WhatsApp sets sights on launching mobile payments service in Indonesia

WhatsApp sets sights on launching mobile payments service in Indonesia

FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation’s fast-growing e-commerce sector, people familiar with the matter said.

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