WhatsApp

WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp, is a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can send text messages, voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other media.

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WhatsApp Pay India Head Leaves After 4 Months
WhatsApp Pay India Head Leaves After 4 Months
December 14, 2022  |  Personnel

The head of WhatsApp Pay India has left after assuming the role in September. Vinay Choletti announced he is leaving the Meta-owned business in a...

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MercadoLibre Tests Business Payments on WhatsApp
MercadoLibre Tests Business Payments on WhatsApp
December 07, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Latin American eCommerce platform MercadoLibre is introducing digital business messaging payments with WhatsApp. In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday (Dec. 7), the CFO of...

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WhatsApp Debuts Business Search Feature
WhatsApp Debuts Business Search Feature
November 17, 2022  |  Mobile Commerce

Meta announced on Thursday (Nov. 17) that it has launched a new business search feature for WhatsApp that will allow users to search for businesses...

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PayU Lets Indian Rail Commuters Pay With WhatsApp
PayU Lets Indian Rail Commuters Pay With WhatsApp
November 03, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Dutch payment solutions firm PayU has teamed with the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) in India to offer payments via its new WhatsApp-based Chatbot...

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Subscriptions Push Premium Over Freemium Amid Rising Prices
Subscriptions Push Premium Over Freemium Amid Rising Prices
October 06, 2022  |  Retail

Apps dabbling in everything from retail to romance are charging for more features as way to generate new revenue streams from legions of “freemium” or...

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Goldman Sachs and 15 Financial Firms Pay $1.1B to Settle SEC WhatsApp Probe
Goldman Sachs and 15 Financial Firms Pay $1.1B to Settle SEC WhatsApp Probe
September 27, 2022  |  Regulation

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other financial giants have agreed to pay regulators $1.1 billion in penalties for not monitoring employees using unauthorized messaging apps, according...

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Mahatme Leaving WhatsApp for New Role at Amazon
Mahatme Leaving WhatsApp for New Role at Amazon
September 22, 2022  |  Personnel

A little more than a year after leaving Amazon to oversee WhatsApp’s payment business in India, Manesh Mahatme is reportedly going back to his old...

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Meta Integrates WhatsApp, Salesforce to Let Merchants Chat With Consumers
Meta Integrates WhatsApp, Salesforce to Let Merchants Chat With Consumers
September 20, 2022  |  Meta

Meta will be integrating WhatsApp with Salesforce to help businesses add ways to chat with customers, a WhatsApp blog said Tuesday (Sept. 20). This will...

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Meta Leverages India’s JioMart Grocery to Create Connected Commerce Ecosystem
Meta Leverages India’s JioMart Grocery to Create Connected Commerce Ecosystem
August 30, 2022  |  eCommerce

Meta is taking advantage of consumers’ daily need for food to integrate commerce into its social offerings in India, enabling users to make purchases the...

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