Just a few days into the new year, early indications are that 2019 could shape up to be a “more is more” kind of a year. Here are a few notable stories that have left us with that impression.
WhatsApp Looks To Bring Mobile Payments To 210 Million
Facebook’s WhatsApp seems to be working overtime to get its mobile payment services up and running nationwide in India.
Reports began to emerge nearly six months ago that WhatsApp was on the verge of a big mobile payments upgrade in the world’s most sought-after mobile payments greenfield, India, with a system set to run on the Indian government’s UPI payments system.
WhatsApp Pay began testing its service in that country earlier this year with reports of roughly one million users, processing roughly one million transactions per month, according to people close to the National Payments Corporation of…
