Brazilian Central Bank halts WhatsApp’s payments service

Just a week after its launch in the country, WhatsApp Pay was suspended by the Central Bank of Brazil.
The bank authority released a statement suggesting it hadn’t had the opportunity to analyse WhatsApp’s payment service before its rollout, and that was a mandatory step before the service could be launched.
WhatsApp payments partners for in Brazil are required to suspend money transfers on the app or will face fines and administrative sanctions.