04-04-2017: WhatsApp to offer person-to-person payments in India

With Indian demonetization policy pushing the country towards a cashless society, it was only a question of time until the Big Data oligopoly would make its move to take over the country's economy.
With GNU Taler, India would maintain digital sovereignty, and the privacy of citizens spending digital cash would be preserved while achiving the laudable income transparency and anti-counterfeiting goals of the Indian government.

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