PayPal and Venmo, two of the most popular online payment platforms, have reportedly grappled with a widespread outage. However, the issue has started to resolve.
According to Downdetector, a web outage tracking site, Venmo outage began at around 11:50 a.m. EDT with reports quickly spiking to around 8,300.
Meanwhile, PayPal outages spiked to up to 10,000 reports just after 12 p.m. EDT, before significantly dropping from there.
A PayPal spokesperson told Forbes in a statement, which reads, "Both apps experienced a brief service disruption that has since been resolved.”
Is PayPal down?
In the USA, nearly 82% PayPal users are still unable to login to the app, 11% users are unable to send and receive payments, while the remaining 6% users are experiencing issues while making purchases.
Is Venmo down?
In the USA, nearly 54% users are still unable to access the app, 38% users have reported login-related issues, while the remaining 8% users are experiencing website issues.
