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With all these pieces of information, your profile will be created, and WhatsApp keeps a tab on you
This data will be transferred to Facebook from WhatsApp
Facebook has already built large data centers to keep information related to millions of people
New Delhi: If you re not paying for it, you become the product. This simply conveys a message that if you are getting a service free then you yourself are a product, and the same has been proved again by a recent WhatsApp notification, which was received by millions of Indian users. The in-app notification from WhatsApp is part of its upcoming global roll-out for over 2 billion users.
WhatsApp had an active year with these new features
Nayab KhanLast Updated: Dec 30, 2020
WhatsApp developer teams have really been super involved in introducing innovative features and updates for Android, iOS, and even for the web. Outstanding functions include WhatsApp Fees, Disappear Texts and ‘Mute always’ to groups.
No surprise then that the data on the app has showed a noticeable rise in use. In March, before the Coronavirus pandemic first took hold with lockdowns and homework schedules, people spent an average of more than 15 billion minutes chatting on WhatsApp calls every day, way above pre-pandemic usage trends.
WhatsApp will stop working on older devices
WhatsApp Payment, a payment feature by Facebook-owned
WhatsApp, is now available for up to 20 million users in India. The facility has been launched with support from banking partners including the State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC, ICICI, and Axis Bank. The WhatsApp Payment feature could serve as a competitor to other digital payment apps including
Paytm, Google Pay, PhonePe. WhatsApp Payment has been designed on the National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI) Unified Payment Interface (UPI) system. It received the approval to go live on a peer to peer basis in November 2020.
WhatsApp payment service is now available for 20 million users in India
Updated Dec 19, 2020 | 06:10 IST
Here is a look at how you can set up a WhatsApp Pay account to send and receive money via UPI WhatsApp Payments goes live in India with four banks: Here s how to send and receive money via WhatsApp Pay
New Delhi: WhatsApp Pay on Wednesday announced it is now live with State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank for its up to 20 million users in India.
NPCI s statement issued on November 5, 2020 said, WhatsApp can expand its UPI user base in a graded manner starting with a maximum registered user base of 20 million in UPI.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been allowed by NCPI to provide WhatsApp Pay services to its users.
To send or receive money via Whatsapp Pay, you must ensure that you have the latest version of the WhatsApp app.
WhatsApp Pay allows you to send money using the Scan QR Code option as well.
In early November, Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced that WhatsApp will start operating UPI payments service. According to a blog post by WhatsApp, WhatsApp designed our payments feature in partnership with NPCI using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), an India-first, real-time payment system that enables transactions with over 160 supported banks.