Govt Mulls Tie Up Between India Post Payments Bank and WhatsApp: See What's on Cards
2 years, 6 months ago

Govt Mulls Tie Up Between India Post Payments Bank and WhatsApp: See What's on Cards

News 18  

The central government is mulling a tie up between the India Post Payments Bank and leading messaging platform WhatsApp to offer a host of banking and financial services, a report has said. In a bid to keep up with the digital age, the government may also consider a collaboration between India Post and WhatsApp, to offer even better services within everyone’s reach. Presently, the customers of the India Post Payments Bank can access online services via digital banking through the IPPB website or the mobile app. Post Office Services Through WhatsApp Likely to Take Shape The report also said that in the future, the government is also likely to join hands with WhatsApp to provide a host of India Post services.

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Andhra Pradesh to provide citizen services via WhatsApp
1 week, 5 days ago

Andhra Pradesh to provide citizen services via WhatsApp

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh will be the first State in the country to introduce delivery of citizen services through WhatsApp, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced on Tuesday. We should resolve them and move forward.” Officials informed Naidu that citizens will soon be able to raise grievances via WhatsApp. The Chief Minister wants governance to be streamlined and 153 citizen services …

‘WhatsApp Payments not looking to compete as a fintech firm’
3 months, 1 week ago

‘WhatsApp Payments not looking to compete as a fintech firm’

The Hindu  

WhatsApp Payments, Meta’s payment aggregator feature on the messaging app, is not looking to make it as a separate business, but wants it to be more of an enabler for WhatsApp Business, Ravi Garg, Director, Business Messaging, Meta India told The Hindu. During the event, WhatsApp Business unveiled Meta-verfied badges for all small businesses in India beginning September 12 at …

WhatsApp Users Will Be Able To Make Calls And Send Messages To Other Apps: Will It Come To India?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp Users Will Be Able To Make Calls And Send Messages To Other Apps: Will It Come To India?

News 18  

WhatsApp has billions of users across the globe and India is one of its biggest markets. The messaging app will soon allow its users to chat or even make calls to those using other apps. That’s right, third-party interoperability will be available for WhatsApp users as it looks to comply with rules in select regions. Meta says it will inform …

WhatsApp threatens to exit India: What are new IT rules on tracing originator
7 months, 3 weeks ago

WhatsApp threatens to exit India: What are new IT rules on tracing originator

Hindustan Times  

WhatsApp, owned by its parent company Meta Inc., has threatened to leave India if it is forced to break encryption of messages and calls on its instant messaging platform. “As a platform, we are saying, if we are told to break encryption, then WhatsApp goes,” the lawyer appearing for WhatsApp told the Delhi high court. It means millions and millions …

WhatsApp adds rival in-app payment options in India commerce push
1 year, 3 months ago

WhatsApp adds rival in-app payment options in India commerce push

The Hindu  

WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it will offer credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its app in India, the latest bet by the Meta-owned service to boost commerce offerings in its biggest market. People shopping on WhatsApp could also pay using popular services like Alphabet Inc’s Google Pay, Paytm and Walmart’s PhonePe but only after …

SBI to Launch WhatsApp Banking Services Soon, Says Chairman Dinesh Khara; Know More
2 years, 5 months ago

SBI to Launch WhatsApp Banking Services Soon, Says Chairman Dinesh Khara; Know More

News 18  

SBI WhatsApp Banking: India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India or SBI is soon going to launch banking services on WhatsApp for its customers. With the launch of the WhatsApp Banking System, customers of SBI will soon be able to use the messaging platform to carry out certain banking transactions. Currently, the State Bank of India offers WhatsApp-based …

UPI Payment Glitch: Now Access 24x7 Helpline Via WhatsApp; Know How To Use
2 years, 7 months ago

