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- Meta Platform’s WhatsApp payments service has been permitted by the National Payments Corp. of India, a regulatory body, to roll out WhatsApp Pay to its entire user base of 500 million in that country. Meta formerly was known as Facebook.
- GasBuddy, which offers a payments card featuring discounts on gasoline, forecasts the national average gas price will drop to $3.22 per gallon in 2025 from $3.33 in 2024. U.S. drivers will spend $410.8 billion on gas in 2025, down 8% from 2024’s $423.1 billion total.
- Givebux, whose app allows users to make mobile payments for charitable giving and other applications, said it plans a version 5.0 “super app” for 2025 that will offer direct loading of funds via bank accounts and cards, cloud-based biometric identification, and other features.
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