why I would never use it.
