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Meta buys a fifth of Cred, and a new WhatsApp boss

The Next Web 22 June 2026, 14:17 UTC 22 Jun 2026

Meta buys a fifth of Cred, and a new WhatsApp boss — The Next Web

Meta is paying $900mn for a fifth of Cred, an Indian fintech. The bigger prize is its founder, Kunal Shah, who will now run WhatsApp. Meta has found its next WhatsApp boss the way it now likes to find people: by writing a cheque. On Monday, the company said it would invest $900mn in Cred. […] This story continues at The Next Web

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