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by nmridul 1590 days ago
India is not in the list. But whatsapp payments are already available in India. So is Facebook pay something very different from whatsapp pay ?

It's confusing since the page says "Facebook Pay is a seamless, secure way to pay on the apps you already use". And whatsapp is listed as one app.

Maybe it's entirely different from UPI based Whatsapp pay

[] https://pay.facebook.com/availability/
2 comments
metabro 1590 days ago
You are right. Upi is something unique to India so WhatsApp pay in India can’t leverage the Fb pay infrastructure.

However, it can elsewhere including the us.

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yunohn 1590 days ago
> can’t leverage the Fb pay infrastructure

According to “How it Works”, it supports multiple payment methods like PayPal & Credit cards - I don’t see why UPI couldn’t just be another option on the list specifically for India.

* https://pay.facebook.com/how-it-works/

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shubham_sinha 1590 days ago
WhatsApp pay is just another UPI app
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