Web 2.0 Tool (Venmo)

Venmo is a peer-to-peer payment system. It lets you send money to friends and family so that you don't have to deal with cash, but it also provides a social layer. For example, you can see your contact's public transaction history. Users are able to share what they spent their money on and even add emoji’s to their posts. You can then interact with their posts by liking or commenting on them. You can use Venmo to pay anyone in the US, whether or not they have Venmo, but they will need to join Venmo to claim a payment. Venmo is a super engaging and fun tool. You can get a sense of what your contacts have been up to and what they tend to do together. For instance, you might see when a friend split a lunch bill, paid half of a cab fare, or sent money to a roommate for rent. You can even remind a contact to send you money by specifically requesting it from him or her, which is handy.

To create a Venmo account, you must sign up using your email or by connecting it to your Facebook account. You will be required to create a password and verify your phone number. Once you've done all of that, you'll need to complete your Venmo profile by creating a username and adding a profile picture.You will then have the option tosync Venmo with your address book. Doing so will allow you to easily find, pay, and share payments with contacts in your address book, such as your family and friends. Venmo also has a social layer, so if you give it permission to look at your address book, it'll populate a news feed of sorts that shows your friends and what they've used Venmo for if they share publicly.

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