<story><title>Introducing Snapcash</title><url>http://blog.snapchat.com/post/102895720555/introducing-snapcash</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>david_shaw</author><text>I think the primary challenge is convincing users that it&amp;#x27;s secure. Snapchat has a relatively poor reputation in security (whether that&amp;#x27;s deserved or not), and everyone I know just uses Venmo. Venmo has Facebook integration, so if you&amp;#x27;re Facebook friends, it&amp;#x27;s really easy to send money.&lt;p&gt;It seems like integrating into a platform that&amp;#x27;s supposed to be ethereal is a weird fit, but who knows -- maybe it&amp;#x27;ll catch on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pencilo</author><text>&amp;quot;Relatively poor&amp;quot; is letting them off easy, comically incompetent would be closer to the truth. Hopefully Square doesn&amp;#x27;t trust data from Snapchat.&lt;p&gt;Lucky for Snapchat their users and potential investors don&amp;#x27;t care about security in the slightest.</text></comment>
<story><title>Introducing Snapcash</title><url>http://blog.snapchat.com/post/102895720555/introducing-snapcash</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>david_shaw</author><text>I think the primary challenge is convincing users that it&amp;#x27;s secure. Snapchat has a relatively poor reputation in security (whether that&amp;#x27;s deserved or not), and everyone I know just uses Venmo. Venmo has Facebook integration, so if you&amp;#x27;re Facebook friends, it&amp;#x27;s really easy to send money.&lt;p&gt;It seems like integrating into a platform that&amp;#x27;s supposed to be ethereal is a weird fit, but who knows -- maybe it&amp;#x27;ll catch on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>free2rhyme214</author><text>I disagree. The primary users of Snapchat aren&amp;#x27;t worried about security.</text></comment>