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WhatsApp launches new in-app payment options in India

News | Mobile Payments | 21 Sep 2023

US-based company WhatsApp has launched credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its application for customers in India.

product launch, mobile payments, digital payments, online payments, payments , ecommerce

Emirates NBD launches upgraded WhatsApp banking service

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 11 Jul 2023

UAE-based banking group Emirates NBD has announced the launch of its upgraded WhatsApp banking service, to offer more accessibility and security to customers.

product launch, product upgrade, mobile banking, online banking, digital banking, banking, payments , digital payments, mobile payments, online payments

WhatsApp and Stripe enable chat payments in Singapore

News | Online Payments | 09 May 2023

Financial infrastructure platform Stripe has announced a partnership with WhatsApp that enables Singapore-based businesses to accept payments in WhatsApp chats.

partnership, payments , payment methods, ecommerce, merchants, fintech, real-time payments, mobile payments, digital payments, online shopping, WhatsApp, financial services, chat commerce

WhatsApp users in Brazil can now pay businesses through the chat

News | Mobile Payments | 12 Apr 2023

US-based multiplatform messaging app WhatsApp has made it possible for users in Brazil to pay merchants directly through the chat.

mobile payments, payment methods, product upgrade, ecommerce

Clickatell, Telkom enable WhatsApp payments in South Africa

News | Mobile Payments | 10 Mar 2023

US-based chat commerce company Clickatell has partnered with South Africa-based integrated communication company Telkom to enable mobile messaging payments via WhatsApp.

partnership, payments , mobile payments, WhatsApp, ecommerce, digital payments, mobile money, MasterCard, Visa, Chat 2 Pay, fintech, financial services, digitalisation, customer experience, chat commerce

Brazilians can now pay SMEs using WhatsApp

News | Mobile Payments | 03 Mar 2023

Brazil's central bank has approved Meta Platforms' (META.O) payments launch for SMEs in Brazil via its messaging application WhatsApp, building on the app's existing local peer-to-peer payment system.

mobile payments, SMEs, customer experience, m-commerce

MercadoLibre considers business payments on WhatsApp

News | Mobile Payments | 08 Dec 2022

Ecommerce retailer and fintech firm MercadoLibre has announced it is discussing with Meta to start processing payments on the WhatsApp messaging service in Brazil.

partnership, payments , mobile payments, online payments, direct to consumer, WhatsApp, payment processing, instant payments

Brazil central bank allows PIX transfers from other banks via WhatsApp

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 04 Nov 2022

Banco do Brasil (Central Bank of Brazil, BB) has announced that its customers can make transfers via PIX from other financial institutions to BB's account through the bank's WhatsApp channel, according to Broadcast.

central bank, WhatsApp, PIX, Open Finance, Open Banking, real-time payments

Meta and Jio Platforms launch grocery shopping on WhatsApp

News | Ecommerce | 29 Aug 2022

Meta and Jio Platforms have launched one of the first shopping experiences on WhatsApp, allowing consumers to shop from JioMart within their WhatsApp chat.

partnership, product launch, ecommerce, digitalisation

WhatsApp to launch new login approval feature to prevent hacking

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 08 Aug 2022

Meta-owned popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, is currently working on a new security feature, login approval, to prevent against identity fraud and enhance security and user experience.

identity theft, data protection, data privacy, identity verification, fraud detection, online fraud, instant payments

eDesk releases WhatsApp Business Integration for conversational commerce

News | Ecommerce | 03 Aug 2022

Ireland-based ecommerce support platform eDesk has announced it will directly integrate with WhatsApp Business

ecommerce, ecommerce platform, retail, customer experience

Instagrammers to buy merch right from DMs

News | Ecommerce | 19 Jul 2022

Social media platform owned by Meta (former Facebook), Instagram, has announced that its users can now purchase items directly from within the application.

ecommerce, ecommerce platform, merchant, merchants, online shopping, online payments, payment gateway, payments

Meta discontinues Novi crypto digital wallet

News | Mobile Payments | 05 Jul 2022

Global social media platform formerly known as Facebook, now Meta, has announced it discontinues its digital wallet for cryptocurrencies, Novi.

digital wallet, e-wallet, metaverse, Meta, cryptocurrency, crypto, crypto asset

RazorpayX to support seamless cashback transactions via UPI for WhatsApp

News | Mobile Payments | 24 Jun 2022

WhatsApp has onboarded RazorpayX, the neo-banking arm of Razorpay, to enable a smooth cashback experience via UPI for its users across India.

UPI, WhatsApp, Razorpay, cashback, mobile payments

WhatsApp Payments offers cashback to Indian users

News | Mobile Payments | 14 Jun 2022

WhatsApp has given Indian users USD 1.35 cashback and was allowed by the NPCI to expand its user base to 100 million.

WhatsApp, mobile payments, cashback, NPCI, expansion

WhatsApp to use double verification for iOS and Android users

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 06 Jun 2022

Whatsapp has planned another layer of verification prior to logging in to deter fraud on smartphones running operating systems from Apple and Alphabet.

fraud prevention, digital identity, digital verification, cybersecurity, Account fraud

WhatsApp to use clients' legal names for UPI payments

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 May 2022

WhatsApp has announced it will ask users for their legal names to proceed with UPI-based payments on the platform.

WhatsApp, UPI, fraud prevention, mobile payments, NPCI, bank account, digital identity

WhatsApp Pay enables cashback for its payments

News | Mobile Payments | 28 Apr 2022

Social media app for instant messaging, through its payment service WhatsApp Pay, introduces cashbacks for its payment features, in an attempt to cap some of its competitors’ clientele, including PhonePe, Google Pay, and Paytm. 

cashback, WhatsApp, online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, real-time payments, instant payments