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A shopping platform built on instant messaging app WhatsApp, called, Chattybao, has secured more than $5 million in funding.  Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and Info Edge Ventures led the seed round of funding. VertexVentures Southeast Asia & India and Info Edge Ventures led a $5 million seed funding round for Chattybao, a commerce platform built on the instant messaging programme WhatsApp. 7Square Ventures and more angel investors joined the round as well. Varun Gupta, a former director at B CapitalGroup, and Kumar Aditya, a former chief business officer of Paytm, launched Chattybao. It gives consumers a shopping experience through WhatsApp by connecting them with nearby merchants. Users won't need to download several applications in order to find, communicate with, order from, and get home delivery from local merchants. According to the corporation, this will improve offline retailers' ability to compete with other online companies. Acco...

Process of using Whatsapp Payment option in your mobile app . Good news to all the 400 million  WhatsApp  users in India. Facebook-owned Whatsapp is ready to roll the option of making payments through its social application program from 6 th  Nov 2020. We all use  WhatsApp   messenger to stay in touch with  family, office, and friends . It is the most commonly used app in India. But now this app is offering much more than just forwarding messages, pictures, etc. One can also use it for making Payments just like other digital payment landscape-Paytm,  Amazon , Bhim app etc. It will be as easy as forwarding a message. Starting On 5 th  November, the flagship payment processor of India, NPCI (National Payment Corporation of India) had given a green signal to Whatsapp on it’s UPI United Payments Interface. Users across India will be able to send money through this app. This is a secure payment process and the experience of transferring money through W...