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WhatsApp to roll out payments service in India later this year
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WhatsApp to roll out payments service in India later this year

WhatsApp, which has over 400 million users of its messaging service in India, plans to roll out its much-awaited payments service in the country later this year, more than a year after it began testing the offering here. The Facebook-owned company has been testing its payments service in the country since last year with about a million users, but could not launch full-fledged services as it has been awaiting regulatory approvals. Speaking at an event here on Thursday, WhatsApp Global Head Will Cathcart said the company's vision is to make sending money as easy as sending messages on the platform. "We built payments based on the UPI standard, partnered with banks here in India... We believe that if we did this right, it will accelerate financial inclusion and bring more people in I...
IT Ministry Questions NPCI for details on WhatsApp Pay
INDIA

IT Ministry Questions NPCI for details on WhatsApp Pay

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued a fresh letter to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) seeking details about the digital payment service of Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp that is due to be formally launched in India this month. The government body which had earlier sought clarifications from the NPCI on WhatsApp Payment service issued a fresh letter this week asking details on data storage policy of US-based service and how data will be shared with its parent company. MeitY, in particular, has raised objections over WhatsApp not complying with two-factor authentication laid by India's Apex Bank RBI in addition to expressing concerns over the management of user's data. A copy of the letter has also been sent to RBI. Lack of a two-factor authenticati...
Whatsapp all Pumped up to Launch its in-app Payment Feature
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Whatsapp all Pumped up to Launch its in-app Payment Feature

The Facebook-owned popular messaging application WhatsApp is pumped up to launch its first ever payment service across India making it the first country to support in-app payments. This feature is reported to be introduced as early as next week with an aim to achieve market shares. The payment feature will enable the country’s population to make payments to anyone on their WhatsApp contact list, as well as receive money through the app. Some of the largest banks in the country - HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. have partnered with the messaging app to make this service available to the people. Also, it is being said that the State Bank of India will join once the necessary systems are in place. It is being informed that the social media giant Facebook was seeking to in...
WhatsApp Accidentally Rolled Out Its Latest Feature ‘Private Reply’
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WhatsApp Accidentally Rolled Out Its Latest Feature ‘Private Reply’

WhatsApp is generally not known for mistakes, but recently it committed a blunder by accidentally rolling out its latest feature 'private reply' on Windows Phone beta users. This latest feature update will let users send private message to a person in a group chat, without letting other group members see it. WhatsApp is rumored to roll out the update for quite some time now, and is its one of the most awaited update. According to @WABetainfo, a WhatsApp watcher, the company added the feature only in the beta version and will taking it back in the next beta update. 'In the new WhatsApp beta for Windows Phone 2.17.344, the private reply feature is disabled. Probably WhatsApp has wrongly enabled it in 2.17.342,” WABetaInfo tweeted. WABetaInfo said that the option will only be availab...