I then searched for the term on the page and noticed that the term is largely clustered around two threads; one of which the users both drop the name so much I had to check if they worked for the company.
No offense to those who enjoy Venmo and its services, but this thread is a great example of HN commentary echo; it's way louder in here than it actually is.
My friends in the Bay Area, in contrast, are far less likely to know about Venmo and either use none of these options or are pretty fragmented.
YMMV, of course :) it just seems like Venmo has done really well in one particularly large market, and the other ones are still way more fragmented.
http://www.businessinsider.com/venmo-splitting-a-group-check...
I just did a quick run through of my office (Minneapolis/St Paul snowboard, etc. online retailer): asking who has heard of it or uses it. Of the 30 or so I asked, 1 person has it on his phone and he says he never uses it.
I _did_ have a conversation where I was told 'I usually pick it up then they get me back later' which a few people in earshot agreed with.
Maybe there needs to be an app to track who owes you drinks?
Back in my day, I thought we called those things favors. :)