# Professor Anindya Ghose discusses WhatsApp's presence in India

1 Faculty News April 10, 2018 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](https://qz.com/1249016/whatsapp-is-looking-to-hire-an-india-head-for-the-first-time-ever/) -- "'I think this move to hire a country head is also a very credible signal to Indian payment system firms, notably Paytm, to ramp up their battle plans,' said [Anindya Ghose](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anindya-ghose), the Heinz Riehl professor of business at New York University’s Stern school. 'It will make the mobile payments market in India a lot more colorful!'"

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