Portaltic.-Meta tests cryptocurrency payments through WhatsApp with its Novi digital wallet

MADRID, 9 Dic. (Portaltic/EP) –

Meta has entered sending and receiving money in cryptocurrencies in WhatsApp chats as part of a pilot test using Novi, the tech company’s digital wallet service.

New is he digital wallet service that Meta launched in tests several weeks ago in the United States and Guatemala, with support for the English and Spanish languages. Now, the company has put it at the center of another test to make transfers on WhatsApp.

This pilot, activated for a group of users in the United States, allows you to send and receive payments in cryptocurrency through a chat of the messaging application. Payments are made with Pax Dollars, a stable cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar.

As explained by the head of Novi, Stephane Kasriel, and WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, the transfer is done easily and instantly, and The process, they assure, is safe and does not charge any fee. It also does not affect the privacy settings of WhatsApp.

“We made the decision to test this new entry point in a country to start and we will seek to extend it once we’ve heard from people what they think of this new experience, “said Kasriel on Twitter.

We often hear that people use WhatsApp to coordinate sending money to loved ones, and Novi enables people to do that securely, instantly and with no fees. Payments will appear directly in people’s chat.

– Stephane Kasriel (@skasriel) December 8, 2021

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