WhatsApp Payments coming to more countries in coming six months: Zuckerberg

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By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 31, 2020 3:45:24 pm

WhatsApp Payments coming to more countries in coming six months, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Image source: Reuters)

WhatsApp Payments could be coming soon to more countries in the next six months, is what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in an investor earnings calls after the company announced its fourth quarter results for 2019. The announcement comes even as there’s no clarity on the status of WhatsApp Payments in India.

In 2018, WhatsApp started beta-testing for its WhatsApp Payments in India, which was based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). It was allowed to do the testing with one million users. But WhatsApp Payments has never formally launched in India, and remains in the beta-testing phase.

A large part of this delay has over data compliance issues and privacy concerns, and Facebook has itself not given any update on the exact timeline by when it plans to launch this service.