Users of Venmo and PayPal, two leading digital payment platforms, will soon be able to send money directly to each other for the first time.
Despite Venmo being owned by PayPal since 2014, the services have operated separately, forcing customers to use indirect methods to transfer funds. This will change in November when Venmo enables seamless cross-platform payments both in the U.S. and internationally.
“Venmo users and PayPal users will be able to pay each other in the U.S. and worldwide. That means that PayPal users will be able to find and pay you using your phone number, and later using your email address,” Venmo confirmed.
This update is expected to streamline transactions for millions and further integrate PayPal’s network.
Users concerned about privacy can adjust their discoverability settings in the Venmo app under Settings > Privacy > Find me… and set transactions to private by default.
This improvement is part of PayPal’s wider PayPal World initiative, announced in July, which aims to connect payment systems globally by partnering with services like Mercado Pago, NPCI International Payments Limited, and Tenpay Global. The goal is to enable frictionless, low-cost international transfers.
Together, Venmo and PayPal serve almost two billion users worldwide. By allowing cross-platform payments, they strengthen their position amid growing competition in the digital payments market and meet increasing demand for fast, simple, and global money transfers.