WhatsApp mulls foray into digital payments with India launch

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WhatsApp may be about to introduce peer-to-peer payments in India, its largest market with over 200 million users. "India is an important country for WhatsApp, and we're understanding how we can contribute more to the vision of Digital India. We're exploring how we might work with companies that share this vision and continuing to listen closely to feedback from our users," WhatsApp told TechCrunch in a statement. WhatsApp said last year it would explore the potential to give "businesses that matter" to its users a presence on its platform. Sweden-based Truecaller, which counts India as its largest market, introduced user-to-user payments last week through a tie-in with ICICI Bank that also utilizes UPI.


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WhatsApp will reportedly launch peer-to-peer payments in India this year

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WhatsApp will reportedly launch peer-to-peer payments in India this year

WhatsApp mulls foray into digital payments service with India launch
Instant messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Facebook Inc, is mulling a foray into digital payment services in India, its first such offering globally, and has advertised to hire a digital transactions lead in the country. WhatsApp is working to launch person-to-person payments in India in the next six months, news website The Ken reported earlier on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. A WhatsApp move into digital payments in India, its biggest market that is home to 200 million of its billion plus global users, would replicate similar moves by messaging apps like Tencent Holdings Ltd's WeChat in China. Digital transactions in India have surged after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock ban of certain high-value bank notes in November that accounted for more than 80 percent of the country's currency in circulation at the time. Just last week, Swedish communications app Truecaller, which has a large user base in India, started a mobile payment service in the country based on the UPI platform.


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