A few quarters ago, PayPal Holdings Inc.’s disclosures of its rapid Venmo volume growth came as somewhat of a mixed blessing, since the popular peer-to-peer payment service was a hefty source of losses for the company overall. Venmo still isn’t profitable, but the narrative around the service is starting to change.
PayPal reported 242 million consumer accounts; usage 37 times per year on average, up 9 percent; 21 million merchants - added 13.8 million new accounts in Q4, a 58 percent year-on-year increase. Goal for 2019 is to have 300 million active accounts.
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Venmo with $68 billion is losing ground to Zelle, however monetization will be key to move from expense to revenue generation with Venmo.