Venmo has introduced a receipt scanning feature that itemizes a bill and divides it among users, the company said. The payment app also calculates each person's portion of the tax and tip and assembles the amounts into a payment request, all within the app. The feature is meant to remove the guesswork of determining who owes what after a shared meal or purchase.
The tool works by photographing a receipt, which Venmo then breaks down by item so costs can be assigned to the appropriate people. The company said the feature operates regardless of mobile device. Venmo said the receipt scanning capability is rolling out now and will be broadly available in a few weeks.
Alexis Sowa, Venmo's general manager, said in a press release that splitting the bill is among the most common activities on Venmo but can also be among the most tedious. According to Sowa, the receipt scanning feature replaces a pile of math with a single photo.
The launch comes a few months after the release of iOS 27, which brought the ability to split a bill using Apple's Visual Intelligence. With that capability, iPhone users can open Visual Intelligence, look at a receipt and split it using Apple Cash.
Venmo has offered a related tool since introducing Venmo Groups in 2023, which provides a way to divide longer-term expenses such as rent, monthly subscriptions or vacation purchases.
For U.S. consumers, the new feature adds another reason for people who have stuck with Cash App, Apple Cash or Zelle to reconsider, as friends already using Venmo gain more ways to draw them into the payment ecosystem. Venmo framed the addition as an extension of the bill-splitting activity its users already perform on the app, now handled with less manual calculation.
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