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.

IMF sees Indian economy as an elephant that is starting to runThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the $2.6 trillion economy is an elephant that is starting to run.What's more, its latest report on India not only reaffirms that the country is \"again one of the world's fastest-growing economies\" - accounting for about 15 percent of global growth - but also that India it could be what China previously was for the world economy.The report's favourable medium-term outlook re...

The RBI in April had said that payments firms such as Mastercard and Visa should within six months store data only in the country for \"unfettered supervisory access\". But US firms protested and the Finance Ministry has recommended relaxing the directive.

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.

OnePlus to develop the first 5G smartphoneThe next OnePlus device might very well be the first 5GB smartphone ever. Talking at Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, OnePlus chief Pete Lau said that the company is exploring its partnership with Qualcomm to develop one of the first 5G phones. The launch of the next OnePlus flagship, which is likely to be called OnePlus 7, will be in sync with the first yeatr of 5G in the US. OnePlus is also looking into carrier deals in the United St...

WhatsApp Payments service gets 24-hrs customer service supportWhatsApp Payments will soon reach customers and the company is gearing up for the launch with a 24-hour customer support for all users planning to use these services. The instant messaging application has been running the feature for over a million users in the Beta mode.The new customer service can be accessed by a toll-free number and even by e-mails. \"We will provide 24-hour customer support. Payments users can cont...

Maharashtra plastic ban to cost India Rs 15,000 crore, 3 lakh jobs, claims industry officialA day after the Maharashtra government enforced the ban on a variety of plastic items, the plastic manufacturing industry on Sunday said that the state-wide ban will result in loss of up to Rs 15,000 crore and nearly 3 lakh job. In a statement to PTI, Plastic Bags Manufacturers Association of India General Secretary Neemit Punamiya said that nearly 2,500 members of the association have been...

The company has made special provisions with the Indian Government and various banks to make the transactions as seamless as possible.

the Facebook-owned company could roll out its payment service on WhatsApp as early as next week, for which it has partnered with top three private banks in India -- HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank. The country's largest bank State Bank of India would also join in once all \"necessary systems\" would be in place.

Instagram Payments rolled out to few users in US and UKInstagram might soon enable purchases from within the application. Their parent company, Facebook is consistently incorporating payment and advertising methods in their products to build an ideal platform to reach consumers; Instagram has taken the next step in this direction. According to a report from TechCrunch, Instagram has added a native payments feature within its application. Using this feature, an Instagram subscriber...

Instagram has launched payments option within their application; WhatsApp expected to get advertisements after departure of Jan Koum; Flipkart to conduct Big Shopping Days sale from May 13 to May 16 and Microsoft Build 2018 to begin on May 7. Watch BusinessToday.In Daily Tech Wrap with Danny D'Cruze.

Forget the age-old plastic money or the more recent phenomenon called wallets. India is riding a clutch of new digital payment tools that are convenient and super fast.

The QR code scanning option can be accessed on the WhatsApp 2.18.93 version.

Why the digital payments space is abuzz with WhatsApp's entry

Sharma is also unhappy about the absence of log-in sessions in WhatsApp's new feature.

WhatsApp commands a strong user base of 250 million across India. Introducing a person-to-person payment feature for all of them gives the messaging application an advantage from the get-go over other digital transaction applications.

The WhatsApp feature, which allows you to make a payment through a UPI-linked bank account both online and offline, has been seen on the latest Beta version of the app

Paytm Inbox is now live on Android and will be soon available to iPhone users.

The new home for Nokia smartphones is HMD Global, that has the license to market Nokia branded smartphones. HMD had announced three Android smartphones earlier this year.

Kovind vs Kumar. The race to Raisina Hill has begun.