During a 2021 survey fielded in Brazil, around 38 percent of responding WhatsApp users said they were clients of Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and/or Sicredi and would like to use WhatsApp Pay. This division of Facebook, Inc. planned to release the mobile payment solution in Brazil in cooperation with the three banks aforementioned by the end of the first half of 2021. Meanwhile, 28 percent of respondents stated that they used credit and/or debit cards issued by those banks, but they did not intend to use WhatsApp Pay.
Interest of WhatsApp users in WhatsApp Pay in cooperation with Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021
1,992 internet users who had WhatsApp installed on their phones
Age group
16 years and older
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "WhatsApp plans to release a money transfer and payment service, initially by using credit and debit cards issued by Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi. The user won't pay extra for making money transfers or payments through WhatsApp. In order to it, [the users] just need to register their cards on the app. Are you a client of these banks and do you intend to use this service?"
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Mobile Time, & Opinion Box. (February 26, 2021). Interest of WhatsApp users in WhatsApp Pay in cooperation with Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225992/whatsapp-pay-popularity-brazil/
Mobile Time, und Opinion Box. "Interest of WhatsApp users in WhatsApp Pay in cooperation with Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021." Chart. February 26, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225992/whatsapp-pay-popularity-brazil/
Mobile Time, Opinion Box. (2021). Interest of WhatsApp users in WhatsApp Pay in cooperation with Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225992/whatsapp-pay-popularity-brazil/
Mobile Time, and Opinion Box. "Interest of Whatsapp Users in Whatsapp Pay in Cooperation with Banco Do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225992/whatsapp-pay-popularity-brazil/
Mobile Time & Opinion Box, Interest of WhatsApp users in WhatsApp Pay in cooperation with Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225992/whatsapp-pay-popularity-brazil/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Interest of WhatsApp users in WhatsApp Pay in cooperation with Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi in Brazil as of January 2021 [Graph], Mobile Time, & Opinion Box, February 26, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225992/whatsapp-pay-popularity-brazil/