Tag: WhatsApp Payments
WhatsApp Pay Usage Declines in January 2021
Overcoming several hurdles, WhatsApp finally launched WhatsApp Pay in India last November. In the first month, the feature received a modest 0.31 million customer-initiated...
WhatsApp Pay is Finally Live in India on Android and iOS
WhatsApp has finally received all the required approvals and permissions to expand WhatsApp Pay in India. The news comes at a time when the...
RBI Withholds WhatsApp Pay in India Citing Non-Compliance of Data Laws
Following dire predictions from 'experts' and persistent skepticism from politicians, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has told the Supreme Court that WhatsApp doesn't...
WhatsApp Payments to Go Official in India Really Soon: Report
If you've been keeping tabs on WhatsApp Payments rollout in India, then you would know that its official rollout to all users was held...
RBI Questions Government Over Delay in WhatsApp Payments Roll-out
The state of WhatsApp's UPI-based payments service in India has been stuck in limbo, but it seems wider roll-out of WhatsApp Payments might finally move forward....
WhatsApp, Google Asked to Store Payments Data Exclusively in India
The Indian government is further strengthening its stance on data privacy and wants companies to store user data exclusively in India. Taking another step...
WhatsApp QR Code Contact Card Makes a Lot of Sense for WhatsApp Payments
WhatsApp is aiming to make it easier for users to quickly share their contact details by introducing a QR code system with a simple...
Here’s What’s Holding Up Wider Rollout of WhatsApp Payments in India
It's been months since WhatsApp has knocked on the Indian government's doors for the final approvals for a wider rollout of UPI-based WhatsApp Payments...
WhatsApp Gets Supreme Court Notice Over Payments Service
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and messaging service provider WhatsApp after a plea sought direction to restrain the app from...
WhatsApp Feels It’s Being Singled Out in India Over WhatsApp Payments Delay
WhatsApp's UPI-based WhatsApp Payments has so far been available to only a limited set of users in India, and its wider rollout has been delayed due to...
WhatsApp Payments Roll-Out Delayed Again Due to Privacy Concerns
WhatsApp has been teasing its Payments service in India for a long time and if you're wondering why the feature hasn't moved past the...
WhatsApp Updates Its Privacy Policy Ahead of Payments Launch in India
WhatsApp is undoubtedly the biggest instant-messaging app right now, with billions of users. In fact, the app now offers a lot in a single...
WhatsApp Payments Will Have 24-Hour Customer Support in India
As WhatsApp prepares for the public launch of its WhatsApp Payments service to its millions of users in India, the messaging giant is now...
Now Send Money to Any UPI ID Using WhatsApp
Since its release, WhatsApp's payments feature had been limited to sending and receiving to and from other people who had linked their UPI IDs...
Here’s Why The India Roll-out of WhatsApp Payments is Delayed
WhatsApp was expected to begin the wider rollout of its UPI-based peer-to-peer payment service, WhatsApp Payments, in the first week of June, but it...
WhatsApp Payment Coming to All Users in India by Next Week
WhatsApp Payments, the UPI-based feature part of the popular messaging app, has been available to a handful of Indian users since February. The service...
Paytm Once Again Warns About Foreign Payments Platforms Storing Data Outside India
With WhatsApp's UPI-based payments platform expected to give stiff competition to the incumbents, market-leader Paytm has been on a virtual warpath against the Facebook-owned...
India Does Not Need Western Companies to Solve Its Problems: Paytm COO
Paytm is India's largest digital payments company, and has repeatedly opposed the entry of foreign players in Indian the financial scape. Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma...
You Can Now Request Money From Contacts Using UPI From Within WhatsApp
To tap into India's booming digital payments ecosystem, WhatsApp launched UPI-enabled payments feature to its users in the country. This feature was initially sparse...
WhatsApp Issues Vague Clarification On Sharing Payments Data with Facebook
Even as WhatsApp keeps touting its end-to-end encryption, questions about its data-privacy practices continue to linger. Following outrage surrounding its revelations that it shares...