Tagged: messaging app

WhatsApp Payments Might Become India’s Leading Digital Banking Service, As Online Transactions Surge Due to COVID-19

June 15, 2020 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi |

WhatsApp Payments, an in-chat payment feature that lets customers perform transfers through the messaging app to anyone in their contact list, may finally be on track to achieve mass adoption in India. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, (NASDAQ:FB) who bought the social media platform in… Read More

Read more in: Fintech, Asia | Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, digital commerce, digital payments, digital services, facebook, hdfc bank, india, messaging app, whatsapp, whatsapp payments

WhatsApp Payments Plans to Penetrate India’s Lending Sector, Waiting for Regulatory Clearance

April 30, 2020 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi |

WhatsApp Payments, an in-chat payment feature that lets customers perform transfers through the messaging app to anyone in their contact list, has not achieved mainstream adoption in India. The UPI-based payments service lets users send and receive funds. It has been created by the National… Read More

Read more in: Asia, Fintech, Global | Tagged digital payments, digital transactions, india, messaging app, National Payments Corporation of India, NPCI, online payments, rbi, reserve bank of india, virtual payments, whatsapp, whatsapp payments