Money transfer apps can be magnets for scams and fraud, but there are ways to use them safely.

If you are terrified of Venmo or PayPal scams, you are not overreacting. Criminals are aggressively targeting peer‑to‑peer ...

Venmo has become one of the easiest ways to send and receive money, whether you’re paying your roommate for rent, splitting a dinner bill, or chipping in for a group gift. But with money moving so ...

Payment apps such as Venmo, Cash App and PayPal make it easy to send and receive money. However, if you’re on the receiving end of transfers, it’s not a good idea to leave cash sent to you sitting in ...

Money transfer apps, also known as mobile payment and peer-to-peer (P2P) apps, marry convenience and security by allowing users to digitally send money to friends, make contactless payments, and shop ...

As convenient as apps like Venmo are, they’re not without risk. Research from Security.org found 83% of people who use Venmo, PayPal or similar payment apps experienced some sort of scam (or attempted ...

Smartphone app Venmo lets you transfer money to someone’s account without fees. Smartphone app Venmo lets you transfer money to someone's account without fees or credit cards, but some users have ...

Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money with those apps for the long term because the funds might not be safe during a crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

The FTC recently reported that Americans lost $12.5 billion to scams in 2024. Scammers are endlessly creative. From toll road texts to "unclaimed package" alerts, it seems like every day, there's a ...