WhatsApp launched bill payments in India on the Bharat Connect network, giving users a way to pay 22,722 billers across 30 categories that run from electricity, gas, and water through FASTag tolls, insurance, credit card statements, and loan repayments. Tapping the rupee icon on the home screen opens a Payments Home that pre-fetches outstanding bills, keeps previously paid billers a tap away, holds several accounts under one provider for a home, an office, and family, and settles through UPI, a debit card, or a credit card. The launch takes Meta past the person-to-person transfers WhatsApp Pay already handles and into recurring household spending, the ground India’s incumbent payment apps have owned, with a gradual rollout to Android and iOS over the coming weeks.
