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US-based chat commerce company Clickatell has partnered with South Africa-based integrated communication company Telkom to enable mobile messaging payments via WhatsApp.
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US-based chat commerce company Clickatell has rolled out Chat 2 Pay, enabling airline FlySafair’s customers to pay for luggage on the latter’s Whatsapp channel.
mobile payments, WhatsApp, travel payments, product launch, social commerce
Ecommerce retailer and fintech firm MercadoLibre has announced it is discussing with Meta to start processing payments on the WhatsApp messaging service in Brazil.
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The Central Bank of Brazil has decided to allow changes to Mastercard’s local payment arrangement regulation in order to further support WhatsApp payments.
central bank, mobile payments, regulation, WhatsApp
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
Data security expert Anurag Lal shares the risks of mishandling sensitive data and what organisations should do to prevent this cybersecurity threat and improve secure messaging in the workplace.
cybersecurity, WhatsApp, financial data, data sharing, fraud prevention
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 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 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
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.
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Infosys Finacle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, and Union Bank of India have joined hands to offer banking services on WhatsApp to the bank’s customers, according to The Banking & Finance Post.
partnership, WhatsApp, mobile banking
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has announced its first-ever US marketing push for one of the company’s social media and instant messaging apps, WhatsApp. The first TV ad aired in late January 2022 and the Meta’s intend is to make the instant messaging app as popular in the US as it is in Europe.
WhatsApp, product upgrade, Facebook, encryption
Meta-owned social media platform WhatsApp is planning on testing its payment feature in the US, using Novi integration.
Novi, WhatsApp, Facebook, digital wallet, stablecoin, online payments
The Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has received permission from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to expand its user base.
online payments, mobile payments, QR code, QR payments, WhatsApp, cashback
WhatsApp has introduced Flash Calls and Message Level Reporting to allow users in India better security and control over the messaging app.
WhatsApp, product upgrade, digital identity, online security, identity verification
Rebranded to Meta, Facebook has started testing its Novi cryptocurrency wallet on WhatsApp, as a part of a pilot programme in the US.
product launch, Facebook, e-wallet, cryptocurrency, WhatsApp
WhatsApp has started offering cashback as it takes on PhonePe and Google Pay in India.
WhatsApp, mobile payments, UPI, cashback, product upgrade
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced that the camera icon in its chat composer will allow users to scan QR codes to make payments in Indian stores.
product launch, WhatsApp, Facebook, contactless payments
WhatsApp has launched WhatsApp Business Directory as part of efforts to foster the development of ecommerce services at Facebook.
product upgrade, ecommerce, WhatsApp
WhatsApp has announced it is testing a change that will add a shortcut to make it easier and quicker to make payments from within the app.
product upgrade, WhatsApp, mobile payments, Tap-to-Pay