Previously, NPCI had permitted WhatsApp Pay to expand its UPI user base in a phased manner. With this notification, NPCI is ...

Earlier, NPCI had allowed WhatsApp Pay to increase the number of its UPI users in a phased manner. There was a limit of 10 ...

The decision lifts the previous 100 million user cap on WhatsApp Pay.The move signals a shift in the regulator’s cautious approach to WhatsApp’s payments ambitions. The NPCI, which reports to ...

NPCI has been gradually reducing the cap on WhatsApp over the years. The Corporation had, in 2020, given its nod to the social media platform to launch its payments service.

Gradually, by November 2020, NPCI allowed WhatsApp to launch UPI services, with user registration restricted to 20 million. By November 2022, the cap for WhatsApp Pay increased to 100 million users.

WhatsApp Pay will continue to adhere to all existing UPI guidelines and circulars for Third-Party Application Providers (TPAPs), according to NPCI.. In 2020, NPCI imposed a user cap of one million ...

At the same time that NPCI gave its nod to WhatsApp Pay’s launch, it introduced a market share cap of 30% on UPI players beginning from January 1, 2021, ostensibly to ensure that WhatsApp’s ...

“Currently, NPCI has given its consent to roll out WhatsApp BHIM UPI beta launch with limited user base of 1 million and low per-transaction limit.

WhatsApp, which reaches over 400 million users in India, counts India as its largest market by users. “National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has approved an additional sixty (60) million ...

Clarifying further, the NPCI statement said that the final release of WhatsApp Payments will be allowed only if it meets BHIM UPI principles of interoperability, the ability to send/receive money ...

WhatsApp Pay will have to continue to comply with all existing UPI guidelines and circulars applicable to existing TPAPs, NPCI added. Published - December 31, 2024 08:13 pm IST Read Comments ...