RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread sherrywells1157 
I had lunch with my niece today who knew how to enable the pin for Venmo.  I 
think it is under navigation drawer / settings / pin.  But I would advise 
against doing this as the screen to enter your pin upon opening the app is not 
very accessible.  You have to double tap on the enter pin line.  Split tapping 
does not work.  When running your finger over the keyboard voice over only 
sporadically announces the number.  I was able to sign in but with a great deal 
of difficulty.  I will be turning enable pin off assuming I can get back in 
later.  

 

I too was surprised to see transactions from various people.  As Christopher 
mentioned, no amounts are given.  Still, I have no interest in seeing these.  
There is probably a way to turn them off but that is a low priority right now.

 

If I can figure it out, I’ll try enabling a password or touch id rather than a 
pin.  Then maybe I’ll be ready to pay someone some money!

 

Sherry Wells 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Alan 
Lemly
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 12:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Venmo Questions

 

I've never sent money with Venmo but I've spent some time messing with the app 
since Sherry's post. Some of my problems with it are I'm unable to turn on 
Touch ID and passcode. The app takes you through entering a 4-digit PIN and 
verifying it and after completion, the Touch ID and passcode setting is still 
turned off. I've written Venmo Support about this and we'll see what happens. 
When attempting to authorize and remember a device using Venmo, VoiceOver isn't 
clear at identifying which devices if any have been so remembered. Also, I have 
to sign into the app each time I want to use it which is insane in this day and 
age and no doubt relates to my Touch ID setting difficulty. The app will work 
but I find things such as this a little too clunky for my taste. And why anyone 
would let their financial interactions be reported by such an app is beyond me. 
I expect one can turn off this setting but I'm surprised by what was displayed 
by my few contacts using Venmo who have apparently left some sort of public 
setting turned on.

 

Alan Lemly

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: Re: Venmo Questions

 

Hi,

I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it isn't 
the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't finish 
syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit field into 
which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it within its users. 
Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then you can choose 
between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up that I can't recall 
if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when executing my first 
payment.

You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.

 

It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code and 
Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done all 
within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping on 
the "navigation drawer."

I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the year 
and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She departed 
and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to find out 
what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't want to admit 
such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I suddenly felt very old 
and last century (laughs). But since it was her favorite though she accepted 
others I learned how to use it quickly and she was never the wiser but I did 
learn something new in 2020 so that's something.

It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.

 

I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.

I hope this helps.

Take good care.

Robin

 

On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com 
<mailto:sherrywells1...@gmail.com>  wrote:

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an exc

RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread Christopher Chaltain 
You’ll have to enter your banking information before you can use Venmo. It’ll 
definitely save this information. You can set it up to both pay out of this 
bank account as well as receive money to this bank account, in case someone 
wants to pay you for something. I only have it set up with one account, but I 
assume you could configure it to use multiple accounts and probably choose 
between them.

 

--

Christopher (AKA CJ)

Chaltain at Gmail

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
sherrywells1...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 9:19 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Venmo Questions

 

Hello Robin,

 

Thanks for this info.  It took me a while to figure out that navigation drawer 
is what you need to click to get to settings.  What I want is to have Venmo 
prompt me for a pin or password when I open the app.  I found the devices 
setting & mine shows my iphone & says I won’t be prompted for a password if I 
use this device.  I  can find no way to change this.  I created a password when 
signing up but can find no way to get Venmo to use it.  

 

I don’t mind typing in a name when I want to send someone money.  Is there a 
way to add individuals to a list within Venmo?  I’m not on Facebook & adding 
contacts didn’t work.

 

Lastly, I have not used Venmo yet.  Will it prompt me for my bank info when I 
try to pay someone?  I’m guessing it will save this info so I don’t have to 
enter it every time.  I don’t want to do this until I make sure the app is 
password protected.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Wells 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Robin Frost
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: Re: Venmo Questions

 

Hi,

I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it isn't 
the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't finish 
syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit field into 
which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it within its users. 
Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then you can choose 
between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up that I can't recall 
if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when executing my first 
payment.

You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.

 

It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code and 
Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done all 
within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping on 
the "navigation drawer."

I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the year 
and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She departed 
and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to find out 
what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't want to admit 
such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I suddenly felt very old 
and last century (laughs). But since it was her favorite though she accepted 
others I learned how to use it quickly and she was never the wiser but I did 
learn something new in 2020 so that's something.

