New WhatsApp Payments head appointed; Manesh Mahatme, former Amazon exec, set to take on Paytm, Google Pay, and PhonePe

The new WhatsApp Payments head has been named and he is Manesh Mahatme, a former Amazon senior executive. WhatsApp has appointed Mahatme as a director whose focus will be on boosting the company’s payments business in India by enhancing the experience of users, scaling the service offering and also work towards contributing to WhatsApp’s vision of digital and financial inclusion in India, revealed an official statement. India is WhatsApp’s biggest market and competes with players like Paytm, Google Pay, Walmart-owned PhonePe and Amazon Pay.

Before joining WhatsApp, Mahatme has had 17 years of experience in digital financial services and payments. He has worked with Citibank, Airtel Money and Amazon.