From CNET: Facebook has been packing in new features recently, and it looks like WhatsApp is following suit.
The Facebook-owned app is working on launching a person-to-person payment service soon in India, reports The Ken, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
As the publication points out, WhatsApp's career page hosts an advertisement that says the company is hiring a digital transaction lead for India with a "technical and/or financial background."
If true, this would be the first such offering by the app around the world. India is WhatsApp's largest market, with more than 200 million users. The country's digital economy is particularly fertile right now, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi killed off much of its physical currency late last year.
It's not clear if this feature would come overseas, but it's common for Facebook to trial new services in some countries before bringing them to the rest of the world. The recent Snapchat-esque Stories feature, for instance, was brought to countries like Chile and Ireland before launching worldwide.
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