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WhatsApp Pay Launched in India,what are the features? How to use it?

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Akshay Nanjunda
WhatsApp Pay Launched in India,what are the features? How to use it?

WhatsApp payments,testing out its features in India since 2018 has been finally launched in India ,designed in partnership with NPCI based on UPI Interface and supported by 140 banks across India. Whatsapp has started to roll out the payments features slowly and to get this feature , the whatsapp version should always be updated one and it is easy to send the money as easy as you send the message on whatsapp

 

The Most Wanted Features!

The Most wanted featured that is included is that it does not allow you to pay only to the people who are using the whatsapp payment but also to the people who are using the other payment platforms such as PhonePe or the Google Pay and in the attachment section you also have the option to invite the people to join the whatsapp payment 

 

Lets discuss 

 

How to use It?

To Use the whatsapp payments your whatsapp number should be same as that of the number you have linked to the bank and if you sort it out and if your whatsapp version is updated 

 

Lets start using the feature!

Check the settings 

Once the basics requirement are done open the whatsapp navigate to settings and checkout for the whatsapp payments options if the feature has been rolled out to you,if not donot worry it will be rolled out soon to every one 

 

Click the paymentspage option

Once you see the payments option then select the option and select the payment page option and this is where you can select the payment method option where you can select the bank that you have the account and again make sure that the whatsapp number should be same as the number that is linked to your bank account and also you need to verify your phone number via SMS and to link the bank account do fallow the onscreen prompts to link the bank account and once you link the account you can find the bank details under payment method tab which means you have successfully registered to whatsapp payments

 

Sending and receiving money

Once your bank account is linked the sending and receiving money will become easy but where is the feature to use it?

You can find it in the attachments section of whatsapp messaging click on the attachment and find for the option ”payments” click on it and enter the amount click send you will be asked to enter the UPI pin that you have set and hit enter and that is all as easy as it can be 

 

Sending money to non WhatsApp Payment users

Since the WhatsApp Payments is still in the rollout stage this feature is till not accessible to every one so you can have the option to send the money to other apps to you will have to goto setting>payments>paymentpage>payment method  then tap new payment and hit send to a UPI Id and enter the ID and hit verify pnce verified you can enter the amount your UPI Pin and enter to send the money 

 

And that is all Sending Money as  Easy as sending a message

 

Conclusion

It is this easy to use Whatsapp Payments and we BrillMindz,top mobile app development company in Bangalore think that this article has helped you and this is how we keep track of updated technologies and are able to build these kind of apps as easy as it could get




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