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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The SEC and CFTC have fined a group of Wall Street firms a combined $549 million.</li><li>The firms admitted to employees using WhatsApp and other messaging services for business purposes.</li></ul>A pair of regulatory agencies on Tuesday announced large fines for a group of Wall Street banks that admitted to using WhatsApp and other messaging services for business purposes.The <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> is fining nine firms a total of $289 million, while the <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8762-23?utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Commodity Futures Trading Commission</a> issued $260 million in fines, for a combined sum of $549 million. Both agencies cited inadequate recordkeeping in compliance with regulations.In recent years, regulators have cracked down on bankers' use of private messaging platforms for work-related purposes, such as WhatsApp and personal email addresses, which their employers are not able to effectively monitor."Compliance with the books and records requirements of the federal securities laws is essential to investor protection and well-functioning markets," Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC's division of enforcement, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a release</a>."While some broker-dealers and investment advisers have heeded this message, self-reported violations, or improved internal policies and procedures, today's actions remind us that many still have not," he continued.The Wednesday announcements bring the SEC's total fines related to the matter to $1.5 billion, while the <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8762-23?utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CFTC's statement</a> said it's imposed more than $1 billion in penalties to date.The specific firms and fine amounts are detailed below.SEC<ul><li>Wells Fargo: $125 million</li><li>BNP Paribas: $35 million</li><li>SG Americas Securities: $35 million</li><li>BMO Capital Markets: $25 million</li><li>Mizuho Securities USA: $25 million</li><li>Houlihan Lokey: $15 million</li><li>Moelis &amp; Company: $10 million</li><li>Wedbush Securities: $10 million</li><li>SMBC Nikko Securities America: $9 million</li></ul>CFTC<ul><li>BNP Paribas: $75 million</li><li>Société Générale: $75 million</li><li>Wells Fargo: $75 million</li><li>Bank of Montreal: $35 million</li></ul>

A group of Wall Street banks have been fined $549 million for using WhatsApp and other messaging apps to discuss business

<ul><li><keyword id="4936066" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="whatsapp-business" source="Orion">WhatsApp Business</keyword> is a good tool that helps small businesses manage their communication.</li><li>You can set up greeting messages to automatically greet new customers.</li><li>You can also set up an away message to inform your customers that you cannot immediately respond.</li></ul> <keyword id="790242" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="whatsapp" source="Orion">WhatsApp</keyword> Business comes with a host of tools to help businesses connect with their customers, answer their queries and sell their products. The tools offered by WhatsApp include greeting messages and away messages. It is important to reply to messages from customers on time as a delayed response may impact the image of your business. If you are running a <keyword id="6359222" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="small-business" source="Orion">small business</keyword>, it may be difficult to always respond to customers on time. To make it easier for you to respond to customers, you can use the greeting message and away message features on WhatsApp Business. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="What is greeting message feature" comment="subhead" text="What is greeting message feature">What is greeting message feature</cmsannotation> The greeting message feature allows you to set up a greeting when they message you for the first time or after a long break. This allows them to feel welcomed, without you having to reply to each message immediately. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How to set up WhatsApp greeting message" comment="subhead" text="How to set up WhatsApp greeting message">How to set up WhatsApp greeting message</cmsannotation> <div type="image" title="G" msid="102900638" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;How to set up WhatsApp Business greeting message&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> <ul><li>Open WhatsApp Business app on your phone and click on the three dots menu and then click on “Settings”.</li><li>Now, click on “Business tools” and then click on “Greeting message”.</li><li>Turn on the “Send greeting message” toggle.</li><li>Now, click on the edit button and customise the greeting message.</li><li>You can also select the recipients based on your preference.</li><li>Now, tap on “Save”.</li></ul><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Away message" comment="subhead" text="Away message">Away message</cmsannotation> Away message is another helpful tool that allows you to inform your customers that you are currently unavailable to respond. This feature can be enabled in your non-working hours so that your customers know that they will have to wait a bit longer to get a reply. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How to set up WhatsApp away message" comment="subhead" text="How to set up WhatsApp away message">How to set up WhatsApp away message</cmsannotation> <div type="image" title="A" msid="102900663" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;How to set up WhatsApp Business away message&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> <ul><li>Open WhatsApp Business app on your phone and click on the three dots menu and then click on “Settings”.