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 Offers Cloud-Based API to Businesses
WhatsApp Offers Cloud-Based API to Businesses
May 19, 2022  |  API

In an effort to attract more businesses to the app, Meta is adding free cloud-based application programming interface (API) services to WhatsApp, its messaging platform,...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Adds ‘Pay’ Button to WhatsApp
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Adds ‘Pay’ Button to WhatsApp
May 18, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service will now include a “Pay” button for users in Brazil and India. Also, T-Mobile starts an...

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WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
WhatsApp Offers Pay Button in Brazil, India
May 18, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform WhatsApp says it wants to make it easier for users in Brazil and India to make payments with a new “Pay”...

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EMEA Daily: Digital Euro Could Arrive Within Four Years
EMEA Daily: Digital Euro Could Arrive Within Four Years
May 16, 2022  |  emea

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, a European Central Bank official says the digital euro could be in circulation in four...

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BaFin Seeks Deutsche Bank Clarification on Business Communications via WhatsApp
BaFin Seeks Deutsche Bank Clarification on Business Communications via WhatsApp
May 16, 2022  |  Regulation

German financial watchdog BaFin has ordered Deutsche Bank to clarify how its staff uses private messages on WhatsApp for business purposes, part of a worldwide...

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Today in the Connected Economy: WhatsApp Looks to Attract More Users in India
Today in the Connected Economy: WhatsApp Looks to Attract More Users in India
April 27, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, WhatsApp is offering cash back rewards on peer-to-peer (P2P) payments in an effort to entice new customers in India. Plus,...

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WhatsApp Launches Cash Back Rewards on Peer Payments in India
WhatsApp Launches Cash Back Rewards on Peer Payments in India
April 27, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is dangling cash back rewards for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments to attract more Indian users to the app, Reuters reported on Wednesday...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Amazon Vs Shopify; WhatsApp Office; Digital LatAm; Crime-as-a-Service; Main Street Recovery
PYMNTS AM Radar: Amazon Vs Shopify; WhatsApp Office; Digital LatAm; Crime-as-a-Service; Main Street Recovery
April 21, 2022  |  Commerce

It’s Thursday (April 21), and Shopify is nipping at Amazon’s heels, making the eCommerce behemoth rethink its relationship with merchants. Meanwhile, WhatsApp wants to move...

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WhatsApp Developing Subscription Plan for Business App
WhatsApp Developing Subscription Plan for Business App
April 21, 2022  |  Subscriptions

WhatsApp is working on offering business subscription plans that would let multiple employees of the same company chat with a single customer simultaneously, publication WABetinfo...

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