Venmo announced early Thursday that an issue affecting the payment service has been fixed and is “back up and running,” after users reported trouble sending and receiving money for hours.
“We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate you standing with us while our team addresses this matter,” the company said in a post on social media platform X.
Downdetector, a website that tracks internet outages, showed reports that the problems started to rise around 6:30pm ET on Wednesday.
Many people posted on social media about having problems with the service, including some who said they were unable to pay for medication or buy dinner.
Venmo said Wednesday night on X that it is “working to resolve the issue.”
The company did not provide any additional details about the cause of the problem or how to fix it.
Peer-to-peer payment applications Its popularity has exploded in the past decade. Venmo had 92 million active users as of last year.