</li><li>Now, click on “Business tools” and then click on “Away message”.</li><li>Turn on the “Send away message” toggle.</li><li>You can now customise the away message as per your business.</li><li>You can then change the schedule to match your non-working hours.</li></ul>Just like the greeting message, you can also select the recipients for away messages. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/how-to-find-unclaimed-bank-deposits-using-udgam-portal/articleshow/102830161.cms">Have unclaimed bank deposits? Here’s how to find it using UDGAM portal</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/indian-pc-market-declines-for-fourth-consecutive-quarter-reports-15-decline/articleshow/102822733.cms">Indian PC market declines for fourth consecutive quarter, reports 15% decline</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/india-crosses-the-2-billion-mark-in-its-journey-to-become-a-smartphone-manufacturing-powerhouse/articleshow/102760757.cms">India crosses the 2 billion mark in its journey to become a smartphone manufacturing powerhouse</a>

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<ul><li><keyword id="17824030" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="WhatsApp-Pink" source="Denny">WhatsApp Pink</keyword> is a fake app that steals data from your phone.</li><li>Don't click on links in messages that promise a WhatsApp Pink update.</li><li>Stick to official sources, like the Google Play Store, when downloading apps.</li></ul>The <keyword id="17824034" type="General" weightage="60" keywordseo="WhatsApp-Pink-scam" source="Denny">WhatsApp Pink scam</keyword> is rapidly spreading, posing a significant threat to users. But, what exactly is the <keyword id="17824031" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="scam" source="Denny">scam</keyword> all about and how can you protect yourself from it? We explain. Numerous individuals are receiving messages that promise an update called 'WhatsApp Pink.' Essentially, this is a counterfeit version of the popular messaging app that claims to offer enhanced features. These viral messages entice WhatsApp users to click on a link that’s provided and download the associated app. This, unfortunately, grants the scamsters access to the phone’s data, allowing them to steal it. The stolen data may include sensitive information such as bank details, contact numbers and photos, and it can also lead to spam attacks. <div type="twitter" handle="north_mum" handlename="north_mum" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" id="1669651965733900288"></div> The surge in such spam messages has prompted the Mumbai Police to issue an advisory, warning people about this scam. To simplify the situation for the public, the Mumbai Police explained that the scammers first send a fake link disguised as an official update to the user. Once the user clicks on this link, it can result in the installation of malicious software on the user’s phone. Subsequently, the infected phone can be exploited to infect other phones belonging to the user's contacts through WhatsApp. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Here’s how to protect your device from WhatsApp Pink scams" comment="subhead" text="Here’s how to protect your device from WhatsApp Pink scams">Here’s how to protect your device from WhatsApp Pink scams</cmsannotation> Stick to official sources: When downloading and installing WhatsApp or any app, opt for trusted platforms like Google Play Store. iPhone users are already protected, as Apple restricts installations from unknown sources. Avoid unknown websites and APKs: Refrain from downloading applications from unfamiliar websites or from APK files shared by unknown individuals. Verify forwarded messages: Check for the "Forwarded" label on WhatsApp messages to determine if they were originally sent by a friend or from an unknown source. Exercise caution with messages from unfamiliar contacts. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/if-you-are-a-google-one-subscriber-you-can-now-access-portrait-blur-colour-pop-and-more-advanced-editing-tools-on-photos-web/articleshow/101009287.cms">If you are a Google One subscriber, you can now access Portrait Blur, Colour Pop and more advanced editing tools on Photos web</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-bard-cool-things-you-can-do-with-the-ai-chatbot/articleshow/101012445.cms">Google Bard: Cool things you can do with the AI chatbot</a>

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A week into the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-israeli-armored-vehicles-gaza-ahead-ground-invasion-hamas-2023-10">bombardment</a> of Gaza, I set up a WhatsApp group for my Palestinian family to confirm each morning they're all still alive. "Could everyone sign in?" This morning, I got no response. An hour and fifteen minutes passed. Then, a message from my sister, Yasmeen, in Gaza City. The power had just come on and she had a brief window of WiFi. An hour later, my niece and nephew, Ne'ama and Hammoud, messaged from the south. Between the three of them, we could account for 32 other relatives. Another day, and, at least for a moment, I could relax. Though I was born in Gaza City and lived there until I was 28, I've spent the last decade moving between Europe, Jordan, and finally Turkey with my husband, Abdullah. We now live in Istanbul with our 3-year-old daughter, Juju. Even before Oct. 7, we used WhatsApp to stay in touch. "The war started, and