Android beta’s WhatsApp Payments has begun providing a new feature, which enables users to request money from their contacts. The ‘Request Money’ feature is available on the Android beta version of the messaging app, meanwhile, users on its regular Android version won’t be able to see it yet.
Facebook is slowly moving into the e-commerce segment. The company had expanded its Marketplace service into 17 new European markets. The new service connects local buyers and sellers. Additionally, it has collaborated with eBay. What’s next for the social media giant? Read more to find about eBay Daily Deals on Facebook Marketplace
Following the footprints of OnePlus, Xiaomi and Huawei’s Honor brand, now domestic handset maker Xolo is all set to launch its online-only brand Black in India. Xolo itself is a sub-brand under Lava International. Xolo Black will not follow flash sale model unlike Yu and Xiaomi, however the devices will be sold exclusively by an e-commerce portal. The company has also tied up with a telecom operator and e-commerce retailer for its online-only brand Black.
While the focus will be on camera, design, battery life and audio quality of the smartphones, Xolo Black will launch five to six smartphone in a year. The company says that it will launch one phone every quarter which will be made available for next nine months.
Finally after so long Amazon launches its marketplace in India today on 5th June 2013. Amazon, world’s first and largest e-commerce website starting from the year 1995 as the online book store turned out to be selling literally everything.
Following the same trend, Amazon India today has launched with 7 million print books across 200 plus categories including fiction, management, children’s books and academic publications and a collection of over 12,000 titles in English and Hindi across DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Video CD formats. Amazon.in has committed that they will introduce Mobile Phones and Cameras in the coming weeks.
PayU India launched a first product of its own kind in India for any individual or a business to go online and start collecting payments online in a few minutes of sign up. This product is free for the seller, and it gives you some tools like a free web store, free storefront and email invoicing. In India, PayU India is the fastest growing online payment company. It has a strong dispute resolution center to safeguard buyers and keep their money safe even when they have paid for a product or service. But some question surely rises.
Have you ever wondered how easy will online payments become if you did not have to carry your card all the time or alternatively cram the card number, expiry date and security codes? Making a card payment requires lot or focus to enter the card number correctly, to enter expiry dates which is usually followed by another level of authentication. American Express has launched an innovative service called eZeClick which helps to make online payments so much easier.
All you need to do is to register your existing Amex card with the easy click service and create a user id. All you need to remember now is this one user id. Whenever you have to make a payment, just select eZeClick from the list of options at the payment page, enter your user id and you will immediately receive an OTP (one-time-password) by email and SMS which you can enter to complete the payment process.
