The addition puts WhatsApp into competition with other messaging services that already support payments, including the recently launched Tez from Google and Tencent - backed Hike, for example, as well as digital
wallet platform Paytm, which expanded into messaging in order to take on WhatsApp more directly.
Not exact matches
Cashback is «
Paytm wallet loyalty cashback» given by «Pay with
Paytm» payment
platform.
Paytm, one of the largest players in this space, now counts 100 million users on its
wallet platform.
Paytm, which offers a digital
wallet among other services, recently baked messaging into its apps, and WhatsApp rolled out support for payments on its
platform for users in India last month.
Credit card support and third - party
wallets have also been added to enable the new
platform compete with popular
wallets like
Paytm and Mobikwik.