WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has indicated that the popular messaging app may soon venture into digital payments space.

Acton was in New Delhi on the app's eighth birthday on Friday. He also met IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for discussions. WhatsApp has about 200 million users in India, making up their biggest market in the customer base of 1.2 billion globally.

Fact: WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion

Acton and Ukraine-born Jan Koum had founded WhatsApp in 2009. Three years ago, WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for as much as $19 billion. WhatsApp has a team of 80 engineers and never had to spend on marketing, public relations and user acquisition.

Business: What do we know about 'WhatsApp for business'?

For the first time since Facebook acquired it, WhatsApp will look at revenue generation. The new app will help entrepreneurs who want to manage a customer contact list that's independent of their phone address book.
It targets millions of small merchants, neighbourhood shop owners and doctors who have less than 10 employees and want to reach out to a larger number of people.

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