Venmo has a team in SF now, and eBay doesn't own PayPal anymore. Personally, I think it makes a lot of sense. This seems like a lower-friction flow, especially

Venmo has a team in SF now, and eBay doesn't own PayPal anymore. Personally, I think it makes a lot of sense. This seems like a lower-friction flow, especially when requesting money from people who have never heard of Venmo – not everyone trust a payment processor they've never heard of, and PayPal has much broader awareness than Venmo.