4/22/2024 4:03:26 PM OnePay raises $1.3m in pre-Seed funding By FinTech Collective Colombia based WhatsApp payments startup raised $1.3m in pre-Seed funding led by Qupa Ventures.
4/28/2022 12:47:10 PM WhatsApp follows Google in giving cash-back rewards to win payments users in India By Sarah Wolter The Meta-owned instant messaging service is running a campaign as part of which it is giving away about 11 Indian rupees, or 14 cents, up...
5/27/2021 2:35:09 PM Yalo raises $50m to build ‘c-commerce’ services for chat apps like WhatsApp By Faisal Kawar San Francisco based conversational commerce platform raised $50m in Series C funding led by B Capital Group.
5/7/2021 6:32:32 PM WhatsApp Pay set to shake up Brazil’s payments market By Carlos Alonso Torras Facebook’s messaging app, used daily by millions of Brazilians, will turn the dynamics of the country’s retail payments industry on its...
12/9/2020 2:56:46 PM Facebook adds carts to WhatsApp to make shopping easier By Sarah Wolter Carts are aimed at making it easier for consumers to buy multiple items from a business, and for merchants to keep better track of order...
11/6/2020 1:55:02 PM Facebook’s WhatsApp gets green light to expand mobile payments in India By Sarah Wolter The National Payments Corporation of India, or NPCI, said late Thursday that WhatsApp can bring the service to a maximum of 20 million...
7/10/2020 12:34:29 PM Banc Sabadell brings insurance services to WhatsApp By Carlos Alonso Torras Spain's Sabadell is preparing to use messaging app WhatsApp to deliver home insurance services.
5/1/2020 8:10:05 PM WhatsApp looking at lending in India via partnerships with local banks By Carlos Alonso Torras WhatsApp has made significant progress in advancing its relationship with local regulators. With approval looking likely for payments,...
5/1/2020 7:32:29 PM The Facebook-Jio deal may create competition in India’s e-payments—just like RBI wanted By Faisal Kawar Some observers might see the Facebook-Reliance Jio move as threatening UPI and Indian public infrastructure, but in fact, this is exactly...