It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.

 

I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.

I hope this helps.

Take good care.

Robin

 

On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com 
<mailto:sherrywells1...@gmail.com>  wrote:

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally 
skipped this step.

3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself

4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password.  
One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app opened 
without my entering a password.

 

I have not tried to transfer money yet.  Perhaps when I do, I will be prompted 
for bank info then.  I want to wait until the app only opens with a password 
before I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a password 
when you try to transf

RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread Christopher Chaltain 
Note that when you’re looking at a public feed, you don’t see the amounts of 
the transactions. You just see that someone paid Mark for mowing their lawn or 
Christopher tipped Alex for her show Thursday night.

 

--

Christopher (AKA CJ)

Chaltain at Gmail

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kimberly
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 11:24 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Venmo Questions

 

When you send money with Venmo you get choices between public, friends, or 
private feed. I believe it defaults to public feed and if you don’t change that 
then any of your friends who are using Venmo can see your transactions. I 
always change mine to private.

Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of 
justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.





On Oct 31, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com> > wrote:



I've never sent money with Venmo but I've spent some time messing with the app 
since Sherry's post. Some of my problems with it are I'm unable to turn on 
Touch ID and passcode. The app takes you through entering a 4-digit PIN and 
verifying it and after completion, the Touch ID and passcode setting is still 
turned off. I've written Venmo Support about this and we'll see what happens. 
When attempting to authorize and remember a device using Venmo, VoiceOver isn't 
clear at identifying which devices if any have been so remembered. Also, I have 
to sign into the app each time I want to use it which is insane in this day and 
age and no doubt relates to my Touch ID setting difficulty. The app will work 
but I find things such as this a little too clunky for my taste. And why anyone 
would let their financial interactions be reported by such an app is beyond me. 
I expect one can turn off this setting but I'm surprised by what was displayed 
by my few contacts using Venmo who have apparently left some sort of public 
setting turned on.

 

Alan Lemly

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: Re: Venmo Questions

 

Hi,

I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it isn't 
the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't finish 
syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit field into 
which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it within its users. 
Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then you can choose 
between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up that I can't recall 
if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when executing my first 
payment.

You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.

 

It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code and 
Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done all 
within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping on 
the "navigation drawer."

I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the year 
and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She departed 
and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to find out 
what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't want to admit 
such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I suddenly felt very old 
and last century (laughs). But since it was her favorite though she accepted 
others I learned how to use it quickly and she was never the wiser but I did 
learn something new in 2020 so that's something.

It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.

 

I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.

I hope this helps.

Take good care.

Robin

 

On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com 
<mailto:sherrywells1...@gmail.com>  wrote:

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally 
skipped this step.

3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself

4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a pas

Re: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread Kimberly 
When you send money with Venmo you get choices between public, friends, or 
private feed. I believe it defaults to public feed and if you don’t change that 
then any of your friends who are using Venmo can see your transactions. I 
always change mine to private.

Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of 
justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.

> On Oct 31, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Alan Lemly  wrote:
> 
> 
> I've never sent money with Venmo but I've spent some time messing with the 
> app since Sherry's post. Some of my problems with it are I'm unable to turn 
> on Touch ID and passcode. The app takes you through entering a 4-digit PIN 
> and verifying it and after completion, the Touch ID and passcode setting is 
> still turned off. I've written Venmo Support about this and we'll see what 
> happens. When attempting to authorize and remember a device using Venmo, 
> VoiceOver isn't clear at identifying which devices if any have been so 
> remembered. Also, I have to sign into the app each time I want to use it 
> which is insane in this day and age and no doubt relates to my Touch ID 
> setting difficulty. The app will work but I find things such as this a little 
> too clunky for my taste. And why anyone would let their financial 
> interactions be reported by such an app is beyond me. I expect one can turn 
> off this setting but I'm surprised by what was displayed by my few contacts 
> using Venmo who have apparently left some sort of public setting turned on.
>  
> Alan Lemly
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Robin Frost
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:26 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Venmo Questions
>  
> Hi,
> 
> I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it 
> isn't the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't 
> finish syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit 
> field into which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it 
> within its users. Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then 
> you can choose between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up 
> that I can't recall if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when 
> executing my first payment.
> 
> You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
> viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
> can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.
> 
>  
> 
> It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
> device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code 
> and Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done 
> all within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping 
> on the "navigation drawer."
> 
> I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the 
> year and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She 
> departed and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to 
> find out what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't 
> want to admit such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I 
> suddenly felt very old and last century (laughs). But since it was her 
> favorite though she accepted others I learned how to use it quickly and she 
> was never the wiser but I did learn something new in 2020 so that's something.
> 
> It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
> still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
> competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.
> 
>  
> 
> I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
> many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Take good care.
> 
> Robin
> 
>  
> 
> On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi list,
>  
> Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.
> 1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over
> 2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes 
> later.  I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I 
> finally skipped this step.
> 3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself
> 4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password. 
>  One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app 
> opened without my entering a password.
>  
> I have not tried to tr

RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread Alan Lemly 
I've never sent money with Venmo but I've spent some time messing with the app 
since Sherry's post. Some of my problems with it are I'm unable to turn on 
Touch ID and passcode. The app takes you through entering a 4-digit PIN and 
verifying it and after completion, the Touch ID and passcode setting is still 
turned off. I've written Venmo Support about this and we'll see what happens. 
When attempting to authorize and remember a device using Venmo, VoiceOver isn't 
clear at identifying which devices if any have been so remembered. Also, I have 
to sign into the app each time I want to use it which is insane in this day and 
age and no doubt relates to my Touch ID setting difficulty. The app will work 
but I find things such as this a little too clunky for my taste. And why anyone 
would let their financial interactions be reported by such an app is beyond me. 
I expect one can turn off this setting but I'm surprised by what was displayed 
by my few contacts using Venmo who have apparently left some sort of public 
setting turned on.

 

Alan Lemly

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Robin Frost
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Venmo Questions

 

Hi,

I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it isn't 
the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't finish 
syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit field into 
which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it within its users. 
Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then you can choose 
between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up that I can't recall 
if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when executing my first 
payment.

You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.

 

It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code and 
Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done all 
within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping on 
the "navigation drawer."

I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the year 
and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She departed 
and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to find out 
what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't want to admit 
such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I suddenly felt very old 
and last century (laughs). But since it was her favorite though she accepted 
others I learned how to use it quickly and she was never the wiser but I did 
learn something new in 2020 so that's something.

It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.

 

I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.

I hope this helps.

Take good care.

Robin

 

On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally 
skipped this step.

3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself

4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password.  
One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app opened 
without my entering a password.

 

I have not tried to transfer money yet.  Perhaps when I do, I will be prompted 
for bank info then.  I want to wait until the app only opens with a password 
before I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a password 
when you try to transfer money? 

 

Has anyone else had these kinds of problems?  Is there something I can do?  Any 
info would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Wells

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Re: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread Kimberly 
Once you use the app to send someone money their name, or the one they use in 
Venmo, will be in a list of suggestions once you edit the to field.

Sent from Kimber's Red iPhone
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of 
justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.

> On Oct 31, 2020, at 10:18 AM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Robin,
>  
> Thanks for this info.  It took me a while to figure out that navigation 
> drawer is what you need to click to get to settings.  What I want is to have 
> Venmo prompt me for a pin or password when I open the app.  I found the 
> devices setting & mine shows my iphone & says I won’t be prompted for a 
> password if I use this device.  I  can find no way to change this.  I created 
> a password when signing up but can find no way to get Venmo to use it. 
>  
> I don’t mind typing in a name when I want to send someone money.  Is there a 
> way to add individuals to a list within Venmo?  I’m not on Facebook & adding 
> contacts didn’t work.
>  
> Lastly, I have not used Venmo yet.  Will it prompt me for my bank info when I 
> try to pay someone?  I’m guessing it will save this info so I don’t have to 
> enter it every time.  I don’t want to do this until I make sure the app is 
> password protected.
>  
> Thanks,
> Sherry Wells
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robin 
> Frost
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:26 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Venmo Questions
>  
> Hi,
> 
> I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it 
> isn't the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't 
> finish syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit 
> field into which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it 
> within its users. Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then 
> you can choose between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up 
> that I can't recall if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when 
> executing my first payment.
> 
> You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
> viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
> can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.
> 
>  
> 
> It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
> device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code 
> and Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done 
> all within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping 
> on the "navigation drawer."
> 
> I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the 
> year and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She 
> departed and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to 
> find out what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't 
> want to admit such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I 
> suddenly felt very old and last century (laughs). But since it was her 
> favorite though she accepted others I learned how to use it quickly and she 
> was never the wiser but I did learn something new in 2020 so that's something.
> 
> It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
> still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
> competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.
> 
>  
> 
> I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
> many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Take good care.
> 
> Robin
> 
>  
> 
> On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi list,
>  
> Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.
> 1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over
> 2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes 
> later.  I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I 
> finally skipped this step.
> 3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself
> 4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password. 
>  One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app 
> opened without my entering a password.
>  
> I have not tried to transfer money yet.  Perhaps when I do, I will be 
> prompted for bank info then.  I want to wait until the app only opens with a 
> password before I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a 
> password when you try to transfer money?

RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread sherrywells1157 
Hello Robin,

 

Thanks for this info.  It took me a while to figure out that navigation drawer 
is what you need to click to get to settings.  What I want is to have Venmo 
prompt me for a pin or password when I open the app.  I found the devices 
setting & mine shows my iphone & says I won’t be prompted for a password if I 
use this device.  I  can find no way to change this.  I created a password when 
signing up but can find no way to get Venmo to use it.  

 

I don’t mind typing in a name when I want to send someone money.  Is there a 
way to add individuals to a list within Venmo?  I’m not on Facebook & adding 
contacts didn’t work.

 

Lastly, I have not used Venmo yet.  Will it prompt me for my bank info when I 
try to pay someone?  I’m guessing it will save this info so I don’t have to 
enter it every time.  I don’t want to do this until I make sure the app is 
password protected.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Wells 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Robin 
Frost
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Venmo Questions

 

Hi,

I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it. Perhaps it isn't 
the most intuitive but it is certainly usable. Even if it doesn't finish 
syncing contacts if you tap on request or send money there's an edit field into 
which you can type someone's name or number and it'll find it within its users. 
Then there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then you can choose 
between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up that I can't recall 
if I could add info in settings or if I had to do it when executing my first 
payment.

You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients involved can be 
viewed by other friends who are users by the public or completely private and 
can also be set globally or on a transaction by transaction basis.

 

It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to remember my 
device I use most often but if that is turned off it can employ a pass code and 
Face ID when available and managing trusted devices is very easily done all 
within the settings area of the app itself which you access after tapping on 
the "navigation drawer."

I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service earlier in the year 
and when I asked what payment methods she accepted she said venmo. She departed 
and I quickly made a B-line for the search engine of my choosing to find out 
what she was speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't want to admit 
such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I suddenly felt very old 
and last century (laughs). But since it was her favorite though she accepted 
others I learned how to use it quickly and she was never the wiser but I did 
learn something new in 2020 so that's something.

It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but the two are 
still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of Procter and Gamble making 
competing brands of soaps and the like and I giggled.

 

I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App but as with 
many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's mileage might vary.

I hope this helps.

Take good care.

Robin

 

On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM, sherrywells1...@gmail.com 
<mailto:sherrywells1...@gmail.com>  wrote:

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally 
skipped this step.

3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself

4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password.  
One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app opened 
without my entering a password.

 

I have not tried to transfer money yet.  Perhaps when I do, I will be prompted 
for bank info then.  I want to wait until the app only opens with a password 
before I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a password 
when you try to transfer money? 

 

Has anyone else had these kinds of problems?  Is there something I can do?  Any 
info would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Wells

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Re: Venmo Questions

2020-10-31 Thread Robin Frost 

  
Hi,
I send money with it regularly and have had no issues with it.
  Perhaps it isn't the most intuitive but it is certainly usable.
  Even if it doesn't finish syncing contacts if you tap on request
  or send money there's an edit field into which you can type
  someone's name or number and it'll find it within its users. Then
  there are edit fields for amount and purpose and then you can
  choose between request or pay. It's been so long since i set it up
  that I can't recall if I could add info in settings or if I had to
  do it when executing my first payment.
You can also set whether your transactions I.E. recipients
  involved can be viewed by other friends who are users by the
  public or completely private and can also be set globally or on a
  transaction by transaction basis.


