Tag: Whatsapp
WhatsApp, Brazil Central Bank In Talks To Restore Payments Service
WhatsApp, after Brazil’s central bank shut down its payment functions in the country earlier this week, has signaled that it could work things out...
Brazil’s Central Bank Shuts Down WhatsApp Payments
Brazil’s central bank has suspended WhatsApp’s payment feature in the country, citing antitrust concerns, according to Bloomberg on Tuesday, June 23.
Mastercard and Visa have...
Facebook’s WhatsApp Opens Digital Payments In Brazil
Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday, June 15th, that will allow users to send money to individuals or...
India Questions WhatsApp Over Digital Payments Services
Facebook’s WhatsApp could be abusing its position of power in India by stealthily offering payment options, according to Reuters.
There was a complaint filed in...
India Reviewing Antitrust Allegations Against Facebook’s WhatsApp?
India's antitrust watchdog is looking into allegations that Facebook's WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to its vast base of...
Netherlands: Watchdog imposed a fine of €1.84M for deleting WhatsApp chats...
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine on a company for obstructing an ACM investigation. During a recent dawn...
US: Facebook to merge WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger chats
The New York Times is reporting that Facebook plans to combine messaging services across its applications, merging chats from WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. A...
India: WhatsApp caves to local data storage demands
WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging app that is trying to make inroads in the digital payments market in India, has created a system to store payment...
Germany: Antitrust regulator to go after Facebook this year
Germany’s antitrust regulator expects to take first steps this year in its probe against Facebook after finding that the social media giant abused its...
Italy: Regulator fines Whatsapp €3m for data sharing
Italy’s Competition and Markets Authority (AGCM) announced on Friday, May 4, it was imposing a €3 million (USD3.6 million) fine on messaging service Whatsapp...