WhatsApp offers an instant money transfer service to this country

The application of "WhatsApp", owned by "Facebook", announced the activation of the money transfer service through the application in its largest market, India, before implementing the step in other countries around the world.

And Facebook - in a statement published on the service quoted by the American Al-Hurra channel today, Saturday - said that the new feature adds security to the money sent through the application, in a practical way that goes beyond geographical distances and does not need to exchange money personally or resort to banks.

The application has contracted with the Indian company "National Payments Corporation" to activate the service in the country, and the new service will be based on the first instant payment system in India, linking transfers between more than 160 local banks. To send money, the user must have a bank account and a debit card. to me.

The statement mentioned that the new WhatsApp service has been supported with a strong set of security and privacy settings, and will require entering a specific personal identification code with the sending of each payment.

WhatsApp allows money transfer service using the latest version of the application dedicated to iPhone and Android devices.

And "WhatsApp" had announced earlier the launch of another feature, which allows messages to disappear after a specified period of time, and the feature will allow application users to choose the disappearance of messages in conversations, to be deleted automatically after seven days, according to a statement issued by the application.