Tithes and Offerings

More  information about Venmo:  

"Venmo is a popular peer-to-peer payments app available on iOS and Android. It lets you quickly and easily send money to friends and contacts with just a tap. However, the app is also well known for its public (or semi-public) feed of transactions, which resembles a social media feed in some ways. You can like and comment on these transactions, and people often simply use emoji to describe the “reason” (real or fictional) for their payment. "

"One thing to note: Directly above the Pay button is a button that shows who can see the reason for this transaction in the app’s feed: Public, Friends, or Private. In the latter case, the transaction is completely hidden from the app’s timeline. Otherwise, the description of your transaction, minus the exact dollar amount, will be shared with friends or the public to see.

Venmo Settings

There are some useful options within the Venmo app’s settings. In the Privacy section, you can select a default privacy option for transactions in the app (whether you want them public, shown to friends only, or completely private). In this menu, you can also edit the visibility of your past transactions. If you made a number of public transactions in the past, you can head here and switch them to Friends or Private, instead. It’s a good idea not to make your transactions completely public because it could prove to be a privacy concern at some point.

You can also make the app a little more secure. In the PIN Code & Fingerprint section, you can choose to protect access to the app with a PIN, or on top of that, with your fingerprint. In the case that someone gains access to your handset, this ensures that they won’t be able to open the app and send payments to whomever they’d like, at your expense.

In the Friends & Social section, you can opt to let the app automatically add contacts or Facebook friends to be added to your Venmo friends list if they also use the app. And like most apps, you can also head to the Notifications section to adjust what kind of push, text, and email-based alerts you get about the app’s activities. It’s a good idea to keep at least some of these alerts switched on in case your app gets hacked or there’s some other kind of fraudulent activity—which can happen."

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