Payment status Specifically, your friend needs to accept the payment for the funds to be added to their Venmo account. If your friend does not accept within 3 days, the funds will be reversed back to the funding source that you used to send the payment.2021-11-12
Does someone have to accept your payment on Venmo?
After you add a bank or card, you will receive money when someone sends a payment to your Venmo username. You do not have to formally accept the payment to receive money on Venmo. It's easy to transfer Venmo funds to your bank account after you receive money in the app.2019-11-05
Can I refuse to accept a Venmo payment?
If you receive a payment from a name you don't recognize, you can simply send the payment back to that user with a note explaining that they paid the wrong person. If you receive a payment request from a stranger, you can decline the request.2021-10-12