WhatsApp says Brazil central bank willing to restore payments service

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc messaging service WhatsApp said on Thursday that Brazil’s central bank had said it intended to find a way to restore the payments service in the country by working with Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc .

“The central bank made clear that they support platforms like WhatsApp that are innovating in digital payments,” Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp said in a statement.

(Reporting by Carolina Mandl; Editing by Christian Plumb)