“When you're in a position to have gotten so much, the gift at this point is giving back.”
– Paul Stanley
Pushing boundaries
WhatsApp payments on iOS allows users to send payments only to users who have enabled payments
WhatsApp payments does not include a bunch of features that make up for key aspects of UPI
This could be Facebook's way of co-opting UPI
Just two days before Google Tez's launch NPCI brought in a circular that enabled only large companies to partner with multiple banks
On 8 February, Facebook-owned WhatsApp quietly launched the much-anticipated feature in India—person to person payments. To almost universal rave reviews. (The Ken originally broke the news of this being in the works back in April 2017).
Can’t get over how elegant @WhatsApp payments are. Stunning. And viral too. Have helped onboard 10 people at least by now.
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