WhatsApp wins approval to double payments offering to 40 million users in India - source


A man walks past a hoarding of the WhatsApp application installed at a skywalk in Mumbai India August 26 2021. REUTERSFrancis MascarenhasFiles

A man walks past a hoarding of the WhatsApp application installed at a skywalk in Mumbai, India, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/Files

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - WhatsApp has won regulatory approval to double the number of users on its payments service in India to 40 million, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday.

The company had requested that there should be no cap on users of its payment service in India.

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