Abeer is still sound asleep," read the message I woke up to that first morning.As my sister Siham had thought, I was sleeping when news broke that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-israels-ground-invasion-if-gaza-hasnt-happened-yet-hamas-2023-10">Hamas</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hamas-offered-10k-apartment-israel-hostages-captured-militant-video-israel-2023-10">militants</a> had crossed into Israel, killing, we would later learn, 1,400 people, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/freed-israeli-hostage-kept-spiders-web-underground-tunnels-hamas-gaza-2023-10">taking</a> more than 200 <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-hostage-freed-hamas-militants-elderly-woman-grandmother-gaza-israel">hostages</a>. As I tried to absorb the news and images from Gaza — where my parents, five sisters, four brothers, 15 nieces and nephews, and most of my extended family and in-laws still live — my phone flashed again. It was a voice message from my close friend Yazmina, another Palestinian in Istanbul. Her voice was shaking: "Abeer, our families, what will happen to them?" I have survived three <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-hamas-us-funds-aid-weapons-war-military-spending-congress-2023-10">wars</a> in Gaza, witnessed many escalations and cross-border conflicts, and covered most of them as a journalist. But I knew immediately that this time was different. A massive revenge was coming to Gaza — a territory that's roughly 25 miles long and 6 miles wide, and home to some 2.2 million people, almost half of them under the age of 18. In the days and weeks since, I've been glued to Al Jazeera, squinting at the TV to make out buildings I recognize from my regular visits, and to my phone, which both brings news from my loved ones, and where I share whatever <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-israels-ground-invasion-if-gaza-hasnt-happened-yet-hamas-2023-10">information</a> I can find to help keep them safe. The close calls started immediately. <h2>Where is safe?</h2>The person in the most obvious danger was my sister, Fatin. Fatin, a Hebrew/Arabic translator, lives in the Al-Burij camp, very close to the Israeli border, and she's the only one outside of Gaza City. Of all my siblings, Fatin and I are closest. Just a year apart, we both studied English language at university and we got married the same year, when we were both in our 30s — late by Gaza's standards. She had evacuated immediately, along with her husband and two babies, Maria and Ascia, and her in-laws. Two days later, Fatin heard from neighbors that her house had been completely demolished in an aerial strike. When her husband returned to see if anything could be salvaged from the rubble, it was heartbreaking for him to see the girls' dolls and clothes thrown in the street. From Istanbul, Abdullah and I watched on Al Jazeera as places with cherished memories in Gaza City were destroyed live on air. We watched as dozens of buildings were flattened to the ground in Al-Remal, Abdullah's old neighborhood. Abdullah's family house was one of them, but thankfully, just hours earlier, his parents had evacuated to the home of Abdullah's brother in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood. As I watched these beautiful houses fall, I asked myself how demolishing entire neighborhoods can be a punishment for Hamas? I still don't know the answer.<div type="image" title="A woman takes shelter under a staircase." height="699" width="1024" msid="104737068" hostid="261"></div>Supplies of fuel, electricity, and water had stopped coming into Gaza. Soon, Gaza's main power plant switched off. In Gaza City, you could hope for an hour of power a day to get WiFi and to charge the power banks for cell phones. My relatives kept their phones on at different times, so to reach one I'd have to call multiple numbers. My parents live in a five-story building in the middle of Gaza City that my father had built 40 years ago. My four brothers — Hussam, Hazem, Alaa, and Hatem — live there too, along with their families, all in separate apartments. Soon, my aunt arrived with her husband and her son's family, after fleeing their home near Gaza's eastern border. Located in a residential neighborhood with no government buildings or obvious targets nearby, it has always felt relatively safe. When I lived there as a child, I learned to stay away from windows, but to keep them open, during bombardments. Three days after the war started, I was on Facebook searching for news and saw something that made me let out a gasp: A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces had posted a map of our neighborhood with a message telling people to evacuate. When I reached my brother, Hazem, he said they hadn't heard about the evacuation order. But he said they could hear constant explosions and he thought it was very risky to move outside. Home still felt like the safest option. We said goodbye, but for the rest of the day I could not leave my phone. Sick with worry, I scanned Telegram for updates from the ground. My family stayed where they were and each message from them brought fresh relief that they were still alive. <h2>Evacuate the north, but to where? </h2>That Friday morning, Oct. 13, I woke up to a missed call from Yazmina, my friend in Istanbul. Abdullah and I were never the type of people who took our phones with us to bed. That had changed, and for days we'd been reaching for our phones the minute we opened our eyes in the morning. I called Yazmina back. She told me that Israel had announced that 1 million civilians in northern Gaza, including Gaza City, should evacuate within 24 hours. To where, it wasn't clear. Scores