IMO there are a lot of"answers" here that are not focusing on what the difference is between Paypal and Venmo.... Paypal is a secure online business to business or business to customer payment gateway portal. Venmo is a very poorly designed social media "app" to help people share their data with facebook---the evil suck-your-data-berg website. Had PayPal aka Braintree intended to connect the two there may have been some type of notice. But my guess is that any responsible bank corporation (Braintree) would not be wise to associate their data with Mr. Suckerbergs data. I loaded Venmo "app" (emphasis on double quotes referencing, it is not really a "good" app) and when I found you could easily add your CC or any other account to this I about had a cow and ran the other direction as fast as my fingers could swipe left. Phones are not secure and they come with this an inherit bluetooth and wifi handout. Carrying your personal information on a phone is twice as dangerous as keeping your private information on a desktop. Anyone can bump up against you while they see you texting and or next to a friend sharing phone junk. By the time you get home your bank is calling you with some not-so-good news. Also Venmo is connected to facebook... no one should be using facebook on a phone. Smart peeps only use fb on a computer with a private browser like Avast or Firefox Quatum. So the real answer is No, PP does not and No, they will/should not. Venmo and Paypal are two different animals so I don't think a mouse should be breeding with an elephant.
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