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PayPal & Venmo Outage Resolved—Fast Payments Back Online

PayPal & Venmo Outage Resolved—Fast Payments Back Online

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PayPal and Venmo Face Extended Payment Service Outage

August 1, 2025 saw the payment giants PayPal (the parent company) and Venmo encounter a protracted service disruption. The incident prevented users from sending or receiving money for several hours.

Outage Onset and Duration

  • Service failure began around 5 am PT / 8 am ET.
  • The outage stretched for nearly four hours.
  • PayPal acknowledged the problem on its status page.

Current Status

PayPal’s status page has since cleared the message, and core services are now marked as “operational”. This indicates that the platform is likely returning to normal operation.

What Users Should Do

  • Check the PayPal status page for the latest updates.
  • Wait for the services to stabilize before making new transactions.
  • Report any persistent issues through official support channels.

PayPal and Venmo outage: key updates

PayPal and Venmo Return to Normal Operation

Timeline of the Outage

  • 9:00 AM PT: PayPal and Venmo indicate services have resumed normal operation.
  • 8:30 AM PT: PayPal’s live incident report disappears, and key services are marked as “Operational.”
  • 7:00 AM PT: The volume of outage reports drops, yet a high volume remains.
  • 6:39 AM PT: PayPal updates its statement, stating that technical teams are investigating the issue.
  • 6:00 AM PT: PayPal issues an initial statement acknowledging the disruption.
  • 5:00 AM PT: Reports of a PayPal and Venmo outage begin to spike on DownDetector.

Current Status and Next Steps

The root cause of the outage is still under investigation by PayPal’s technical teams. PayPal has committed to keeping users updated as new information becomes available. For now, users are advised to monitor the official PayPal site for real‑time status updates.

PayPal and Venmo outage: as it happened

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August 01, 2025 8:15 AM

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