Facebook set to expand WhatsApp’s commerce partnerships in India, then take it global

BENGALURU: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social network will expand the partnership with Jio platforms on WhatsApp to other commerce customers in India and will take the solution outside of India to other countries.

“A big part of the partnership that we have with Jio will be to wire up and get thousands of small businesses across India on-boarded onto WhatsApp, to do commerce there. And we’re really excited about the opportunity there. And once we prove that out with Jio in India, we’re planning on expanding it to more folks in India and to other countries as well,” Zuckerberg told analysts.