UPI Payment Glitch: Now Access 24x7 Helpline Via WhatsApp; Know How To Use

News 18  

The National Payments Corporation of India on Tuesday said it has set up a 24×7 helpline for information on digital payment products and services, DigiSaathi, on behalf of a consortium of payment system operators and participants comprising banks and non-banking financial entities. “DigiSaathi will assist the users with all their queries on digital payments via the chatbot facility on WhatsApp …

WhatsApp Gets NPCI Nod To Expand Payments Feature To 100 Million Users
2 years, 8 months ago

WhatsApp Gets NPCI Nod To Expand Payments Feature To 100 Million Users

News 18  

Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp has had a payments feature since a while, but it is not popular at all. The NPCI has approved an additional 60 million users on UPI for WhatsApp and with this approval, WhatsApp will be able to expand its payments service to 100 million users. The NPCI has, instead, given WhatsApp a 100 million cap, …

Budget 2022: All 1.5 lakh post offices in India to be connected to core banking system
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: All 1.5 lakh post offices in India to be connected to core banking system

India TV News  

Highlights This will enable people to access their accounts online, Sitharaman said This will also enable people to transfer money within post office accounts and to other banks This will be helpful especially for farmers and senior citizens in the rural areas, she said All 1.5 lakh post offices in India will be connected to the core banking system that …

WhatsApp starts QR code payments in India, targets Paytm, Google Pay
2 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp starts QR code payments in India, targets Paytm, Google Pay

Live Mint  

WhatsApp has now added the UPI QR code scan into the WhatsApp Payments for Indian users. You just have to scan the QR code like we used to do in other online payments methods like Paytm, Google Pay and PhonePe. The WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo noted the WhatsApp’s status that tells us about this new feature available to users in India. …

WhatsApp empowers 500 villages in India with access to digital payments
3 years ago

WhatsApp empowers 500 villages in India with access to digital payments

Hindustan Times  

Instant messaging platform WhatsApp announced on Wednesday the ‘Digital Payments Utsav’, its pilot program of empowering 500 villages across Karnataka and Maharashtra with access to digital payments through ‘payments on WhatsApp’. We have started this pilot programme in 500 villages across Karnataka and Maharashtra as part of our mission to take on board the next 500 million into the digital …

WhatsApp gets approval to offer payments service to 40 million users in India
3 years ago

WhatsApp gets approval to offer payments service to 40 million users in India

India Today  

WhatsApp Pay, the messaging app’s payment feature, will soon be available to 40 million users in India. As per Reuters report, the messaging app has got approval from the National Payments Corporation of India to expand its WhatsApp Pay payments service to 40 million users in India. As per sources, WhatsApp isn’t too convinced with the expansion of the feature …

WhatsApp working on feature to reward users in India with cashback for using WhatsApp Payments
3 years, 3 months ago

WhatsApp working on feature to reward users in India with cashback for using WhatsApp Payments

India Today  

WhatsApp to soon start rewarding users with cashback for using the Payments feature. It was not revealed whether users will get cashback after their first payment or before they make their first payment using the messaging app. Note that this is limited to UPI Payments in India, you can only get one cashback and you might receive up to Rs …

WhatsApp users in India can now add Payments Background while sending money through the app
3 years, 4 months ago

WhatsApp users in India can now add Payments Background while sending money through the app

India Today  

WhatsApp has added new updates to its payments feature. The WhatsApp users in India will now be able to add payments background while sending money to their friends from the app. The Facebook-owned messaging app says that the feature will help people in conveying a feeling along with sending money. WhatsApp’s payments background feature looks a lot like Google Pay’s …

WhatsApp appoints ex-Amazon executive to head India payments division
3 years, 5 months ago

WhatsApp appoints ex-Amazon executive to head India payments division

The Hindu  

WhatsApp said on Monday it has hired Manesh Mahatme to head the payments division in India. WhatsApp Pay received approval to operate from the National Payments Corporation of India last November. At present, Google Pay, Walmart’s PhonePe and Paytm capture majority of the UPI market share "We are excited to have Manesh join our WhatsApp India team. Manesh has been …

