Facebook Launched WhatsApp Payment Service in Brazil
SAO PAULO, 15th June 2020 -- Facebook launched its WhatsApp payment service in Brazil today.
With the addition of Visa’s trusted payment technology, WhatsApp users will now be able to swiftly and securely send and receive money to family and friends, and to make purchases from small businesses on the popular global messaging service.
Payments on WhatsApp will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payment as they would a photo or video.
WhatsApp tested the payment system in India beginning in 2018. The Brazil launch will be the first nationwide rollout and will introduce the ability to directly pay a business.
The company has over 120 million individual users in Brazil, its second-largest market behind India.
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