Ex-WhatsApp Pay India head in talks to join Tata Digital – The Economic Times

SynopsisMeanwhile, two senior executives hired by Mukesh Bansal exit firm in less than a year.ETtechVinay Choletti, former head of WhatsApp Pay in IndiaVinay Choletti, the former head of WhatsApp Pay in India, who quit Meta within four months of taking over the role, is in advanced stages of talks to join Tata Digital in its payments business, multiple sources aware of the discussions said. Tata Digital, which houses the ambitious ecommerce super app Neu, has been trying to build its unified payments interface (UPI) play and sell its financial services offerings from the group to consumers. Choletti, a former Amazon Pay executive, was working closely on WhatsApp Pay in India and was given the mandate to head it after Manesh Mahatme quit the position to go back to Amazon. Cholleti spent around 15 months at WhatsApp Pay where he was head of merchant payments before being elevated to head of WhatsApp Pay. Meanwhile, Tata Digital has also seen the exits of at least two senior executives, Sharath Bulusu and Prateek Mehta, who were hired by Tata Digital president Mukesh Bansal. Both Bulusu and Mehta have left the ecommerce arm of the Mumbai-based conglomerate after spending less than a year at
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