WhatsApp Pay feature now rolling out to more Indian users
3 years, 5 months ago

WhatsApp Pay feature now rolling out to more Indian users

India Today  

WhatsApp Pay which went live in India in November last year is being rolled out to more users. Many users did not receive the feature immediately after it went live even after updating their app several times but now most users across Android and iOS seem to be getting it finally. WhatsApp Pay, as the name suggests, lets users send …

WhatsApp’s Fight With India Has Global Implications
54 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp’s Fight With India Has Global Implications

Wired  

WhatsApp is fighting for the privacy of citizens of the world’s largest democracy. This week, the Facebook-owned messaging platform sued the Indian government in a bid to challenge new IT rules that ask messaging apps to trace the “first originator” of a message. While it is difficult to assess the possible outcomes of the lawsuit, it could potentially dictate the …

WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook vs Govt: India seeks details of compliance status of new IT rules 'ASAP'
3 years, 6 months ago

WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook vs Govt: India seeks details of compliance status of new IT rules 'ASAP'

Live Mint  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday asked the social media firms, including Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp, to share details of the compliance of the new IT guidelines as soon as possible. Issuing a notice to all "Significant Social Media Intermediaries", the government asked the companies to provide the scope of its services, details of Chief Compliance Officer, …

WhatsApp says India's new IT rules that ask for message tracing will end privacy for users
3 years, 6 months ago

WhatsApp says India's new IT rules that ask for message tracing will end privacy for users

India Today  

WhatsApp and the Government of India are again face-to-face on the topic of traceability that first came to light in 2019. WhatsApp filed a legal complaint on Tuesday in New Delhi against the Centre, where the lawsuit says that the new rules violate privacy rights since it requires the platform to break end-to-end encryption. WhatsApp employs end-to-end encryption, and the …

EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC that govt infringing on privacy of every Indian by forcing new IT laws
3 years, 6 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC that govt infringing on privacy of every Indian by forcing new IT laws

India Today  

It will be an understatement to say that WhatsApp is unhappy about certain IT rules that come into effect in India today. In its petition, WhatsApp says that the “IT Rules would force us to break end-to-end encryption on our messaging service and infringe upon the fundamental right to privacy and free speech of hundreds of millions of citizens using …

WhatsApp and its dubious claims
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp and its dubious claims

The Hindu  

The learned senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Arvind Datar submitted to the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp’s contentious new privacy policy came into effect from May 15, 2021. If a public policy of privacy is there in India, does it apply to WhatsApp policy?” This question acquires relevance due to the dominant market status of WhatsApp-Facebook-Instagram. In its affidavit to …

WhatsApp rival tests cryptocurrency payments
3 years, 8 months ago

WhatsApp rival tests cryptocurrency payments

The Hindu  

Messaging app Signal said it has rolled out the beta build for digital currency payments on its platform. The WhatsApp rival said it is testing the feature with MobileCoin in the U.K. Signal Foundation's co-founder Moxie Marlinspike has been an advisor to the crypto exchange since 2017, according to a Wired report. Signal Payments will link MobileCoin wallet to the …

An antitrust probe to safeguard the rights of our WhatsApp users
3 years, 8 months ago

An antitrust probe to safeguard the rights of our WhatsApp users

Live Mint  

The suo-moto order by the Competition Commission of India to launch an investigation into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy is a landmark and laudably assertive exercise of its statutory role as the guardian of consumer rights and unhindered competition in our market. By taking cognizance of the potential impact of WhatsApp’s policy on Indian consumers, the CCI has rightfully stood up …

SC seeks WhatsApp reply on plea for non-sharing of UPI data with any third party
3 years, 10 months ago

SC seeks WhatsApp reply on plea for non-sharing of UPI data with any third party

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Monday asked instant messaging app WhatsApp to file a response on a plea seeking a direction to the RBI and the NPCI to ensure that data collected on Unified Payments Interface platforms is not shared with their parent company or any other third party under any circumstances. The affidavit said: “It is submitted that RBI's directions issued …

