WhatsApp begins to give life to its payment platform

With more than 1.000 million users, WhatsApp It is without a doubt the most popular instant messaging tool in the world. But now that he has conquered that market, he wants to open up to new ones.

And one of them is mobile payments. A service that is already beginning to take place in Brazil and that little by little will reach different places.

Soon we will be able to pay by WhatsApp

This is how the WhatsApp payment platform works

WhatsApp has become a tool that helps many small businesses to make inquiries and even sales directly, which are done through messages.

The novelty is that until now we had to use another platform when carrying out the paid. However, from now on in certain places it will be possible to send money directly from the app. Therefore, buying and selling for small businesses is now much easier.

Through Facebook Pay

For several years now, WhatsApp has been part of the same company that Facebook. Therefore, it is not surprising that their payment platforms go hand in hand.

That is why the system used by the messaging tool to allow payments works through Facebook Pay. The long-term idea is that the information from all the applications in the range of Facebook work together.

Of course, security is an important element in this new platform. No one will be able to take your mobile and send money to whoever they want. In order to make a transfer, it will be necessary to enter a 6 digit PIN or your fingerprint. In this way, you will ensure that only you can send money via WhatsApp to anyone who may need it.

Brazil, pioneer country

Brazil has become the first country where WhatsApp payments are available. The reason that it has been chosen as the first nation to do so is that it already has two banks with Facebook Pay. And, after all, in order to offer a payment platform, it is necessary to have certain agreements with local banks.

However, the idea of ​​WhatsApp is not to stop there. Little by little this payment system will be established in more countries, until it is available in everyone. But while that time comes we will have to continue using other platforms to make our payments.

What do you think of the idea of ​​the arrival of payments to WhatsApp? Do you think you will use it in the future or is it not a service that interests you too much? At the bottom of this article you can find the comments section where you can give us your opinion.