Tag: Whatsapp

Brazil's central bank has approved WhatsApp Pay, which uses Visa and Mastercard accounts.  The approval is part of a plan to increase competition in the...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday, March 24, ordered a probe into the privacy policy update announced by Facebook-owned WhatsApp, claiming the...

Turkey's competition regulator has launched an investigation against WhatsApp and Facebook due to their new privacy policy, Anadolu news agency reported on Monday, January...

According to Facebook, a government effort to break up Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp would defy established law, cost billions of dollars, and harm...

By Chris Renner (Davis Wright Tremaine)1   The “Roadmap for an Antitrust Case Against Facebook” (the “Roadmap”) purports to explain how publicly available materials, sourced primarily...

India's antitrust watchdog has dismissed a case against Facebook's WhatsApp, ruling that the company has not abused its dominant position to expand into the...

Brazil’s antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook to explain the fee structure for its short-lived payments service launched in June in partnership with card processor...

The payments program from messenger service WhatsApp will be allowed to go forward in Brazil, the country’s central bank announced, so long as all...

WhatsApp will be allowed to operate its payments service in Brazil once the company formally seeks permission and shows it can operate in the...

Cade, the Brazilian antitrust watchdog, announced it would be reversing its decision to suspend the WhatsApp payment services partnership between Facebook and Brazilian card operator Cielo, Reuters reported. According to Cade,...