Inflation is putting the petty into petty cash, according to a survey of 1,000 Americans conducted by Forbes Advisor and OnePoll(Opens in a new window). As prices rise, so do payment requests under $5 for users of popular peer-to-peer payment apps such as Venmo, Cash App, and Zelle. The more prices rise, the more petty the requests become, according to the survey.
While most users (86%) say that anything less than $5 is not worth requesting, they were not considering the siblings and friends who have no issue with asking others to chip in for a bag of