WhatsApp to support UPI payments apps such as Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm

Meta Platforms is expanding payment options under WhatsApp to support popular UPI payments apps such as Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm as well as debit and credit cards and netbanking as it looks to integrate more in the digital payments ecosystem in India with its large user base.

“We’re making it easier to complete a purchase directly in the chat. Starting today, people in India can add items to their cart and send a payment using the method of their choice from all supported UPI apps, debit and credit cards and more. We’re excited to be working with partners Razorpay and PayU to make paying for something as simple as sending a message,” WhatsApp said in a statement on Wednesday on the occasion of the global Conversations event in Mumbai.