Axis Bank planning to process payments over WhatsApp

Private sector bank Axis Bank Ltd is planning to process payments over ‘Whatsapp’. The bank also termed the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) as a “huge opportunity”. “We are also working with partners like Google, Whatsapp, Uber, Ola and Samsung pay to be able to create the ecosystem for customers to be able to make payments,” Axis Bank executive director – retail banking, Rajiv Anand said.