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Is Venmo Down? Outage Affects Payment App as Thousands Report Issues
Thousands of Venmo users faced login and transaction issues during a widespread outage, with reports peaking at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, Venmo said it is investigating the disruption.
- On December 4, 2025, Venmo posted on X that its team was working to fix the breakdown, thanking users for their patience.
- Outage-Tracking site DownDetector recorded a surge in reports Wednesday evening, and social media posts documented widespread user reports of service problems.
- Some users specifically reported login, transfer and debit card failures, with trouble sending and receiving money on Wednesday, according to Venmo users reporting problems.
- Venmo highlights how the explosion of peer-to-peer payment apps amplifies outage impacts, Venmo said.
- Venmo, owned by PayPal since 2013, sits inside a large payments network and has previously gone offline during infrastructure incidents like the Amazon Web Services outage on Oct. 20, 2025.
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