Techmeme: Source: WhatsApp has almost 20M users in India using its payment services and received regulatory approval to double the number to 40M (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)

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Aditya Kalra / Reuters:

Source: WhatsApp has almost 20M users in India using its payment services and received regulatory approval to double the number to 40M — WhatsApp (FB.O) has won regulatory approval to double the number of users on its payments service in India to 40 million, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday.

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