Belgium bank Belfius today launched a payment feature that allows users to make P2P payments through social media platform Facebook’s Messenger as well as  mobile messaging platform, WhatsApp.

The feature can be accessed through Belfius’ mobile app.

Payment through non-payment platforms such as Facebook is becoming increasingly popular among banks. More recently, Norwegian bank Nordea recently added pay through Facebook Messenger as well.

Read more at Twinkle and Finextra.

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