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04-04-2017, 02:17 PM
Soon you'll be able to make payments using WhatsApp in India
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Amid demonetization (http://mashable.com/2016/11/09/india-scraps-rs-500-1000-currency-**tes-corruption-terrorism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) in India late last year, mobile wallet apps such as Paytm and MobiKwik emerged as the big winners (http://mashable.com/2016/11/10/mobile-wallet-app-growth-india-currency-demonetization/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), reporting astro**mical growth (http://mashable.com/2016/11/23/paytm-credit-debit-card-daily-transactions-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). But the biggest challenger yet is about to join the race.*
WhatsApp is India's most popular instant messaging app (http://mashable.com/2017/02/24/whatsapp-india-200-million-active-users/#iyjNd_rm8sqx?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), and they're introducing person-to-person payment solutions in the country, according to a report on The Ken (https://the-ken.com/whatsapp-upi-payments/).
SEE ALSO: Change this security setting on WhatsApp right **w (http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/whatsapp-two-step-verification/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The company is in talks with the government to add support for UPI, a new payment system by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). UPI is open to third-party services, making payments is as fast and easy as sending a text message (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/india-upi-payments-system/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/whatsapp-person-to-person-payment-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Payments (http://mashable.com/category/payments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Demonetisation (http://mashable.com/category/demonetisation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Demonetization (http://mashable.com/category/demonetization/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Narendra Modi (http://mashable.com/category/narendra-modi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1491285651 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1491285651)
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Amid demonetization (http://mashable.com/2016/11/09/india-scraps-rs-500-1000-currency-**tes-corruption-terrorism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) in India late last year, mobile wallet apps such as Paytm and MobiKwik emerged as the big winners (http://mashable.com/2016/11/10/mobile-wallet-app-growth-india-currency-demonetization/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), reporting astro**mical growth (http://mashable.com/2016/11/23/paytm-credit-debit-card-daily-transactions-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). But the biggest challenger yet is about to join the race.*
WhatsApp is India's most popular instant messaging app (http://mashable.com/2017/02/24/whatsapp-india-200-million-active-users/#iyjNd_rm8sqx?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), and they're introducing person-to-person payment solutions in the country, according to a report on The Ken (https://the-ken.com/whatsapp-upi-payments/).
SEE ALSO: Change this security setting on WhatsApp right **w (http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/whatsapp-two-step-verification/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The company is in talks with the government to add support for UPI, a new payment system by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). UPI is open to third-party services, making payments is as fast and easy as sending a text message (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/india-upi-payments-system/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/whatsapp-person-to-person-payment-india/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Payments (http://mashable.com/category/payments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Demonetisation (http://mashable.com/category/demonetisation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Demonetization (http://mashable.com/category/demonetization/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Narendra Modi (http://mashable.com/category/narendra-modi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1491285651 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1491285651)
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