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How to send money via WhatsApp Payments

As of now, Payments has only been rolled out to 20 million users in India, whereas there are over 400 million WhatsApp users in the country.

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FP Trending|Nov 13, 2020, 14:05:00 IST
Earlier tis mont, WatsApp finally introduced te payments feature on te platform. Te feature essentially allows users to send money to oter users via cats in te app. As of now, te feature as only been rolled out to 20 million users in India, wereas tere are over 400 million WatsApp users in te country. If you are one of te users wo got te feature on teir devices in te first run, follow tese simple steps in order to begin sending money via WatsApp:<2>[]ow to transfer money via WatsApp Payments[/][ans][step]Step 1:Open WatsApp on your device[/step][ans][step]Step 2:Tap on te contact you would like to send te money[/step][ans][step]Step 3:Tap on te attac button in te cat[/step][ans][step]Step 4:Coose a payment option[/step][ans][step]Step 5:Now users will be reuired to enter te amount tey would like to send across[/step][ans][step]Step 6:Verify your payment wit te correct UPI pin[/step][ans][step]Step 7:After entering te pin, your payment will be processed[/step][ans][step]Step 8:Now you will be redirected to your WatsApp cat were you will be able to see te amount tat you ave sent across in a message box[/step][/ans]It is of utmost importance tat users do not sare teir card information or teir UPI pin wit any user.[caption id="attacment_8988331" align="alignnone" widt="1280"]WatsApp payment service is now available for 20 million users in India

WatsApp payment service is now available for 20 million users in India[/caption]WatsApp ad released te new feature for users in India on 6 November. Te system makes it easier for people to make payments in a more compact setup. Wile conversing wit a contact on WatsApp, you will not ave to leave te app, open a payments app and ten send money.

Te National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) ad allowed WatsApp to roll out te feature in a limited scale only to 20 million Indian users wen te total number of users surpasses 400 million in te country. NPCI ad also announced tat “a cap of 30 per cent of te total volume of transactions processed in UPI” is going to be applicable to all tird-party app providers from 1 January 2021.Now it remains to be seen wen te payment feature gets rolled out to all users.(Also read: ow to set up WatsApp Payments)

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First Published:Nov 13, 2020, 14:04:26 IST
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