of people, including most of Yazmina's family, were already heading south. People were taking refuge in the homes of people they barely knew. I called my parents' home and I asked my dad what he thought. My dad is a great father — more interested in music than politics. Knowing how attached he is to the building he'd lived in for decades, I expected his answer. "I'm not repeating the 1948 mistake," he said, referring to the year Palestinians were removed from our land and Israel declared itself an independent state. "I'm not leaving my house, even if it means I'll be killed." My oldest brother wanted to go. But the three younger brothers preferred to stay put, pointing out that we don't have relatives in the south. We were all also worried about my mother. She is paralyzed and rarely leaves the house, except for the occasional trip to the beach in her wheelchair. I told them I would call every two hours to get them news and to know their plans. Beyond what they could hear and see from their windows, I was my family's link to news and information. I could see on Instagram, for example, that people were already starting to pour out of Gaza City and other parts of the north. I tried not to push them one way or another, since I knew I would be living with a forever guilt if by chance they took my recommendation and were all killed. On one of these calls, they said a friend of Hazam's had offered to host them. So it was agreed: All 35 of them would leave. My niece, Ne'ama, 21, sent me photos of the family packing and her own crying face. They gathered their birth certificates, education certificates, and other documents they'd need to restart their lives if the house was hit. They packed blankets, cooking gas, and cash. They would make two separate trips in my father's two vehicles. <div type="image" title="A woman takes a selfie while holding a baby." height="622" width="828" msid="104737069" hostid="261"></div>Just as my father had said, the scenes of leaving their homes with mattresses tied to the tops of their cars felt like a replay of 1948. "It feels like judgment day," Ne'ama wrote to me. The drive to the south of Gaza usually takes about 15 minutes. Now, two hours. Elsewhere, we heard that taxi drivers were demanding $100 for the journey, up from the usual $10.It was agreed that two of my sisters, Hanadi and Yasmeen, would also flee to the south with their families and in-laws, and take shelter at the same home as my parents and brothers. Yasmeen spent most of the day searching for a car before finally finding some seats with her sister-in-law. Three months ago, Yasmeen lost her only child, Sophia. She had been born prematurely, with underdeveloped lungs and a heart defect, and had been hooked up to an oxygen machine to breathe. She lived for just nine months. On the day of the evacuation, Yasmeen told me she was relieved that Sophia was at peace, that she wasn't sure Sophia would have survived this ordeal. Two of my other sisters, Siham and Taghreed, decided to stay with their children in Gaza City.Siham, who lives near the seaport where naval artillery is often fired, said she's very afraid, but that if she is going to be killed she prefers to be in her own home — not on the floor of a stranger — when it happens. <h2>A place to sleep, water to drink</h2>When they got to the home of Hazem's friend, they were surprised to find more than 100 people taking shelter there already. The rooms were packed, and there were long lines to use the toilet.My sister-in-law had to haggle so that my mother could sleep on a couch rather than on the floor. "It's very humiliating here," Ne'ama told me, crying. "I can't stand seeing my grandmother sleeping on a sofa."They did have water, though, thanks to a well the family used for agriculture. The family had been trading some of that water for bread, which was in short supply, so everyone could eat.<div type="image" title="A selfie shows a large family relaxing near a parked car." height="1200" width="1600" msid="104737070" hostid="261"></div>When my nephew, Hammoud, told me he'd managed to take a cold shower, I asked if there was any shampoo. He laughed, telling me that my years abroad made me forget what it was like to survive in a war zone: "Of course we don't use shampoo! We are very lucky to have water to shower." Even here they didn't feel safe. The south was being hit by airstrikes, which the IDF claims are targeting militants. How could Israel order people to seek refuge in the south and then aim airstrikes at those that obeyed? The next morning, Hanadi said she would return to her house in Gaza City, along with her husband and four children. If all of Gaza was under assault, at least she and the children should be comfortable. <h2>'Despite the current circumstances'</h2>It's so difficult to keep track of everyone. I'm following the news minute by minute, so I know where the explosions are. If a neighborhood where my relatives are gets hit, I start calling them one by one. Sometimes, I dial five numbers before someone picks up. This is what led us to create a single WhatsApp group for our whole family in Gaza. Every morning, or as soon as they have signal, my relatives type in their first initial to confirm they and their families are alive. If we have word from another relative who can't reach us, we share that too. As the day goes on, my relatives send selfies, or try to work out where a strike just happened.I usually turn my WhatsApp notification off — but not now. One recent message was about my oldest sister. No one has heard from her in a week. But her son, Waleed, has been in touch with her neighbor; the neighbor told Waleed that my sister and her other children are still alive, even though many