WhatsApp Appoints Indian Fintech Founder Kunal Shah Amid Expansion in Digital Payments

Meta has appointed Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp to lead its push into digital payments and financial services, particularly in emerging markets like India. The move is accompanied by a $900 million investment from Meta in Shah's fintech company CRED.

By Ashwin Manikandan, Jaspreet Kalra and Haripriya Suresh Thu, June 25, 2026 at 11:58 AM GMT+3 4 min read · Yahoo Finance · June 25, 2026, 08:58 UTC

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