SC Seeks WhatsApp Reply on Plea for Non-sharing of UPI Data with Any Third Party
3 years, 10 months ago

SC Seeks WhatsApp Reply on Plea for Non-sharing of UPI Data with Any Third Party

News 18  

The Supreme Court Monday asked instant messaging app WhatsApp to file response on a plea seeking a direction to the RBI and the NPCI to ensure that data collected on Unified Payments Interface platforms is not shared with their parent company or any other third party under any circumstances. Several interlocutory applications have been filed in the plea which Senior …

Online Payment Systems Beyond RBI: A Threat To National Financial Security
3 years, 10 months ago

Online Payment Systems Beyond RBI: A Threat To National Financial Security

Live Law  

"Data is the new oil". Given this backdrop, and the recent developments concerning companies whose activities of using customer data without consent, casts an imminent danger to the privacy, security and even safety of the user in the digital age. The new Privacy Policy and Terms of Use of WhatsApp have mentioned that it shares the customer data with Facebook …

Indian Parliament Panel to Question Facebook on WhatsApp's New Privacy Terms
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian Parliament Panel to Question Facebook on WhatsApp's New Privacy Terms

News 18  

Facebook executives will field questions from an Indian parliamentary panel on Thursday about the changes to WhatsApp’s privacy, a source said, days after the messaging platform was asked by the country’s technology ministry to withdraw them. The messaging platform earlier this month kicked off a storm when it informed users it was preparing a new privacy policy, under which it …

WhatsApp responds to Indian Govt letter, calls new privacy policy a transparency measure
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp responds to Indian Govt letter, calls new privacy policy a transparency measure

India Today  

Reacting to the letter by Ministry of information and Technology, WhatsApp has said that it is ready to address any misinformation around its updated policy and remains available to answer all the questions. In a statement shared with India Today Tech, the instant messaging platform said that it is committed to protecting personal messages with end-to-end encryption and re-emphasized that …

The Underworlds Of Whatsapp
3 years, 11 months ago

The Underworlds Of Whatsapp

Live Law  

Recently the most used mobile commodity Whatsapp sprang its wings in Non-European countries and introduced a new oxymoronic privacy policy for its Non-European users. It is in fact a psychological tactic to persuade the user to agree to the new privacy policy without reading or grasping the carefully crafted contract which begins with WhatsApp defined as Facebook Companies. Even deletion …

WhatsApp Could Be Adding These Cool Features Soon: Multi Device Support, Calls From Your PC And More
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp Could Be Adding These Cool Features Soon: Multi Device Support, Calls From Your PC And More

News 18  

Last year was great for WhatsApp users. The app added a lot of cool new features including WhatsApp Payments, forever mute for WhatsApp Groups, the much-awaited dark mode, expended WhatsApp Group Video and Voice calls as well as Disappearing Messages. According to research firm Statista, as of October 2020, WhatsApp has 2 billion active global users, with Facebook Messenger in …

Digital Payments Got A Big Push In India This Year And That Included UPI And Credit Cards
3 years, 11 months ago

Digital Payments Got A Big Push In India This Year And That Included UPI And Credit Cards

News 18  

The year 2020, because of the circumstances as they unfolded, gave digital payments the sort of push that couldn’t have been expected in just less than 12 months. Around the same time, digital payments platform PhonePe confirmed that they had now crossed the 250 million user mark, with 100 million monthly active users and clocked 2.3 billion app session in …

WhatsApp Payment is live for 20 million users in India: Here is how to transfer money
4 years ago

WhatsApp Payment is live for 20 million users in India: Here is how to transfer money

