Metas Cred game suggests it wants a slice of Indias digital economy but is talent acquisition enough?
News Source : Livemint
News Summary
- Mark Zuckerberg has lately been reaching for his cheque book to solve strategic problems.
- He appears to have taken a similar playbook to WhatsApp.
- As reported, it has invested $900 million in Indian fintech startup Cred for a minority stake and asked its founder Kunal Shah to lead the chat platform globally.
- India is central to Meta’s growth story.
- Its choice of Shah—a serial entrepreneur with success in payments, credit and other financial services—would suggest that Meta wants to monetize WhatsApp quickly.
India is central to Metas growth story.
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