But the WhatsApp Payment service is only available to 20 million users as of now and will be scaled up bit by bit. That’s because the NPCI has put a 30 percent cap on the total UPI payments made via every third-party payment app from January 1, 2021.
What will be the impact of such a measure? What took so long for WhatsApp to launch this feature? How can the payment feature be used by WhatsApp users? Tune in to The Big Story!
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