Firstpost  

WhatsApp Payment has been launched with support from banking partners including the State Bank of India, HDFC, ICICI, and Axis Bank. Through the WhatsApp Payment feature, users can safely and easily transfer money, in a similar way to sending a message through WhatsApp. Head of WhatsApp, India, Abhijit Bose said that the company is privileged to partner with SBI, ICICI …

WhatsApp partners with SBI, ICICI, Axis and HDFC Bank for its payment service in India
4 years ago

WhatsApp partners with SBI, ICICI, Axis and HDFC Bank for its payment service in India

Firstpost  

After getting a green signal from the Unified Payments Corporation of India, WhatsApp rolled out its payment services in India for 20 million users last month. The facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp has announced that it has now teamed up with banks like SBI, HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank for its digital payment service in India. It further added that “with …

WhatsApp Payments Is Now Live With SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank And Axis Bank For UPI Payments
4 years ago

WhatsApp Payments Is Now Live With SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank And Axis Bank For UPI Payments

News 18  

WhatsApp Payments feature is now available to up to 20 million users in India for enabling UPI payments. The Facebook owned WhatsApp platform confirms that WhatsApp Payments are now Live with State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, and will enable the National Payments Corporation of India’s Unified Payment Interface system for users to make payments, …

Facebook Fuel For India 2020: Facebook Outlines 2021 Vision With Focus On Small Businesses And UPI
4 years ago

Facebook Fuel For India 2020: Facebook Outlines 2021 Vision With Focus On Small Businesses And UPI

News 18  

Social media giant Facebook has renewed its India focus at the first edition of the Facebook Fuel For India 2020 summit. Facebook has said that the focus areas for 2021 include the focus on small business to help drive the economic recovery in the post COVID era as well as participation in the government’s efforts to push for financial inclusion …

Petitioner Cites Pegasus Issue In Supreme Court To Argue Against Allowing WhatsApp Payment Services
4 years ago

Petitioner Cites Pegasus Issue In Supreme Court To Argue Against Allowing WhatsApp Payment Services

Live Law  

The controversy regarding snooping of WhatsApp users using Israeli spy software 'Pegasus' found a mention in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.The 'Pegasus-Whatsapp' issue was referred to by Senior Advocate Krishnan Venugopal to argue that the system of WhatsApp was not secure and reliable so as to allow it to launch payment services.Venugopal was appearing for Binoy Viswam, Rajya Sabha MP. …

WhatsApp Payment | How to get started?
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Payment | How to get started?

The Hindu  

The National Payments Corporation of India approved WhatsApp payments last week, allowing people make and receive payments via the app. They can then select the name of the bank from the drop down list of banks, and then choose the bank account they want to make and receive payments via WhatsApp, and then click Done. They can now open the …

WhatsApp vs Telegram: Which app deserves a spot on your Android or iPhone
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp vs Telegram: Which app deserves a spot on your Android or iPhone

India TV News  

WhatsApp is currently one of the most popular cross-platform instant messaging apps. As per a survey in 2018, WhatsApp had 1.5 billion active users whereas in the same year Telegram reportedly had 200 million monthly active users. This means, there is a high probability that only a fraction of your contacts will be available on Telegram whereas WhatsApp will have …

WhatsApp introduces payment services in India
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp introduces payment services in India

The Hindu  

WhatsApp unveiled payments services in India following approval by the National Payments Corporation of India after a wait that extended for more than two years. However, not all users in India — one of the biggest markets for the unit of Facebook — would be able to access the feature as NPCI had mandated expansion of WhatsApp’s UPI user base …

WhatsApp Pay is Finally Live for Indian Users and Twitter is Paying Back With Hilarious Memes
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Pay is Finally Live for Indian Users and Twitter is Paying Back With Hilarious Memes

News 18  

The face of digital payments and other transactions is constantly evolving and adding to that, WhatsApp Pay has also rolling out its services for iPhone and Android users in India, meaning now one can now use the messaging application for monetary transactions like other such applications. While WhatsApp Pay had been available to some users for an extended trial period …

