Overview

• A PayPal spokesperson said both platforms experienced a brief service disruption that has been resolved.
• Venmo’s support account acknowledged an ongoing issue earlier and said teams were working to fix it.
• User reports spiked around 9 a.m. local time, quickly rising into the thousands, according to DownDetector.
• A heat map highlighted problem clusters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and San Francisco.
• The most common issues were login failures, along with problems making purchases and app errors, with many unable to view balances or withdraw funds.