“WhatsApp is likely to change the digital payments scenario by cannibalizing other wallets' users and adding new converts,” said Satish Meena, an analyst at Forrester Inc. “Its base of 200 million users, a daily active usage that's about 20 times higher than Paytm's, and the fact that Indian users spend …

Whatsapp has tweaked its payments interface to make the 'send to UPI ID' option more visible and accessible. This seems to be an effort by the Facebook-owned company to address the woeful lack of interoperability (a key selling point of UPI) on its app. The update adds two ways for …

Just 16 months after demonetisation forever changed the way Indians pay for things, WhatsApp is set to disrupt the market yet again. With more than 200m ndians already using its messaging, WhatsApp is piloting a payment service that lets them transfer money to each other. The well-timed move has … Read …

BENGALURU:AXIS Bank is set to become one of the first in the country to begin full processing of payments through UPI-based Whatsapp Payments, which arrived in India early in February and is currently in beta mode.The Whatsapp Payments feature will allow WhatsApp users to send and receive … Read More

When the practical application of this service kicks off, the bank will become one of the first in the country to begin full processing of payments through UPI-based Whatsapp Payments. The Whatsapp Payments feature will allow the instant messaging app users to send and receive money from within the … Read …

It was previously discovered as a hidden feature in the beta version of WhatsApp for both the platforms in questions. Don't worry if the feature is not visible on your WhatsApp as it is likely that the feature is rolling out in a staged manner. This means that it may …

Harin Fernando, the telecommunication minister, told reporters that senior Facebook company officials were expected to visit Sri Lanka on Thursday and the government was likely to lift the ban on both Facebook and Whatsapp access. “Once we discuss with the Facebook officials on Thursday, the ban … Read More

Just 16 months after demonetization forever changed the way Indians pay for things, WhatsApp is set to disrupt the market yet again. With more than 200 million Indians already using its messaging, WhatsApp is piloting a payment service that lets them transfer money to each other. The well-timed move … Read …

WhatsApp has swiftly grown from a start-up to the biggest Instant messenger app in the world, with over 1.5 billion monthly users. With the movement of time, the company have been ever trying to inject new features on the platform. Some features were well received by the public while some …

WhatsApp's feature 'Delete for everyone' which was rolled out by WhatsApp Corporation in November 2017, has been improved without the user's knowledge. The feature also referred to as recall or revoke is engineered to unsend mistaken or unwanted messages from both the receiver's and sender's … Read More