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The Venmo app lets you transfer money digitally, but you can also use it to set up direct deposits, receive your paycheck early, and earn cash back.

Venmo is debuting a mobile check cashing feature and waiving fees when used to cash a stimulus check.

PayPal's Venmo just launched a check-cashing feature, which select customers can use to cash their stimulus checks for free for a limited time.

Google employees take another step in their activism, Venmo adds a check-cashing feature and Slack has some issues. This is your Daily Crunch for January 4, 2021. The big story: Hundreds of Google and Alphabet employees unionize More than 200 employees at Google and its parent company Alphabet have announced that they have formed the [...]

PayPal-owned banking app Venmo is launching a check cashing feature for both its Android and iOS apps for "eligible" users in the US. Cash a Check will allow users to snap a photo of a check and deposit it into a Venmo account. Some fees will apply.

Venmo this morning announced it will begin to offer a new check-cashing service, "Cash a Check," in the Venmo mobile app. The feature, which is being rolled out to select users starting today, can be used to cash printed, payroll and U.S. government checks, including the new stimulus checks, the company says. Though typically there [...]

PayPal cut its check-cashing fees and automatically distributing stimulus funds for users who used the service the first time around.

French financial services platform Lydia has announced a whopping extension of its Series B round, raising an additional $86 million led by Accel. The round now rests at $131 million, which it claims is the largest round ever raised by a French fintech startup. All other major existing shareholders participated, too. Amit Jhawar, the former [...]

You can use Venmo to make and receive payments from your contacts and others by connecting the platform to your bank account and credit cards.

Step, a mobile banking service aimed at teens, announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. The round was led by Coatue, with returning investors from Stripe, Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund, and Will Smith's Dreamers VC. The startup [...]

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JoomPay, a startup with a similar product to PayPayl-owned Venmo in the US, is set to launch in Europe shortly after being granted a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app allows people to send and receive money with anyone, instantly and for free. "Venmo me" has become a common phrase in the US, [...]

JoomPay, a startup with a similar product to PayPayl-owned Venmo in the US, is set to launch in Europe shortly after being granted a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app allows people to send and receive money with anyone, instantly and for free. "Venmo me" has become a common phrase in the US, [...]

PayPal partners with Even, a salary on-demand platform, so that employees can get paid early to meet expenses.

The search giant, trying to overcome privacy hurdles, says it won't share transaction information with other parts of Google.

Google Pay is getting a huge upgrade and is now taking on Apple Pay, Venmo, Mint, and shopping deal apps directly. It will offer banking services next year. It's much more than a payment app now, but will users trust Google enough to provide data?

Google is making major changes to its Pay app to make sending money to friends easier and help people better understand their finances. You'll also be able to use Pay to make purchases in restaurants, gas stations and parking services within the app in select cities starting today. In contrast to the way Venmo is currently laid out, Pay's new home page will show your favorite friends and businesses.

PayPal announced this morning that its customers can now use either PayPal or Venmo QR codes when checking out at over 8,200 CVS retail stores across the U.S. This is the first national retailer to integrate PayPal's QR code checkout technology at point-of-sale, the company noted. The additional checkout option will also expand the number [...]

CVS is rolling out promised QR code payments using PayPal and Venmo, giving you a touch-free purchase option at the pharmacy.