Vouching for a level-playing field, PhonePe said all payments companies doing business in India must abide by the law of the land and protect our citizen's financial data and pay fair taxes on income earned in India.

It essentially means that you won't have to go online IRCTC's NTES app or the Rail Connect app to check your PNR status or track the train status.

As global tech giants slug it out to take a bigger piece of India's booming digital payments pie, Facebook-owned messaging service is reportedly scouting for talent to lead its payments team.

This development comes at a time when WhatApp Payments and Amazon's plans to launch its own UPI payment service in the country have run into regulatory trouble.

India is surely a dream place for any senior-level executive eyeing for the top job in the thriving tech sector. But that's not true in case of Facebook and WhatsApp as no one seems to be interested in leading the country that provides the social media giant maximum number of users in the world.

This deal has also raised eyebrows since Buffett had long refused to invest in the tech space saying that it was too difficult to predict which tech businesses will prosper in the long run.

Announced during the fourth edition of 'Google for India' keynote at New Delhi, this new feature is accessible in 28 languages including English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi.

Digital payments in India is now poised for a great leap forward as global tech giants slug it out for a bigger slice of the pie.

Interestingly, other foreign players like Facebook, Google, etc, already have hired their grievance executives for India. Google has hired a grievance professional for its payments service Google Tez too.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to invest about Rs 2,000-2,500 crore in Paytm parent One97 Communications - possibly the first direct investment in India by the legendary investor.

No WhatsApp Payments if no local offices, says Indian govtIt's one thing after another with WhatsApp Payments. The instant messaging platform has been asked by the Indian governemnt to set up offices in India for its payments arm to begin operations here. This new prerequisite by the Indian governmennt is likely to defer the rollout of WhatsApp Payments, which has been delayed for several times already. The privacy policy of WhatsApp Payments was also edited recently to removed ...

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WhatsApp has been asked to open an office in India if they want to launch the payments feature. The new roadblock for WhatsApp Payments camer after the company's chief operating officer Matt Idema met ministry of electronics and IT.

WhatsApp is looking forward to build a team in India. Currently, the brand is actively looking to fill the top positions in the new team which includes, India Head and Head of Policy.

Infosys to build software development centre in NoidaInfosys Ltd has said it would build a software development centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh, with an initial investment of about 7.5 billion rupees ($109 million). India's second-biggest software services exporter said the 2.7 million square feet facility would be able to accommodate 5,000 staff. \"The facility is a critical part of our effort to enhance our presence in the national capital region and leverage the talent pool ...

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been testing its payments services in India for a few months now with about one million users and is waiting for clearance from the government for a full-fledged rollout across the country.

The California-based popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, will soon release an update which will allow users to view images and GIFs directly in the notification bar.

The new feature will be more like a live feed on Facebook, but in this case, the participants will be invited separately by the host or co-host to view pre-loaded videos.

Regrading WhatsApp Payments, Facebook's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains bullish on India - it is, after all, the largest market for WhatsApp, accounting for over 200 million of its total 1.3 billion user base.

The moment data leaves the country, it falls under various jurisdictions, which in many cases, are beyond our control. It is important to keep all the data here so that the laws of the land can be made applicable to them, says Paytm COO Kiran Vasireddy.