houses on the street have been hit. News from Gaza is getting darker, as people endure not only airstrikes but supplies of food and water are dangerously low. The other day, Yasmeen shared something that had left her shaken. She and her husband had traveled back north to her in-laws' and had been getting water from a 50-liter tank that was kept under the stairs. But two days ago, the tank disappeared. Later that day, when a team selling water passed through the neighborhood, a fight broke out in the street because there wasn't enough for everyone. She said that she never thought she would live to see a day like this.Last week, we lost contact with my parents and brothers for three days. The power banks had been used up and no one was able to charge their phones. I feared the worst. But this was a rare case of a story ending happily in Gaza. <div type="image" title="A man, getting a shave, smiles at the camera." height="673" width="897" msid="104737071" hostid="261"></div>When the electricity briefly came back on, messages poured in to the WhatsApp group. Among the evacuees was a barber, and he had brought his tools with him. Before the Friday prayer, he'd given all the men a fresh shave.My nephew, Hammoud, sent me a series of photos of my male relatives waiting for their turn. Hammoud captioned them: "despite the current circumstances."

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Meta-owned <keyword id="790242" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="whatsapp" source="Orion">WhatsApp</keyword> has confirmed that it is running a cash-back campaign in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> to drive more users on its digital payments service. The company is giving away Rs 11 cashback up to three times by sending money to three different contacts via unified payments interface (<keyword id="6358921" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="upi" source="Orion">UPI</keyword>) on WhatsApp. "We are running a campaign offering cashback incentives in a phased manner to our users as a way to unlock the potential of payments on WhatsApp," a company spokesperson told IANS. "We'll continue to drive awareness of payments on WhatsApp as part of our broader efforts to bring the next 500 million Indians onto the digital payments ecosystem," the spokesperson added. If you become eligible for the promotion, you will see a banner within the app, or a gift icon when you're sending money to an eligible receiver, according to WhatsApp. "Once selected, you can send money to any of your registered WhatsApp contacts and receive Rs 11 cashback per successful transaction," the company informed. Google and Paytm have also offered cask-back to users to drive more engagement and retention growth on their respective platforms. On its support page, WhatsApp said that it will not offer cash-back for QR code payments, payments made on collect requests or made by entering the UPI ID of recipient, as well as payments on third-party online apps using WhatsApp. Earlier this month, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) approved an additional 60 million users for UPI for WhatsApp - taking its cap to 100 million for Payments. "We believe there is an opportunity for UPI to have an even greater impact for the country -- especially in rural regions where digital and financial inclusion can significantly improve peoples' lives," Manesh Mahatme, Director-Payments, WhatsApp India, had told IANS. In November last year, the NPCI approved increasing the user cap for WhatsApp's payment service from the current 20 million to 40 million users. The NPCI has been giving approval to WhatsApp in a phased manner so that the competition in the digital payment space in the country is not stifled. WhatsApp kicked off its ambitious peer-to-peer (P2P) digital payments pilot project in India in 2018 with nearly 10 lakh users. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/ola-may-be-rushing-into-electric-cars-when-scooters-continue-to-underperform/articleshow/91141264.cms">Is Ola hurrying into its electric car dream?</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/adani-enterprises-sets-up-a-wholly-owned-media-arm/articleshow/91128727.cms"></a><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/google-expected-to-announce-the-pixel-6a-pixel-watch-and-android-13-in-i/o-2022/articleshow/91141500.cms">Google I/O 2022 – Pixel 6a, Pixel Watch, Android 13 and everything we expect to see</a>

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<ul><li>You will have to first link your bank account to <keyword id="4878801" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="whatsapp-pay" source="Orion">WhatsApp Pay</keyword>.</li><li>The bank account balance can be viewed either from settings or from the payment message screen.</li><li>To view your account balance, you will need to input the UPI PIN.</li></ul>Most of us use WhatsApp as an instant messaging application, but since last year, the Facebook-owned platform has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/whatsapp-pay-upi-rolls-out-while-google-pay-phonepe-have-already-got-the-first-sting-with-the-npci-cap/articleshow/79075049.cms">offering UPI payments</a> in India. You can use WhatsApp to send and receive money just like any other UPI payment applications such as Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm. If you haven’t set up WhatsApp payment, you can do that in the app by heading over to the Payments option in Settings on iOS devices or by tapping the three-dot More options icon on Android devices. Select ‘Add payment method’ and follow the instructions. It’s important to note that you can only select a bank account that is associated with your WhatsApp number. At the end of the process, you will have to set up a PIN which has to be remembered for making further use of the UPI payment services. Once you have set-up the payment method and added a bank account, you can check your bank account’s balance using the two methods given below. