After years of frustration, Venmo and PayPal are finally becoming natively compatible.
Starting this November, PayPal users will be able to search for and pay Venmo users directly—initially via phone numbers, and later via email addresses.
This rollout covers both U.S. and global users, bringing nearly two billion users closer together.
Despite PayPal owning Venmo, users have long relied on clunky workarounds to move money between the two platforms. The new integration addresses this issue and is part of a broader initiative called PayPal World, which aims to connect the world’s largest payment systems and digital wallets. Launch partners include Mercado Pago, NPCI International Payments Limited (UPI), Tenpay Global, and, of course, PayPal and Venmo.
Venmo users can manage their privacy settings to control whether PayPal users can find them. Go to Settings → Privacy → Find Me in the Venmo app and adjust visibility. It’s also a good opportunity to set transactions to private by default.
Looking ahead, the integration promises even more convenience. By 2026, Venmo users will be able to shop online and in-store at millions of merchants that accept PayPal. For now, the immediate benefit is seamless peer-to-peer payments between the two platforms.
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