Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has started a payment service in India. Facebook has approved to increase the WhatsApp payment service by the National Payments Corporation of India to 2 crore users. Currently, only one million people are using this WhatsApp service.
WhatsApp has 400 million users in India, but now only 1 million people are allowed to use this service. Now the company has got permission to increase it to 2 crores. The company’s payment service will be reviewed by NCPI and then the users’ figures may be allowed to increase further.
So far, Facebook has signed an agreement with ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India and Jio Payments Bank on WhatsApp. Let’s know how you can register for WhatsApp on mobile phones.
To connect with WhatsApp, it is necessary that you have a bank account and debit card facility.
– Make sure that you are using the latest version of WhatsApp. For this, you can download the existing version of WhatsApp or update by going to the Play Store or App Store.
– Now you have to open WhatsApp and click on the three dots in the menu on the right.
– Now you have to click on Payments. Then you have to click on Add payment method.
– Now you have to select your bank. At present, it has an option of 5 banks. Here you have to go to your bank and click on the option of done.
– As soon as this process is complete, you will be able to pay easily through WhatsApp.
Through WhatsApp, you can send money to your acquaintances, whose numbers you have and those people have registered for WhatsApp. If you want to send money to those who are not registered, then you will get a message, in which you will have the option to tell the receiver to register for WhatsApp service. Now let us know how you can send money through WhatsApp…
– First of all you have to go to the chat of the user you want to pay.
– After this, you have to click on the attachment icon and then click on the payment option.
– Now you have to enter the amount to be sent and click on Send option.
– Now you have to enter your UPI PIN. You will get a notification when the payment is processed.
(With inputs from jansatta.com)
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