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Check bank account balance from Settings." comment="subhead" text="Check bank account balance from Settings.">Check bank account balance from Settings.</cmsannotation> <ul><li>Open the WhatsApp application.</li><li>On iOS, tap on Settings at the bottom of the screen, or on Android OS, tap on the three-dot icon at the top right of the main screen.</li><li>Select Payments.</li><li>Under the Payment methods, choose the relevant bank account.</li><li>Tap on View Account Balance and it will prompt you to input the PIN.</li><li>Your bank account balance will be displayed once you enter the PIN.</li></ul><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Check bank account balance when sending money" comment="subhead" text="Check bank account balance when sending money">Check bank account balance when sending money</cmsannotation> You can also check your account balance while sending money from the payment message screen. Follow the steps below to check your balance. <ul><li>From the payment message screen, tap on the available payment method.</li><li>If you have linked more than one bank account to WhatsApp Pay, tap on the account whose balance you wish to view.</li><li>Now, tap on View Account Balance.</li><li>When prompted, enter the PIN to check your account balance.</li></ul>Alternatively, some banks also offer free banking services to customers over WhatsApp. Save the contact of the WhatsApp chatbot number associated with your bank and send a ‘Hi’ message. A menu of services will be prompted in the chatbox that will include viewing your account balance option. Respond with the selection to view your account balance. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/how-to-take-screenshots-on-windows-10-8-and-7/articleshow/86168223.cms">How to take screenshots on Windows 10, 8 and 7</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/how-to-delete-facebook-account-permanently/articleshow/70313851.cms">How to delete Facebook account permanently</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/how-to/how-to-fix-gmail-if-youre-not-receiving-emails/articleshow/86105969.cms">How to fix Gmail if you're not receiving emails</a>

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<ul><li><keyword id="4878801" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="whatsapp-pay">WhatsApp Pay</keyword> has partnered with four major banks in India – State Bank of India, <keyword id="6653" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICICI-bank">ICICI Bank</keyword>, <keyword id="6357149" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="hdfc-bank">HDFC Bank</keyword> and <keyword id="6355975" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="axis-bank">Axis Bank</keyword>. </li><li>WhatsApp Pay finally received the approval to operate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments from the National Payments Council of India (NPCI) in November 2020.</li><li>However, it initially has a limit of 20 million users. </li></ul> Facebook-led payments service WhatsApp Pay has partnered with four major banks in India – State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank to strengthen its UPI offering. “UPI is a transformative service and we jointly have the opportunity to bring the benefits of our digital economy and financial inclusion to a large number of users who have not had full access to them before,” said Abhijit Bose, Head of WhatsApp, India in a statement. WhatsApp continued to stress on making payments “as easy as sending a message”. WhatsApp Pay finally received the approval to operate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments from the National Payments Council of India (NPCI) in November 2020. However, it initially has a limit of 20 million users. India is the first country where Facebook had begun its tryst with payments back in 2018 when WhatsApp began beta testing payments in the country. Since then, the company had met with several regulatory hurdles relating to data localisation, which was followed by a promise of storing data locally and WhatsApp Pay submitting revised data localization compliance this year. At the Facebook Fuel For India 2020 summit, Facebook founder <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-and-reliance-industries-mukesh-ambani-spoke-but-had-no-chemistry/articleshow/79739547.cms">Mark Zuckerberg </a>also pushed for WhatsApp Pay’s growth in India. “We just launched <keyword id="4685737" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="WhatsApp-payments">WhatsApp payments</keyword> in India last month – now you can send money to your friends and family through WhatsApp, as easily as sending a message. That was possible because of the UPI system that has been built in India,” said Zuckerberg during a chat with Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/personalities/news/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-and-reliance-industries-mukesh-ambani-spoke-but-had-no-chemistry/articleshow/79739547.cms">Zuckerberg spoke to Ambani but there was no chemistry — even with a multi-million dollar partnership between them</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>JPMorgan has agreed to pay a $125 million fine after the <keyword id="11898795" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sec" source="Orion">SEC</keyword> found it violated federal laws.