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Can WhatsApp fix its payments business in India?

The messaging giant is a minnow when it comes to payments. Relief from NPCI could be just the fillip it needs to finally take on leaders PhonePe and Google Pay.

13 Jan 2025

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The Modi government’s war on encryption continues?

Governments have cocked a snook at WhatsApp’s encryption policy for years. The UK had to back down. India is taking the opposite approach.

26 Oct 2023

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WhatsApp vs Indian govt: Fight for privacy moves to court

The lawsuit, coming in the wake of several run-ins with multinational tech and non-tech companies, indicates that the government is in way over its head.

27 May 2021

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Inside two-and-a-half years of WhatsApp Payments hell

The proposed payments service has languished in regulatory and legal limbo. This is the story of why.

05 Oct 2020