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WhatsApp in talks to launch mobile payments in Indonesia - sources

By Fanny Potkin on Aug 21, 2019 7:01AM
WhatsApp in talks to launch mobile payments in Indonesia - sources

In talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms.

Facebook Inc's messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation's fast growing e-commerce sector, people familiar with the matter said. Indonesia could become the second country worldwide ...

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By Fanny Potkin
Aug 21 2019
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