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WhatsApp Pay's India head steps down amid series of top-level departures

Vinay Choletti leaving as Meta-owned messaging platform ramps up investments in its payment service in India

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The National Payments Council of India (NPCI) had first given a green light to WhatsApp’s payment service in November 2020

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Vinay Choletti, head of WhatsApp Pay India, is the fourth senior executive to quit this year, announcing his exit from the Meta-owned company after working there for four months.

“As I move on to my next adventure, I strongly believe that WhatsApp has the power to phenomenally transform digital payments and financial inclusion in India and I look forward to seeing it leverage its potential in the coming years,” Choletti wrote on LinkedIn on Wednesday.

Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India; Abhijit Bose, WhatsApp’s India chief; and Rajiv Aggarwal, director of public policy at Meta India, left the

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