Tagged: whatsapp

December 2, 2020 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Governments across the globe are always trying to create a balance between enabling or supporting tech advancements and innovation while preventing large companies such as Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) from unfairly using their dominant position to eliminate smaller competitors. India is reportedly planning to… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) owned WhatsApp has reportedly received approval to introduce its digital payments services in India. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which is an umbrella organization for operating or managing retail payments and settlement systems in the country, has given WhatsApp the green… Read More

August 11, 2020 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), which currently has a market cap of around $750 billion, employs over 52,000 workers, and generated over $70 billion in revenue last year, has introduced a new group to focus on payments and digital commerce opportunities. David Marcus, the co-creator of the… Read More

July 24, 2020 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

India banking group Yes Bank announced on Friday the launch of WhatsApp banking services to empower customers and enable them to bank securely from the safety of their homes. Yes Bank revealed that customers may now check their savings account balance, view recent transactions &… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

India-based banking group ICICI Bank announced it has crossed a milestone of one million users on its WhatsApp banking platform. The bank reported it introduced banking services on WhatsApp three months ago to enable its retail customers to undertake a slew of banking requirements from… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging platform is now facilitating payments in Brazil, according to a post by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) in 2014 for approximately $19.3 billion. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging application with over 2 billion users worldwide…. Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WhatsApp Payments, an in-chat payment feature that lets customers perform transfers through the messaging app to anyone in their contact list, announced on Monday it is bringing digital payments to WhatsApp users in Brazil. “The over 10 million small and micro-businesses are the heartbeat of Brazil’s… Read More

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

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

April 27, 2020 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Challenger Bank Zelf is reportedly planning to introduce its digital banking offering which will operate exclusively through widely-used messaging apps. The Latvian Fintech firm claims that it has already signed up more than 58,000 users, who are waiting for the official launch of Zelf’s virtual… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Bank, a banking and financial services company, has launched a new chat contact for WhatsApp users based in the city, which is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. The new chat feature aims to provide a direct… Read More

March 30, 2020 @ 8:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

India-based banking group Icici Bank announced on Monday it has launched its banking services on WhatsApp in oder to enable retail customers to undertake in a “slew of banking requirements” from their home.  Anup Bagchi, Executive Director, ICICI Bank, stated that through WhatsApp, retail customers may… Read More

May 12, 2019 @ 3:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is stuffing its ranks with former PayPal staff, and an announcement regarding the company’s much-anticipated stab at creating a cryptocurrency may come as early as next quarter, though the company is still far from a viable product, unnamed sources tell Bloomberg. Facebook has… Read More

March 3, 2019 @ 9:00 am By Aubrey Hansen  |  

Internet messaging services are big business today, with some of the biggest names in tech involved, but for most people, the dream is a secure, fully encrypted service that will keep users information completely safe. That dream isn’t shared by various governments and those tasked… Read More

September 18, 2018 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

WorldRemit, a UK based Fintech in the digital money transfer sector, has integrated with WhatsApp – one of the most popular messaging services in the world. WorldRemit says that customers in over 145 countries may now receive WhatsApp notifications about their money transfers in real… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 3:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

WhatsApp seems to be laying down the groundwork for a P2P operation in India. The Facebook-owned global messaging service is currently advertising for a digital transaction lead with experience of UPI, Aadhaar and BHIM, seen as the precursor to a possible P2P payments service launch in India, according to multiple… Read More

September 28, 2016 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Qumram, a global provider of digital interaction audit solutions for the financial services industry, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new solution for recording end-to-end encrypted social media interactions through WhatsApp. Patrick Barnert, CEO at Qumram, shared details about the new solution and stated: “We… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 4:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in September, creative shopping app, Fy, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £375,001 for its online services. The app has become so successful that it is currently nearing its initial goal on the equity platform. As previously reported, the app, which was created in 2014… Read More