WhatsApp launches payments service in this country
WhatsApp has launched its 'WhatsApp Pay' in Brazil, two years after it began testing the payments service in India.
WhatsApp has launched its 'WhatsApp Pay' in Brazil, two years after it began testing the payments service in India.
In 2018, the Facebook-owned company had started testing the service in India, which allows users to utilise the messaging platform to send and receive money.
"Today we're starting to launch payments for people using WhatsApp in Brazil. We're making sending and receiving money as easy as sharing photos," he said, adding that small businesses will also be able to make sales right within WhatsApp.
"To do this, we're building on Facebook Pay, which provides a secure and consistent way to make payments across our apps," he said.
In a blogpost, WhatsApp said it has built payments with security in mind and a special six digit PIN or fingerprint will be required to prevent unauthorised transactions.
WhatsApp has about 400 million users in India. It has been testing its payments service in India - based on UPI - with about a million users.