WhatsApp’s ‘sachet-sized’ health insurance to roll out by year-end

The Facebook-owned company noted that its ‘’Payments’’ feature is now available to users across the country (currently up to 20 million users) with support from banking partners - State Bank of India, HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank.

“WhatsApp is deeply committed to India with over 400 million active users, this is our largest market. Our primary focus will always be to provide the most simple, reliable, private and secure experience for people to connect with each other. However, in India we are also building on four other pillars,” WhatsApp India Head Abhijit Bose said at the Facebook Fuel for India 2020 event.

WhatsApp wants to help digitise and scale the small business ecosystem of India, make it easier for consumers to connect with and buy from their businesses, and build digital payments across all segments, especially for underserved users in India. It will also continue to deepen its investments in India by developing and scaling social impact programs, he said. These pilots, along with others in sectors like edu-tech and agri-tech, would help support the Centre’s focus on a more digitised economy