WhatsApp will begin to make it easier to receive and send money.
WhatsApp will begin to make it easier to receive and send money.
Meta has not stopped developing its digital wallet, Novi, despite opposition from some senators in the United States.
Meta’s e-payments and bitcoin banking unit Novi, headed by Stephen Kasriel, announced this week that WhatsApp, a subsidiary of Meta’s Messenger service, has begun testing transactions through Meta’s Novi wallet.
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A “limited number of people” will be able to use the new feature in the U.S., which will let users send and receive money on WhatsApp “instantly and without fees.”
There's a new way to try the @Novi digital wallet. Starting today, a limited number of people in the US will be able to send and receive money using Novi on @WhatsApp , making sending money to family and friends as easy as sending a message.