WhatsApp wins approval to expand Indian payments service to 100 million users - sources

By Aditya Kalra
FILE PHOTO A logo of WhatsApp is pictured on a T-shirt worn by a WhatsApp-Reliance Jio representative during a drive by the two companies to educate users on the outskirts of Kolkata India October 9 2018. REUTERSRupak De ChowdhuriFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A logo of WhatsApp is pictured on a T-shirt worn by a WhatsApp-Reliance Jio representative during a drive by the two companies to educate users, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp has won regulatory approval to more double the number of users of its payments service in India to 100 million, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

WhatsApp has over the years told National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that there should be no cap on users of its payments service in India, its biggest market.

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