#Meta has appointed #KunalShah, founder of Indian fintech giant #CRED, as the new head of #WhatsApp, succeeding Will Cathcart. This move aligns with Meta’s $900 million investment in CRED, making it a minority investor. The appointment aims to leverage Shah’s experience in building successful consumer internet companies in India to drive WhatsApp’s growth, particularly in #businessmessaging and #digitalpayments. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/whatsapp-gets-new-chief-as-meta-taps-indias-cred-founder-kunal-shah-and-invests-900m-in-startup/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India's CRED founder Kunal Shah and invests $900M in startup | TechCrunch

WhatsApp gets a new boss, as Will Cathcart moves to a new role at Meta, while Shah steps down as CEO of Indian fintech giant CRED to replace Cathcart.

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China and U.S.A. going opposite directions on CBDCs .... wonder why?

The U.S. Congress has banned the FED from creating a CBDC until December 31, 2030. https://www.cointribune.com/en/the-u-s-congress-hides-the-digital-dollar-in-a-housing-bill-banning-cbdcs-until-2030/

China just added 26 financial institutions to its digital yuan - e-CNY network to expand cross-border digital payments with players in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. https://thenextweb.com/news/china-signs-up-26-financial-institutions-for-digital-yuan-cross-border-payments #global finance #DigitialCurrency #DigitalYuan #DigitalDollar #USA #China #CBDC #FederalReserve #e-CNY #CrossBorderPayments #DigitalPayments #GlobalFinance #Currency #CentralBankDigitalCurrency

CRED Founder Kunal Shah Appointed Global Head of WhatsApp – Tycoon World

In a massive shakeup for the global tech and Indian startup ecosystems, Meta Platforms has announced a $900 million (Rs 8,550 crore) investment in the Indian

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Paytm’s Quiet Rebuild: How Vijay Shekhar Sharma Turned Discipline Into Profit – Tycoon World

Dalal Street is beginning to look at Paytm differently. After two years of pressure, scrutiny and questions around sustainability, One 97 Communications, the

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🚆 Every QR scan, card swipe, or UPI transfer runs on a payment rail—the invisible infrastructure moving money securely and instantly between people, businesses, and banks.

#PaymentRails #FinTech #UPI #Payments #Banking #DigitalPayments #CoreBanking #OpenBanking

Africa: Moniepoint's Monnify Processed $18b in Payments Last Year: [Daba Finance] Monnify processed ₦25 trillion, or about $18.3 billion, in transaction volume in 2025 as Nigerian businesses continued to rely on digital payment infrastructure. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT3JyY #Africa #Moniepoint #Monnify #DigitalPayments #Ecommerce

Zelle is launching its own stablecoin and taking payments global

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/zelleusd-stablecoin-india-expansion/

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/11/openai-and-visa-plan-payments-for-ai-shopping-agents-xcxwbn/

OpenAI and Visa are building Visa-backed payment infrastructure for AI agents, with tokenized credentials, user controls and rollout details still undisclosed.

#Visa #OpenAI #Payments #ChatGPT #AIAgents #AgenticCommerce #AIShopping #AgenticAI #DigitalPayments #ECommerce