WhatsApp has announce the launch of a programme to adopt 500 villages in Karnataka and Maharashtra as part of the company’s push to promote digital payments in India. WhatsApp offers a payment service in the country that is base on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
As WhatsApp announce the Digital Payments Utsav programme at its Fuel For India 2021 annual event, with the goal of helping the “next 500 million” users join the digital payments ecosystem, and shared results of its two-month pilot programme.
WhatsApp reveale that the pilot of the programme call as Digital Payments Utsav began on 15th October 2021, and the company partnered with 1Bridge to interact with residents of Kyathanahalli village in Karnataka’s Mandya district.
WhatsApp says that villagers were taught how to sign up for UPI and set up an account, as well as the best practices while making UPI payments.
As per the WhatsApp, the response to the Digital Payments Utsav pilot programme has positive, with small businesses such as grocery stores, poultry shops, and salon owners adopting the company’s ‘payments on WhatsApp’ offering.
Meta own company also quotes Chidananda KJ, a gram panchayat member, Said :
WhatsApp recently updated its popular chat application with a new rupee symbol shortcut in the chat composer window, making it easier for users who have sign up for the company’s payment service to send and receive funds in the app.
The icon is visible to all users, irrespective of whether they use the UPI feature or not.
WhatsApp previously update the app with the ability to scan Quick Response (QR) codes to make payments at stores easier, a feature also support on apps like Google Pay.
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