Venmo

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Venmo is a payment application and social network owned by PayPal. In 2016-02, they stopped allowing new developers to use their API.

Documentation

• https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/articles/210413477-Sending-Requesting-Money

  If you’re on the web, click here to send a payment.

  emphasis added to indicate a hyperlink:
  • https://venmo.com/?txn=pay&note=Enter%20your%20note%20here
  • note: through experimentation, an &amount=nn.nn parameter also works
  • from previous documentation: venmo.com/Username will preselect the user to pay as well.
  • all of these can be combined in a single link to select a note, amount, and username to pay.
  • See: payment#Payment_page_with_amount for more.

Previously:

• https://developer.venmo.com/docs/payment-links (previously described venmo.com/Username links)
  • ^^^ unable to get this to work in archive.org - if you can link to an archive.org static copy (without JS) that works, please add it here!

Criticism

Closed API to new developers

2016-02-26 Josh Constine: Venmo Halts New Developer Access To Its API (archived)

See Also

• payment
• API
• 2017-03-16 NBC5(DFW) Warning: Venmo Payments From Strangers Can Cost You

  Venmo's user agreement says, "personal accounts may not be used to receive business, commercial or merchant transactions."

• Google Wallet