Meta's WhatsApp to be led by CRED founder Kunal Shah

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• CRED said its board and leadership team were working on a longer-term management structure as the company prepares for an eventual initial public offering, with the fresh capital expected to support growth across its payments, lending, insurance, and wealth businesses.

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• The Series H infusion will fuel Cred's plans to accelerate growth.

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• Sampat takes the helm Miten Sampat, who has led strategy and finance verticals at Cred since 2020, has been appointed interim CEO with immediate effect.

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• India is WhatsApp’s largest market, with more than 500 million users accounting for a significant share of the app’s global base of over 3 billion people.

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• But efforts by WhatsApp to push into digital payments have delivered mixed results.

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• Shah will retain his shareholding in the company after stepping away from day-to-day operations.

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• Shah will step down as CRED’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to succeed WhatsApp’s current head Will Cathcart.

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• Founded in 2018, CRED started by targeting users with strong credit histories.

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• "Team CRED, I'll still expect you to be a 10x version of yourselves.

  according to The Federal +1

• Its lending business has grown to Rs 24,000 crore in assets under management.

  according to The Federal +1

• And if that future arrives, $900 million may end up being remembered as much more than a fintech investment. - Ends Published By: Sonu Vivek Published On: Jun 23, 2026 07:46 IST

  according to India Today

• Cathcart, who has led WhatsApp since 2019, oversaw a period of rapid expansion that helped the service become one of the world’s most popular messaging apps, including with more than 100 million users in the United States.

  according to TechCrunch

• In 2018, Shah founded CRED, a fintech platform with 17 million monthly active users, after earlier building FreeCharge, one of India’s early digital payments startups.

  according to TechCrunch

• According to the Reuters report, the platform now has around 17 million monthly users and processes more than 40% of India's credit-card bill payments.

  according to India Today

• WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart has announced that he is leaving his role.

  according to CNBC Top News

• A Meta spokesperson declined to comment on the specifics of Cathcart's new role.

  according to CNBC Top News

• Cathcart announced the leadership change in a post on X, describing WhatsApp as being in its strongest position yet after years of expansion.

  according to Khaleej Times

• During his tenure, the messaging platform scaled end-to-end encrypted communication to more than three billion users worldwide while introducing features such as companion device support, expanded group messaging capabilities, and new communication tools.

  according to Khaleej Times

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• CRED said its board and leadership team were working on a longer-term management structure as the company prepares for an eventual initial…

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• Founded in 2018, CRED started by targeting users with strong credit histories.

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• Sampat takes the helm Miten Sampat, who has led strategy and finance verticals at Cred since 2020, has been appointed interim CEO with…

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• India is WhatsApp’s largest market, with more than 500 million users accounting for a significant share of the app’s global base of over 3…

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• I'm excited to continue to work together closely." He added: "Kunal built CRED into one of India's most important technology companies, and…

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