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06 November, 2020

WhatsApp starts payments service in challenge to Paytm, PhonePe

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp will start its payments service in India on Friday, the messaging app said in a blog post, ......

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02 September, 2020

Amazon's new offerings make India centre of fintech push

Amazon.com Inc has added insurance and even gold to its menu of financial services in India, to expand its customer ......

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19 August, 2020

CCI throws out antitrust complaint against WhatsApp

India's antitrust watchdog has dismissed a case against Facebook's WhatsApp, saying the company has not abused its dominant position to ......

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22 July, 2020

WhatsApp to partner with more Indian banks in financial inclusion push

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for ......

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27 May, 2020

Google faces antitrust case in India over payments app

India’s antitrust body is looking into allegations that Alphabet Inc’s Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its ......

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24 April, 2020

Facebook-Jio deal portends a bruising time for SoftBank-backed Paytm

Facebook's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance promises to be the biggest headache yet for Paytm, a SoftBank-backed pioneer in India's ......

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07 April, 2020

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to check coronavirus ‘infodemic'

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time ......

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11 December, 2019

India's privacy bill seeks access to users' data from companies

Changes to India's privacy bill could cause trouble for Facebook, Google and others as proposals include government powers to request ......

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08 November, 2019

WhatsApp adds shopping catalog feature, courting e-commerce

Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a catalog feature for its WhatsApp messaging app, it said in a blog post, building ......

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22 October, 2019

India govt, Facebook spar over decryption laws at Supreme Court

India's government asked Facebook Inc on Tuesday to help it decrypt private messages on its network, citing national security requirements ......