You can now recharge your phone directly on WhatsApp: Here's howWhatsApp is now letting users recharge mobile prepaid numbers directly within the app in India. This new feature, powered by PayU, is rolli...
23 Apr, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Now more WhatsApp users will be able to use UPI; NPCI has removed the limit of UPI user onboarding for WhatsApp PayWhatsApp UPI: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has lifted the UPI user onboarding limit for WhatsApp Pay. This essentially...
03 Jan, 2025, 07.06 PM IST
NPCI Approves WhatsApp to provide UPI services to all its users in India. How to do itEarlier WhatsApp could provide UPI services to up to 100 million users. India is the biggest market for WhatsApp with 500 million users. Th...
02 Jan, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
NPCI removes 100-million-users cap on WhatsApp PayThe National Payments Corporation of India has removed the limit on WhatsApp Pay for adding new users to its UPI-based payment service. Pre...
31 Dec, 2024, 05.11 PM IST
WhatsApp Pay is the biggest tech product failure in India: BharatPe founder Ashneer GroverTaking to Twitter, co-founder and former MD of fintech unicorn BharatPe Ashneer Grover said that given the messaging app’s reach, Whatsapp ...
16 Nov, 2022, 01.16 PM IST
After three months, WhatsApp Pay not in full playWhatsApp's payments platform is far behind rivals on transaction front, the company says slow start part of ‘strategy’
09 Feb, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
WhatsApp payments: How to set up, send and receive money via WhatsApp PayHere is a look at how you can set up a WhatsApp Pay account to send and receive money via UPI. To set-up account, you need to ensure that y...
18 Dec, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
WhatsApp Pay 'live' with SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis BankWhatsApp designed its payments feature on National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) UPI system and was granted approvals to go live r...
16 Dec, 2020, 12.15 PM IST
WhatsApp Pay is partnering with banks for a broader rollout in IndiaFacebook is betting on messaging commerce-enabling customers to shop online using WhatsApp and integrating payments with it
15 Dec, 2020, 11.55 AM IST
The world watches as India tries a hard 30% cap to avoid tech's anti-trust troublesUnder India's unique rule, no single player can grab more than 30% of total payments transactions. Every company also has to use India’s op...
02 Dec, 2020, 12.23 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear on November 23 plea for regulation to ensure UPI platform data not exploitedOn October 15, the apex court had sought responses from the Centre, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), National Payments Corporation of India (NP...
20 Nov, 2020, 04.07 PM IST
WhatsApp Pay goes live in India with some ridersWhatsApp Pay’s services will come with curbs in the first phase, multiple sources said, as the UPI infrastructure may not be able to handle...
09 Nov, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is 'excited' that WhatsApp has received nod for India launchWhatsApp’s payments service has been in beta mode for over two years and the approval came after months of regulatory hurdles and legal bat...
07 Nov, 2020, 08.13 AM IST
WhatsApp to work with partners in India to enhance access to financial productsWhatsApp had started testing its payments service - WhatsApp Pay - in India in 2018. The UPI-based service, which allows users to utilise t...
22 Jul, 2020, 08.52 PM IST
WhatsApp pay gets NPCI nod to expand UPI project to 10 million usersRecently, Facebook said it expects to roll out WhatsApp Pay in a number of countries, in the next six months. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said comm...
08 Feb, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp Pay in 6 monthsFB looks to roll out payments in many countries even as licence application remains stuck in India.
31 Jan, 2020, 08.11 AM IST
WhatsApp uses FB platform for payments in India, provides more details in new privacy policyAlmost 1 mn people are "testing" WhatsApp's payments service in India.
24 Jun, 2018, 11.41 AM IST