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Facebook is set to launch a new payment system across its three social media platforms allowing users to shop, make donations and send money within its apps.

Facebook Pay to allow users to shop across Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

November 13, 2019

Facebook, Facebook Pay, Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp

Facebook is set to launch a new payment system across its three social media platforms allowing users to shop, make donations and send money within its apps. Facebook Pay, unveiled…

Facebook launches WhatsApp e-commerce catalogue feature

November 8, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Apps / Mobile, Companies, Ecommerce, Payment

catalog, catalogue, e-commerce, Facebook, launch, platform, Whatsapp

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Facebook Inc. launched a catalogue feature for its WhatsApp messaging app on Thursday, as it looks to establish the service’s e-commerce tools. After acquiring the app for $19 billion in…

WhatsApp’s new payment feature to launch in India this year

July 26, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, Payment

Facebook, India, Mark Zuckerberg, Whatsapp

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WhatsApp is set to launch its new payment service, which will allow users to transfer money securely via the app, in India this year. Following a year-long pilot in the…

Walmart now accepts online delivery orders via WhatsApp in Mexico

June 25, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, Delivery / Supply Chain, News

Superama, Walmart, Whatsapp

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Walmart has begun offering grocery delivery via WhatsApp at its Superama stores in Mexico, simply by texting a shopping list. According to Reuters, customers at Walmart’s Mexican subsidiary can now…

London to be the home of WhatsApp’s new payment feature

May 8, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, News, Payment

Facebook, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, marketplace, Whatsapp

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Facebook has selected London as the centre to launch WhatsApp’s upcoming push into mobile payments, providing some hope for post-Brexit London to maintain its position as a global tech hub.…

Major shopping changes coming to Facebook Marketplace, Instagram and WhatsApp

May 1, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, Ecommerce, News

Facebook, Instagram, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, marketplace, Whatsapp

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Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are each poised to introduce new shopping features as the social media giant hopes to challenge Amazon’s retail dominance. During Facebook’s annual developer conference F8 yesterday,…

Chinese tech giant Tencent poised to buy 10% stake in Superdrug owner

March 20, 2019

Ben Stevens

Companies, News

Apple, AS Watson, Facebook, Savers, Spotify, Temasek, Tencent, The Perfume Shop, Whatsapp

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Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings is reportedly considering a $3 billion (£2.27 billion) bid for a 10 per cent stake in health and beauty retail giant AS Watson. According to…

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Facebook Pay to allow users to shop across Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

Facebook launches WhatsApp e-commerce catalogue feature

WhatsApp’s new payment feature to launch in India this year

Walmart now accepts online delivery orders via WhatsApp in Mexico

London to be the home of WhatsApp’s new payment feature

Major shopping changes coming to Facebook Marketplace, Instagram and WhatsApp

Chinese tech giant Tencent poised to buy 10% stake in Superdrug owner

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