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WhatsApp Payments Suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank (to preserve an adequate competitive environment)

WhatsApp’s payment features have been suspended in Brazil less than one month after the Facebook-owned app rolled them out. The Central Bank of Brazil (BC) took action against WhatsApp Pay “to preserve an adequate competitive environment” and allow the central bank to assess the risks posed by the...

Digital India

Stop WhatsApp Pay Trials: Think Tank, CASC to Supreme Court

Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC), a think tank that had filed a public interest litigation before the Supreme Court last year against WhatsApp Pay, has sought an immediate rollback of the messaging app's pilot project, which enables WhatsApp to extend the trial to 10 million...