December 12th, 2022 6:53 PM 5 COMMENTS

PhonePe, GPay Lose UPI Market Share in Nov 2022, WhatsApp Pay Gains

Over the past few months, CRED and WhatsApp Pay have been among the top gainers, in terms of UPI transaction volume and value, given their rapid development based on rewarding users with cashback. WhatsApp Pay recorded the largest increase in transaction value in November 2022, increasing by 8.6% to Rs 769.29 Cr from Rs 708.56 Cr, while CRED's transaction value decreased by 8.2% to Rs 18,599.72 Cr from Rs 20,259.70... Read More

August 29th, 2022 8:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio Platforms and Meta Have Introduced a WhatsApp Shopping Feature

A first-of-its-kind end-to-end shopping experience on WhatsApp was introduced by Meta and Jio Platforms on Monday. Indian customers may now purchase products from JioMart directly through the WhatsApp app. They can use the app to access and explore the JioMart grocery catalogue, add products to their shopping carts, and finish their purchases by making payments. This development comes after Jio's 5G service rollout in India would start by October, according... Read More

July 11th, 2022 5:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay Registers Big Growth in UPI Transactions in June 2022

WhatsApp Pay, a tool inside WhatsApp mobile application for the users to send money to each other via UPI’s platform, has registered a big growth in the volume of transactions and the amount transacted in June 2022. Since the start of the year, WhatsApp’s growth in the UPI space has been negligible. The growth curve was mostly flat for both the volume of transactions as well as the amount transacted.... Read More

April 27th, 2022 6:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp to Offer Monetary Benefits to Users in India for Using Payments on App

WhatsApp is planning to offer monetary benefits in the form of cashbacks to users to lure new customers into using its payments platform. At the same time, the social media giant is also testing it for merchant payments. This will enable WhatsApp to compete with its rivals, such as Google and PhonePe, which have a major market share in processing the volume of UPI transactions in India. Much recently, the... Read More

April 14th, 2022 3:47 PM 8 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay Growing in India, Can Now Increase User Base to 100 Million

WhatsApp Pay is growing rapidly in India. WhatsApp, a major social media platform, is used by millions of Indians. A while back, this Meta owned texting app had introduced an online payments feature using the UPI system such as the likes of PhonePe and Google Pay. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has now allowed WhatsApp to increase its user base from an earlier cap of 40 million to... Read More

February 8th, 2021 9:03 PM 17 COMMENTS

WhatsApp UPI Transaction Volume Dips in January; PhonePe Extends Lead at the Top

Facebook-owned WhatsApp continues to witness poor response for its payments service in India. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) released UPI data for the month of January 2021. PhonePe continues to lead the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments market in India with an overall transaction volume of 968.72 million and Rs 1,91,973.77 crore transaction value. Google Pay is second on the list, followed by Paytm Payments Bank App, Axis... Read More

December 2nd, 2020 3:15 PM 8 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay Clocks 20 Million Transactions in November 2020

WhatsApp Pay was officially announced for India on November 2020. During the month, the payment service platform registered 20 million financial transactions passed through it. When it was initially announced, the platform was restricted only to be rolled out to 1 million users in the country. But later the maximum user limit was extended to 20 million users. However, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform hasn’t got a flying start... Read More

November 6th, 2020 1:15 PM 13 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay to Finally Rollout for Indian Users, All You Should Know

WhatsApp Pay is an in-chat system which will allow users to chat with other people and with that make payments as well. The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) which regulates all the digital retail financial transactions in the country has finally allowed WhatsApp Pay to become a reality for the Indian users. Now WhatsApp can rollout out its payment feature for the Indian users, but there is a limit... Read More

November 6th, 2020 9:23 AM 7 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay Finally Gets NPCI Nod, Also Rolls Out Disappearing Messages Feature

After more than two years since the beta launch, WhatsApp Pay has finally received the much-awaited nod from National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for a full-fledged launch. Starting today, people across India will be able to send money through WhatsApp. The instant messaging platform will make use of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for secure payment experience. As for UPI, it is a real-time payment system with over 160 supported... Read More

August 4th, 2020 6:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay Clear Data Localisation Guidelines: NPCI

The Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp has successfully cleared five pending data localisation parameters which were compulsory for the full-fledged launch of its payment services in India. Now the supreme bench is yet to decide a final date and take the final decision on the matter. NPCI addressed RBI through a letter penned on June 5 and stated that Facebook-owned WhatsApp had satisfied the data localisation requirement based on the CERT-In auditor’s... Read More

February 7th, 2020 2:35 PM 5 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay To Launch in India, Digital Payment Platform Approved by NPCI

WhatsApp will finally be able to roll out its digital payments platform WhatsApp Pay in India, after securing a key regulatory approval. The company has been trying to launch its payment feature for two years now. WhatsApp was granted a license to operate its UPI based payment service by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an RBI official told Business Standard. The NCPI’s approval comes days after clearance from India’s... Read More

April 15th, 2018 5:14 PM 19 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Request Money Feature Goes Live for Some Android Beta Users

The popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp recently launched UPI enabled payments feature in India. The feature introduced money transfer services allowing users to send and receive money from contacts and UPI addresses. Now it appears the Facebook-owned company is working on introducing a new feature. Lately, some WhatsApp users are noticing a new feature that lets them request money from their friends and family. There is a new “Request Money”... Read More

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