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Whatapp Unveils New Feature; Know More
Messaging giant Whatsapp has added a new feature that aids people to choose payment background while doing transactions. “With Payments Backgrounds, our effort is to bring excitement to everyday payments through WhatsApp and enable our users to express themselves if they wish,” said Mahesh Mahatme, Director of Whatsapp payment. The feature is similar to GooglePay where the user can avail backgrounds while doing money transactions.
Tags: WhatsApp Pay, WhatsApp, payment, UPI, Google Pay
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SC Asks WhatsApp To Assure On Plea Seeking UPI Data Security
In response to a plea, the Supreme Court on February 1 asked WhatsApp to confirm that the latter would abide by the RBI and NCPI guidelines and not share UPI data with third parties. Reportedly, the plea also urged the court to ensure that WhatsApp Pay is not launched in India until it fulfils all legal compliances. The court reminded WhatsApp of the other interlocutory applications regarding data security deferring the hearing after four… read-more
Tags: WhatsApp, Supreme Court, Facebook, WhatsApp Pay
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WhatsApp To Offer Health Insurance, Micro-Pension Products
WhatsApp India Head Abhijit Bose revealed at ‘Facebook Fuel for India' event that WhatApp will soon launch its health insurance and micro-pension services. Bose said while the company was working with SBI General for health insurance, it is partnering HDFC Pension and Pinbox for micro-pension products. The health insurance will be rolled out in end-2020 only, he added. Targeting its large user base, the company is looking to offer services on… read-more
Tags: WhatsApp, Health, Insurance, Micro-pension, WhatsApp Pay, HDFC, PinBox
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WhatsApp Pay Gets Approval For UPI In Graded Manner
Facebook's WhatsApp Pay on November 5 received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to go live on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) system. However, NPCI has allowed Facebook to execute it only in a graded manner by adding a maximum of 20 million users in the first phase. WhatsApp Pay was already launched in India as a Beta version in 2018 with around one million users.
Tags: WhatsApp Pay, UPI, NPCI, Facebook
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