(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty ImagesFacebook is planning to use London as a key hub for the development of a new WhatsApp mobile payment feature. Roughly one hundred people will be hired to lead a new WhatsApp payments push, meaning WhatsApp's relatively small team of 400 people will expand by around 25%, according to the FT. "WhatsApp is a truly global service and these teams will help us provide WhatsApp payments and other great features for our users everywhere." Speaking at Facebook's annual F8 conference last week, Zuckerberg said that WhatsApp mobile payments would launch in several countries in 2019 following an initial trial in India. In addition to building a WhatsApp payments function, the new hires will also aim to develop products that improve safety and limit spam on the app.

Source: Forbes May 08, 2019 09:45 UTC