WhatsApp to bring payments to more countries

But a country selector in a new WhatsApp settings screen lists more, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United States.That selector sits in a Payments section WhatsApp is building.

It first appeared in an iOS beta and now shows up on Android in beta 2.26.43.7 from the Google Play Store, according to WABetaInfo.

WhatsApp hasn't confirmed any expansion.In the app settings, you'd see a button to add a payment method.

It opens Accounts Center, where you can save your preferred method.

WhatsApp says it encrypts payment information and stores it separately from your profile data.Saving a method lets you buy faster on Meta apps.You can provide an e-mail address, phone number and address of shipping and can change them any time.

WhatsApp will use this data for pre-filling your delivery data whenever you purchase something so you do not have to write it again.You can ask for your payment data that includes card data and shipping data.

After deleting your data, using the same option, you can check if WhatsApp has already deleted it from their server.According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp Payments was launched only in those countries where WhatsApp had got permission from the regulatory authorities and had made partnership with local payment providers.

Creating Payment section on both iOS and Android shows that it could be preparing infrastructure for other countries.For now, the feature is still in development on Android and hasn't reached beta testers.

WhatsApp hasn't said when it will go public.

WhatsApp Payments works in just four countries: India, Brazil, Singapore and Mexico.

But a country selector in a new WhatsApp settings screen lists more, including Australia, Austria, Canada,…