El Banco Central de Brasil ha suspendido el servicio de pagos móviles vía WhatsApp, la ambiciosa alternativa de la compañía propiedad de Facebook para competir con rivales como Bizum o Twyp. Según un comunicado, la decisión se toma para "preservar un adecuado ambiente competitivo".
La beta cerrada en India que precedió la de Brasil tampoco salió nada bien...
"It launched a closed beta in India in 2018, and many expected that country to be the first official site for WhatsApp payments. But as TechCrunch notes, Facebook has dealt with a number of regulatory issues in India and has a somewhat complicated history there; a 2017 plan to provide free Facebook access drew criticism and led to accusations of digital colonialism" https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/15/21291382/whatsapp-digital-payments-brazil-facebook-pay
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Facebook lleva metiendo los hocicos en esto desde hace tiempo, con su criptomoneda y ahora con whatsapp.
La beta cerrada en India que precedió la de Brasil tampoco salió nada bien...
"It launched a closed beta in India in 2018, and many expected that country to be the first official site for WhatsApp payments. But as TechCrunch notes, Facebook has dealt with a number of regulatory issues in India and has a somewhat complicated history there; a 2017 plan to provide free Facebook access drew criticism and led to accusations of digital colonialism"
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/15/21291382/whatsapp-digital-payments-brazil-facebook-pay