10 Built-In Venmo Features to Improve Privacy, Security, and Expense Management

Executive Briefing

• Protect your account by setting Friends list and transaction history to Private in Venmo's Privacy settings.
• Enable app-level biometric lock to prevent unauthorized payments if your phone is accessed by others.
• Use Venmo Groups to let up to 30 people collaboratively track and split shared expenses automatically.
• Link Venmo to a secondary buffer account to limit exposure if your account is ever compromised.
• Generate price-specific QR codes via Business accounts to simplify payment collection at events or sales.