WhatsApp cannot start UPI powered payments business in India: Reserve bank of India tells Supreme Court
WhatsApp has been, since long, facing a battle of Israeli spyware (Pegasus) controversy over granting access to a few select individuals phone through malware which enters a users phone through video calls. Meanwhile Reserve bank of India too had a sour news for WhatsApp saying that WhatsApp cannot start payment business. Reserve bank of India has told Supreme Court that the messaging platform is not compliant with data localization norms and National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) has been directed to…