Whatsapp, the messaging service of Facebook Inc will soon enter the Brazilian market providing peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services, central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday.
In a press conference marking the launch of the central bank’s new “PIX” instant payments platform, Campos Neto also said the central bank has held talks with Google and other “big tech” firms about entering the instant payments market in Brazil.
– Reuters