Earlier people have to struggle to split restaurant checks and utility bills, searching for an ATM, and many more things. But now because of Venmo, those days are gone forever. Venmo is the payment processing service owned by PayPal. It is available for both iPhone and Android and this free app allows you to send money for free and cash out your balance to your bank account over a 256-bit encrypted connection. It is both very easy and secure. However, if you are new to Venmo, you might have difficulty in getting started with it. In this article, we will discuss how to get started with Venmo.
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How to Sign Up on Venmo?
You can either connect your Facebook account to your Venmo account or sign up with your name, email address, and number. You need to follow the instructions given below to sign up for Venmo: –
- First of all, download the Venmo mobile apps. Note that Venmo does not have a Windows app.
- Next, open the Venmo app.
- Then, choose your sign up method.
- After that, enter the required credentials which are:
- First name
- Last name
- Phone number
- Create a secure password between 8 and 32 characters long.
- Next, verify your phone number and email address.
- Finally, add and verify your bank account.
- You can also connect your debit or credit card.
You can also sign up on Venmo from your desktop by visiting on venmo.com
After you have completed this step, Venmo will allow you to connect with contacts who have already downloaded the app, and you can also invite your friends to join.
How to Invite Friends on Venmo?
If you are tired of asking your friends to pay you back, there are a few ways that you can invite your friends to use Venmo.
New user payments
- Sending a payment to your friend using their phone number or email address is the easiest way to invite your friends to use Venmo.
- In your feed, the recipient will show up as a New User until your friend signs up.
- After you have sent a payment they will get an email or text with a link to sign up and accept the funds that you sent them.
- If they are having any trouble locating that payment, then they can reach out to Venmo help directly.
- Keep in mind that you can always cancel or take back a payment you sent to a New User as long as they haven’t accepted the payment yet.
How to Inviting Friends without a Payment?
If you want to invite your friend to sign up on Venmo without sending them any money, then log in at www.venmo.com. At the right side of the homepage, you will see an area where you can enter the email addresses of your friends to send them an invite.
How to Send or Request Money on Venmo?
Sending and requesting money on Venmo is very easy. Here is how to do it:
- First of all, open the Venmo app and make sure that you are logged in.
- Then, tap the pay icon i.e. a feather-shaped icon present in the top-right corner of the screen. On the Android device, the “Pay or Request” icon is a hovering button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
- After that, a list of your Venmo recipients opens up.
- Next, tap the name of the person to whom you want to send money. Doing this will open up the payment form with their name filled in. In case, if you want to select multiple people, then:
- For iPhone, tap the name of first person, tap the person’s name in the “To” field, and then tap each subsequent person’s name to add them to the list.
- For Android, long-press the first person’s name, then tap each subsequent person’s name.
- Then, you need to tap Done when you are finished.
- Next, enter the amount.
- Now, you can add a note by tapping the “What’s it for?” text box below your recipient’s name.
- After that, determine who can see your payment. Note that by default, your payments are public that means anyone can see your payment details by going to your profile. To change this tap the Public option in the lower-right side of the page and then tap either Friends (only friends will be able to see the payment) or Private (only you and the recipient will be able to see the payment) according to your choice.
- Then, tap Pay button present in the lower-right side of the screen.
- Next, tap Pay when prompted. It is a green button at the bottom of the screen and your specified amount of money will be sent to the recipient(s).
- That’s all.
So, these are some basic tips for getting started with Venmo. We hope that you have found these steps about Venmo helpful.