PayPal and Venmo are raising their quick transfer fees in the US for both users and merchants in the coming weeks, according to PayPal. Customers can pay a charge to have their money transferred promptly to a bank account or debit card. Users will pay 1.75 percent of the transfer amount for personal accounts on PayPal and consumer and business profiles on Venmo, with a minimum cost of $0.25 and a maximum price of $25. Prior to this change, quick transfer price for personal PayPal accounts and consumer and business Venmo profiles was 1.5 percent of the transfer amount, with a minimum of $0.25 and a maximum of $15.
PayPal merchant accounts will keep the present 1.5 percent cost, but the minimum fee will increase to $0.50 from $0.25, and the existing $15 fee ceiling will be replaced with a new no-maximum-fee cap structure. Venmo clients will see the increased pricing on May 23, while PayPal customers will see it on June 17. PayPal stated in a blog post that the price changes are being made “to be more in line with the value we deliver.”
The new modifications will result in more money being sucked away by fees for consumers who use PayPal and Venmo to make large payments fast or get much-needed cash into their accounts. Standard bank transfers on PayPal and Venmo are still free, but they take 1-3 business days to arrive after you request them. Instant transfer functionalities were originally launched by PayPal and Venmo in 2017. Despite the fact that PayPal had been in the peer-to-peer payments industry for over two decades, it had been challenged by a number of newcomers whose main benefit had been the ability to “cash out” to your bank account instantaneously, prompting PayPal to develop its own version of the service.
PayPal announced this morning that users with approved MasterCard and Visa debit cards would be able to transfer money faster between Venmo and their bank accounts. This new “immediate transfers” service will be offered for $0.25 per transaction and will send payments in minutes rather than the day or so that PayPal or Venmo generally takes. PayPal has been in the peer-to-peer payments market for about two decades, but it has lately been challenged by a number of newcomers, such as Square Cash, whose primary benefit has been the ability to rapidly “cash out” to your bank account.
PayPal and Venmo will now offer a comparable option for debit card customers with Visa and MasterCard approved cards. With the exception of a few extremely tiny institutions, the capability will be available to the great majority of cards, according to the business.
