From Snapchat to Venmo, and even two airlines, the AWS outage on October 20, 2025, caused mass pandemonium around the world. Though Amazon said it was able to identify the problem, multiple online ...

The notification comes through in seconds. A few taps on your phone, and the money is gone—your mom's electric bill, your kid's school supplies, groceries for a parent on a fixed income, all paid for.

Venmo announced early Thursday that an issue impacting the payment service had been fixed and it was “back up and running,” after users reported trouble sending ...

People who receive an unexpected Venmo payment from a stranger might be tempted to return it immediately; don't ...

Some consumers hoping to transfer funds via mobile money-sending apps PayPal and Venmo were reporting outages on Thursday, Oct. 16. Users began reporting problems with both apps about 11:15 a.m. ET on ...

Editor's Note: Venmo announced early Thursday that an issue impacting the payment service had been fixed. Our original story continues below. Thousands of Venmo users in Chicago and nationwide ...

PayPal and Venmo experienced an outage Friday morning. Affected accounts couldn't send or receive payments. PayPal has since fixed the problem, and Venmo and PayPal are working again Did you have ...

Users of the mobile payment service were reporting problems on the evening of Dec. 3, according to DownDetector.com, which monitors problems with sites. At around 7:30 p.m., over 14,000 users were ...

Your bank can freeze a Venmo or Zelle transfer without warning. It doesn't have to explain why, and it doesn't have to be fast about unfreezing it. This happens more often than most people realize, ...

Thousands of Venmo users in Chicago and nationwide reported issues with the money-sharing app Wednesday. Reports of problems with Venmo started around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Downdetector.

Venmo announced early Thursday that an issue impacting the payment service had been fixed and it was “back up and running,” after users reported trouble sending ...