WhatsApp is battling mistrust globally after it updated its privacy policy to let it share some user data with parent Facebook and other group firms, and the backlash risks thwarting its ambitions in its biggest market, India… Though WhatsApp has yet to see mass uninstalls of its app in India, users concerned about privacy are… […]
WhatsApp may lead India’s next payment revolution, but what’s stopping it?
Money is many things, but it’s not fake news. So why block WhatsApp from spreading it around? India is the laboratory of choice for Western tech firms to test out their mobile payment capabilities so they can be rolled out from Bangladesh to Nigeria. Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the fray two years ago… To read more: https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/whatsapp-may-lead-india-s-next-payment-revolution-but-what-s-stopping-it-11591410660693.html
A million Indian users are testing out WhatsApp’s payments feature
WhatsApp has over the past few months quietly rolled out its payments feature to a select few. With almost a million users on board by now, WhatsApp is currently fixing bugs and building features, sources told Quartz, adding that no date has been fixed for a launch. The beta testing commenced in February this year. […]