I think Venmo must have come under greater scrutiny. I was recently contacted by someone in their support and compliance team about a charitable donation I made to a Syrian refugee cause. I can&#x27;t help to think that this particular contribution was flagged for some kind of potential Safe Harbor violation. I gave them the name of the charity and they moved on.<p>It could be that they shut down the api because of the difficulty of doing compliance for these third party apps, after falling under greater scrutiny by government regulation.<p>Or perhaps there was a specific incident that they&#x27;re trying to get ahead of:<p>-<i>hypothetical</i>-<p>maybe the San Bernardino phone the FBI is trying to crack has Venmo transactions through a third party app that are now under scrutiny.