It never asks me for any sort of password because i set it to
  remember my device I use most often but if that is turned off it
  can employ a pass code and Face ID when available and managing
  trusted devices is very easily done all within the settings area
  of the app itself which you access after tapping on the
  "navigation drawer."
I discovered it when hiring someone to provide me a service
  earlier in the year and when I asked what payment methods she
  accepted she said venmo. She departed and I quickly made a B-line
  for the search engine of my choosing to find out what she was
  speaking about as I'd no knowledge of it and didn't want to admit
  such.  She's only maybe 9 years younger than I am but I suddenly
  felt very old and last century (laughs). But since it was her
  favorite though she accepted others I learned how to use it
  quickly and she was never the wiser but I did learn something new
  in 2020 so that's something.
It's interesting to me that Venmo is a subsidiary of Pay Pal but
  the two are still kept as separate entities. It reminded me of
  Procter and Gamble making competing brands of soaps and the like
  and I giggled.


I find Venmo quite a bit easier and more preferable to Cash App
  but as with many things opinions and perceptions therein and one's
  mileage might vary.
I hope this helps.
Take good care.
Robin


On 10/28/2020 7:59 PM,
  sherrywells1...@gmail.com wrote:


  
  
  
  
Hi list,
 
Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried
installing it today & have some issues.
1) Some of the privacy info &
options were not readable with voice over
2) I clicked on load my contacts &
the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  I don’t have an
excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally
skipped this step.
3) I was never prompted to enter any
bank info for myself
4) when I went back into Venmo later, I
expected to have to enter a password.  One of the early
steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app
opened without my entering a password.
 
I have not tried to transfer money yet. 
Perhaps when I do, I will be prompted for bank info then.  I
want to wait until the app only opens with a password before
I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a
password when you try to transfer money? 
 
Has anyone else had these kinds of
problems?  Is there something I can do?  Any info would be
helpful.
 
Thanks,
Sherry Wells
  
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RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-29 Thread Alan Lemly 
Hi Sherry,

 

I don't use Venmo but have it on my iPhone because it seems to be the 
electronic payment app of choice for the younger generations. I signed into it 
today and can confirm I experienced the same thing you did with the loading of 
contacts. When it didn't do this process quickly, I skipped the step. I didn't 
find the app to be totally accessible either and if I had to pay someone 
electronically on a regular basis and they didn't use an iDevice which supports 
payments with the Messages app, I would use the Square Cash app instead.

 

I know this is of little help but I wanted to let you know I experienced the 
same issues with Venmo that you did.

 

Alan Lemly

 

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Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 6:59 PM
To: VIPhone
Subject: Venmo Questions

 

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally 
skipped this step.

3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself

4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password.  
One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app opened 
without my entering a password.

 

I have not tried to transfer money yet.  Perhaps when I do, I will be prompted 
for bank info then.  I want to wait until the app only opens with a password 
before I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a password 
when you try to transfer money? 

 

Has anyone else had these kinds of problems?  Is there something I can do?  Any 
info would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Wells

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RE: Venmo Questions

2020-10-29 Thread Christopher Chaltain 
I do use Venmo. I set it up a while ago, and I don’t recall having these 
problems. I’m not prompted for a password when I send someone some money. Sorry 
I’m not much help, but maybe knowing someone is using it will be of some help.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
sherrywells1...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 6:59 PM
To: VIPhone 
Subject: Venmo Questions

 

Hi list,

 

Is anyone using Venmo?  I tried installing it today & have some issues.

1) Some of the privacy info & options were not readable with voice over

2) I clicked on load my contacts & the app was still loading 45 minutes later.  
I don’t have an excessive number of contacts, a little over 100.  I finally 
skipped this step.

3) I was never prompted to enter any bank info for myself

4) when I went back into Venmo later, I expected to have to enter a password.  
One of the early steps in the install was to enter a password.  The app opened 
without my entering a password.

 

I have not tried to transfer money yet.  Perhaps when I do, I will be prompted 
for bank info then.  I want to wait until the app only opens with a password 
before I enter any bank info.  Or maybe you only get prompted for a password 
when you try to transfer money? 

 

Has anyone else had these kinds of problems?  Is there something I can do?  Any 
info would be helpful.

 

Thanks,

Sherry Wells

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