WhatsApp launches in-app payments via rival UPI apps, cards in India
WhatsApp users in India will now be able to shop using rival UPI apps like Google Pay, PhonePe and homegrown digital payments firm Paytm.
WhatsApp users in India will now be able to shop using rival UPI apps like Google Pay, PhonePe and homegrown digital payments firm Paytm.
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Choletti joined WhatsApp Pay India in October 2021, as the head of merchants payment in the company.
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