Will WhatsApp charge you for sending money? Mark Zuckerberg replies
4 years, 1 month ago

Will WhatsApp charge you for sending money? Mark Zuckerberg replies

Live Mint  

In a video statement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that WhatsApp won't charge any fee while a user sends money via the messaging app. However, for now, WhatsApp has partnered with five Indian banks -- ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, the State Bank of India, and Jio Payments Bank --for the service. And we've built it using India's Unified …

WhatsApp Pay now live in India: Link these 5 bank accounts to use service
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Pay now live in India: Link these 5 bank accounts to use service

Live Mint  

With over 400 million users, WhatsApp has received the National Payments Corporation of India's approval to ‘Go Live’ on UPI in a graded manner. However, the UPI payments service will reportedly be rolled out to 2 crore WhatsApp users initially while the Facebook-owned messaging app has more than 40 crore users in the country. 5 banks WhatsApp has partnered with …

New WhatsApp feature: How to use UPI payments service
4 years, 1 month ago

New WhatsApp feature: How to use UPI payments service

Live Mint  

Starting today, Facebook-owned WhatsApp will start operating its ' UPI payments service ' in the world's biggest open technology market. "This secure payments experience makes transferring money just as easy as sending a message," WhatsApp said in a statement. The Facebook-owned messaging app will send instructions to banks, also known as payment service providers, that will initiate the transfer of …

WhatsApp payment service goes live in India
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp payment service goes live in India

The Hindu  

WhatsApp on Friday announced the roll out its payments services in India following approval from the National Payments Corporation of India after about over two years of waiting. However, not all users in India — one of the biggest markets for the U.S.-headquartered tech giant with over 400 million users — will be able to access the feature as NPCI …

WhatsApp Payments gets a nod to allow users make UPI-based payments in India: How to use on Android, iOS?
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Payments gets a nod to allow users make UPI-based payments in India: How to use on Android, iOS?

India TV News  

After a two-year wait, WhatsApp has finally been allowed to start rolling out its payments service -- WhatsApp Payments -- in India. On IOS, head to the Settings option and select the 'Payments' option In both cases, tap the 'New Payment' option and then the 'Accept and Continue' option Following this, add your bank from the list that pops up, …

WhatsApp Pay Is Now Live In India: Here Is How To Set Up WhatsApp Pay, Make Payments And More
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Pay Is Now Live In India: Here Is How To Set Up WhatsApp Pay, Make Payments And More

News 18  

The digital payments space in India is about to get a bit more exciting, with WhatsApp Pay finally rolling out for the WhatsApp is now available for iPhone and WhatsApp for Android users in India. A quick glance through the WhatsApp Pay list of bank accounts shows us that the likes of Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank …

WhatsApp Pay: Five things to know
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Pay: Five things to know

Live Mint  

After years of facing legal hurdles, WhatsApp finally made an entry into the payment space last night. Here are a few things to keep in mind while using WhatsApp for payments: Works on UPI: WhatsApp works on Unified Payments Interface, the same system that Google Pay, PhonePe, BHIM and various apps of banks use. Registration: You will need to have …

WhatsApp starts UPI payments service in India from today
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp starts UPI payments service in India from today

Live Mint  

WhatsApp has started its payments service in India on Friday, the messaging app said in a blog post. WhatsApp, which counts India as its biggest market with more than 400 million users, had been running a peer-to-peer payments service with limited users for over two years, awaiting regulatory approvals. WhatsApp said it had partnered with five Indian banks, ICICI Bank, …

WhatsApp Pay goes live in India: Here is how to use it
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Pay goes live in India: Here is how to use it

India Today  

WhatsApp Pay is now available for users in India. Expressing his thoughts about launching WhatsApp Pay in India, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said, “We’ve been working on this with the National Payments Corporation of India, who oversee everything to make sure it’s secure and reliable. WhatsApp has five partnered with five leading banks including ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, …

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