India, Feb. 12 -- WhatsApp Pay has been operational in India but saw a slow uptake since NPCI had put caps on it. Now that the caps are off, WhatsApp is ready to launch bill payments and mobile recharges within its UPI service.

An APK teardown of the app reveals that users in India will be able to pay electricity, water, gas, and rent bills from within the app soon. With 500+ million users, WhatsApp can change the digital payment landscape of the country.

WhatsApp Pay is based on UPI and does P2P and merchant transactions. Now a new update will include a separate category for bill payments, which means users can pay for:

Electricity

Water

LPG gas bookings and payments

Prepaid and postpaid mobile recharges

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