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WhatsApp Business In India
Meta has expanded the business offerings to Instagram and Facebook platforms in India. Previously, it rolled out After Meta Verified for Businesses on WhatsApp
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Business messaging and WhatsApp are the next engine of growth and key priority for Meta in India, its top executive said exuding confidence that the company is "just getting started" given the "immense headroom" here, as more businesses digitise and transform. Businesses across the board are innovating and using WhatsApp to reach new audiences with sectors such as banking, e-commerce, gaming and small businesses taking the lead, Sandhya Devanathan, Vice President, Meta India, said. Businesses all across are innovating right from bill payment to sale of metro tickets, or banks sending statement balances, she said citing instances of how companies are embracing WhatsApp. "...honestly I think we're just scratching the surface, if we think about the headroom...I see WhatsApp as next engine of growth for our company here in India, so absolutely business messaging and WhatsApp are a key priority for India Meta organisation," Devanathan told PTI. WhatsApp monetisation in India is a "key .
These features were unveiled at a WhatsApp Conversations event held in Mumbai. This was the second annual Conversations conference being held by the company, and the first one in India
Meta enabled payment options, besides its own, within the WhatsApp chats for consumers to send payments without leaving the chat window
WhatsApp rivals like Telegram and Signal already have the 'edit' feature. On the other hand, Twitter rolled out this feature for select users last year
Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on 15 new durations for disappearing messages
Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned over 19 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021.
SMBSaathi Utsav has kicked off with a pilot in Jaipur's Johri Bazaar and Bapu Bazaar where over 500 small businesses are being trained on various aspects of running business online
The ability to set cover photos is currently under development for WhatsApp Business Accounts
The company had requested that there should be no cap on users of its payment service in India
According to data shared by the company for the first time, 416 million users in India access Facebook every month, out of which 234 million access it every day
This is the second time the government has asked the Facebook-owned firm to withdraw its new privacy policy. And that makes the matter a tad crucial to all WhatsApp users in the country
WhatsApp has said that its users will not immediately lose their accounts or face curtailed functionalities on the platform on May 15, but they will have to eventually go through limited functions
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With big brands testing out their business interface, the social messaging app seeks leverage for the vast cache of conversations on its platform
WhatsApp Pay is the UPI-based payments system of Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, embedded within the app itself
Frustrated that the service has been used to incite violence and spread pornography, the government is pressing WhatsApp to allow more official oversight of online discussions, even if that means givi
The new app will make it easier for companies to connect with customers, and more convenient for its users to chat with businesses that matter to them