Users of the payment app Venmo experienced trouble sending and receiving money on Wednesday amid widespread social media posts about service issues.Downdetector, a website that tracks online outages, showed reports that problems began spiking at about 6:30 p.m.Eastern Standard Time.
Venmo said in a post on the social platform X that it was working to address the breakdown.Popular ReadsTrump admin live updates: Trump pardons former entertainment exec indicted by own DOJ1 hour agoNational Guardsmen shooting suspect: Afghan commander's death, financial woes surfaceDec 1, 5:22 AMTeen on cruise ship possibly died by asphyxiation resulting from bar hold: SourceNov 21, 2:20 PMSome social media accounts replied that they were unable to pay for medication or buy dinner.Later in the evening, multiple people reported the app was back up, but there was no official announcement.
Peer-to-peer payment apps have exploded in popularity in the last decade.Venmo had 92 million active users as of last year.