</li><li>JPMorgan employees used personal email, text, and <keyword id="11896250" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="whatsapp" source="Orion">WhatsApp</keyword> to discuss bank business, the SEC says.</li></ul><keyword id="12198262" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jpmorgan-chase" source="Orion">JPMorgan Chase</keyword> has agreed to pay a $125 million fine after allowing employees to discuss bank business on personal phones. The <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-262">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> announced Friday that it found "widespread and longstanding failures" to preserve written communications among JPMorgan employees, who were using WhatsApp, email, and text to discuss securities business matters, a violation of federal law.The regulator found that the practice took place between at least January 2018 and November 2020 and was prevalent throughout the firm."Indeed, supervisors, including managing directors and other senior supervisors ... used their personal devices to communicate about the firm's securities business," the commission said in a statement regarding the charges. Financial institutions are <a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2019/34-87005.pdf">required by law</a> to keep records of business communications between brokers and clients. The SEC discovered JPMorgan was violating that rule when one of the firm's brokers wasn't able to produce records during the investigation, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/jpmorgan-securities-pay-125-mln-settle-sec-charges-record-keeping-lapses-2021-12-17/">Reuters' Katanga Johnson reported</a>. JPMorgan has admitted to the charges and, along with the fine, has agreed to hire a compliance consultant to review the firm's record-keeping policies, the SEC said.A spokesperson for JPMorgan did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.As a result of this investigation, the SEC has launched similar investigations at other financial firms, it said. An SEC official told Reuters that individuals and firms that self-report violations could face less serious penalties.

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<ul><li>There are 692 million active internet users in India. </li><li>Meta-owned <keyword id="790242" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="whatsapp" source="Orion">Whatsapp</keyword> suffered a two-hour global outage earlier this week, affecting 450 million India users. </li><li>Business Insider India brings to you a list of alternative messaging platforms that can be used even when there is no internet connection. </li></ul>There are 692 million active internet users in <a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/indias-internet-users-grow-rural-areas-lead-growth/2610259/">India</a> and about two-thirds are on the popular messaging app Whatsapp. When the Meta-owned Whatsapp suffered a two-hour global outage earlier this week, it not only affected social connectivity but was a punch in the gut for a growing number of <a href="https://www.livemint.com/news/india/whatsapp-s-one-hour-outage-takes-toll-on-small-businesses-11666710531867.html">small businesses</a> that use this platform for business. With analysts predicting that these kinds of outages could occur more often going ahead, it is only prudent to look for alternative options that work even offline. Business Insider India brings to you a list of alternative options that you can use to send messages without using the internet. However, these apps come with a caveat – the privacy and security of some enlisted apps are still under scrutiny, despite a few of them offering encryption. Used by journalists, activists, for disaster management or by campaign managers and travellers alike, these apps can be an efficient alternative to popular messaging apps. Here are the most popular options you can explore. 1. Near Peer Near Peer is an offline chat application that allows users with the app to chat without an internet connection in a 100-metre radius. The application is available on Google Play Store and uses a mesh network to create offline communication. It can be used for individual and group chats, although it is only available for <keyword id="6355645" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="android" source="Orion">Android</keyword> users. The app can also send files. 2. Bridgefy This application was widely used during the Hong Kong protests and the government crackdown that followed. <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.bridgefy.main&amp;hl=en_IN&amp;gl=US">Bridgefy</a> allows you to send and receive offline messages to users within 100 metres. The app uses Bluetooth to establish an offline connection to devices. This app works without <keyword id="107178" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="wifi" source="Orion">Wifi</keyword> or data and can even send encrypted broadcast messages. Data is encrypted during transit, the app claims. It is available on both Android and iOS. 3. <keyword id="15362605" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="briar" source="Orion">Briar</keyword> Users can establish offline communication by sending and receiving messages without the internet through Briar. The app is available only on Android and can be accessed through Bluetooth, Tor (free and open-source software used for undetected communication), and even through Wifi. It also lets you create blog posts, share a link for adding contacts and even create a discussion group. 