Whatsapp , the most popular messaging application which have 1 billion downloads and rated at 4.4 on play store is going to integrating money transfer services through their messaging application with the upi . Whatsapp would integrate upi on their messaging application . So after the launch of upi integrated whatsapp the users would be able chatting with friends and also can transfer money to their friends . The most similar applications like wechat , hike etc. already provided payment option . These applications provides wallet lIke payment features and uses technology mobikwik , paytm etc . wallet application . And users can pay money through scanning QR code or through users mobile no.
WhatsApp has instead chosen to adopt a homegrown product, and a UPI-driven platform will allow it to make payments through other personally-identifiable markers: Aadhaar numbers, account number/IFSC code and so on. It is yet unclear how the payment interface will be integrated into WhatsApp. UPI launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India RBI), UPI facilitates the instant fund transfer between two bank accounts on the mobile platform.WhatsApp has two options before it: in the manner of a PayTM, WhatsApp could fashion itself a digital wallet and link it to UPI addresses. But given this would necessitate an RBI license and would be a rather minimal use of the UPI interface, WhatsApp is likely to adopt UPI-driven payments in the same way as the BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app, and potentially process transactions from all manners of IDs: phone numbers, Facebook contacts, bank accounts or even Aadhaar numbers.
The official “WhatsApp Payments” section for Android is still under development.
“In order to use WhatsApp Payments, According to the blog, the WhatsApp Payments page reads “The immediate bank to bank transfer with UPI.” Users have to tap on agree and continue at the bottom of the page to accept the WhatsApp Payments Terms and Privacy Policy as well as the Bank’s Terms and Privacy Policy. According to media reports, WhatsApp is already in talks with the NPCI and a few banks to facilitate financial transactions via UPI. The report adds the feature is “hidden and under development,” so even if you have the beta version of WhatsApp you might not see the feature just yet.
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WhatsApp has instead chosen to adopt a homegrown product, and a UPI-driven platform will allow it to make payments through other personally-identifiable markers: Aadhaar numbers, account number/IFSC code and so on. It is yet unclear how the payment interface will be integrated into WhatsApp. UPI launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India RBI), UPI facilitates the instant fund transfer between two bank accounts on the mobile platform.WhatsApp has two options before it: in the manner of a PayTM, WhatsApp could fashion itself a digital wallet and link it to UPI addresses. But given this would necessitate an RBI license and would be a rather minimal use of the UPI interface, WhatsApp is likely to adopt UPI-driven payments in the same way as the BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app, and potentially process transactions from all manners of IDs: phone numbers, Facebook contacts, bank accounts or even Aadhaar numbers.
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The official “WhatsApp Payments” section for Android is still under development.
“In order to use WhatsApp Payments, According to the blog, the WhatsApp Payments page reads “The immediate bank to bank transfer with UPI.” Users have to tap on agree and continue at the bottom of the page to accept the WhatsApp Payments Terms and Privacy Policy as well as the Bank’s Terms and Privacy Policy. According to media reports, WhatsApp is already in talks with the NPCI and a few banks to facilitate financial transactions via UPI. The report adds the feature is “hidden and under development,” so even if you have the beta version of WhatsApp you might not see the feature just yet.
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