India lifts WhatsApp payment curbs | TechCrunch
India has removed restrictions on WhatsApp’s payments service in a significant victory for Meta in its largest market by users as it seeks to compete with entrenched fintech rivals.
The National Payments Corporation of India, the payments body overseeing the popular UPI payments rail, said Tuesday that WhatsApp can now roll out WhatsApp Pay to all its users in India. WhatsApp has more than 500 million users in India.
The decision lifts the previous 100 million user cap on WhatsApp Pay. The move ...
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