4. Meshenger Meshenger is a free and open-source Android application that lets you make voice or video calls without any internet <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/d.d.meshenger/">connection</a>. Users have to generate and scan the QR contact code of one another to access this app without even signing up. It also provides data backup and encrypted communication. The app is available for download on F-Droid, which is a free and open-source software. 5. Rumble Rumble is an offline Android microblogging application that also does not need an internet connection to stay active. It lets users share images and exchange messages, activating anonymous communication via Bluetooth. “Using only the social fabric as an infrastructure, it makes Rumble suitable for use cases where the Internet is either best to avoid, (surveillance/censorship) or simply not available,” claims <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.disrupted.rumble/">Rumble</a>. 6. Serval Mesh Serval Mesh is another offline messaging alternative that connects nearby devices via Bluetooth. It aims to enable communications for the unfortunate who are experiencing chronic loss of the internet. “Search and discovery have become invaluable elements of the modern internet. However, for communities experiencing transient or chronic loss of <keyword id="382594" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="internet-access" source="Orion">internet access</keyword>, these facilities are not available,” <keyword id="15362604" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="serval-project" source="Orion">Serval Project</keyword> said in a <a href="https://servalpaul.blogspot.com/">statement. </a> 7. Peer Chat Peer Chat is available for iOS users and is a group messaging application that allows users to chat with upto eight contacts. The app claims all messages are encrypted, and no data is logged. This application does not store data on servers and thus makes communication more private, with no registration <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/peer-chat/id725947328">required</a>. 8. Signal Offline Messanger The popular messaging application Signal also provides offline communication through WiFi Direct, a technology that allows nearby devices to create their own Wifi network without using the internet. This technology allows free peer-to-peer connection, enabling users to exchange files, audio, video, and messages without data. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/cybersecurity-platform-blusapphire-raises-9-2-million-in-barings-pe-led-funding-round/articleshow/95117744.cms">Cybersecurity platform BluSapphire raises $9.2 million in Barings PE-led funding round</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/q2-corporate-earnings-report-banks-perform-well-moderate-growth-in-fmcg-auto/articleshow/95120418.cms">Q2 corporate earnings report: Banks perform well, moderate growth in FMCG, auto</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/facebook-picks-15-indian-online-communities-for-accelerator-programme/articleshow/95120189.cms">Facebook picks 15 Indian online communities for accelerator programme</a>

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<ul><li><keyword id="790242" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="whatsapp" source="Orion">WhatsApp</keyword> has rolled out new options to your privacy control settings.</li><li>The new privacy feature lets you hide your profile photo and online status from specific users.</li><li>Here’s how you can use new privacy settings.</li></ul>Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has updated its privacy control settings, giving users more control over info, profile picture and last seen status. <div type="twitter" handle="WhatsApp" handlename="WhatsApp" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1318652224638124032/wrpp2Nl4_normal.png" favoritecount="991" retweetcount="197" status="🔒 To further protect your privacy online, we’re rolling out new options to your privacy control settings 🔒Now you… https://t.co/8NxDoncxwF" createdat="1655335249000" id="1537213566717075456"></div> Previously, users only had the option to hide the above-mentioned settings for contacts or nobody. With this new privacy update, WhatsApp users gain more control letting them hide profile pictures, online status, and last seen with specific users via a new option - ‘My Contacts Except.’ With this contacts can see your profile photo, last seen or status, except the people you exclude. Also read: <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="92253557" title="How to record a WhatsApp call" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How to use new privacy features" comment="How to use new privacy features" text="How to use new privacy features">How to use new privacy features</cmsannotation> WhatsApp's new privacy features are not as extensive as Telegram which already supports hiding last seen, profile photos on a per-contact basis. But this appears to be a convenient feature for people who tend to hide their personal information from banking and business accounts on WhatsApp. Here’s how you can use WhatsApp's new privacy features. Open WhatsApp and head over to the app’s settings. Now, tap on ‘Account’ and then ‘Privacy’ and tap on desired personal information you want to hide. You will see the ‘My contacts except’ option, from that menu, you can select the contacts with whom you don’t want to share personal information such as online status, profile picture or last seen. <div type="image" title="WhatsApp new privacy feature" msid="92329238" hostid="261"></div> With all these new security features WhatsApp is trying to give more control to users over its personal data. But the survey has found that about 53% of Indian users have reported that they are seeing advertisement-based messages on their WhatsApp.

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