Reply to post: Can someone tell me why Venmo is a thing?

FYI: Your Venmo transfers with those edgy emojis aren't private by default. And someone's put 7m of them into a public DB

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Can someone tell me why Venmo is a thing?

In Australia, if you want to send a friend money, all you need is their NPP PayID for a near instant transfer, or BSB and Account number for a couple of days.

Is this really difficult in the US? Why is Venmo a thing? ... and why the hell are they publishing transactions by default?

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