In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 1st July 2018 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. WhatsApp payments is built on FB platform, says privacy will be protected WhatsApp has updated its payments privacy policy and has ensured that parent company Facebook will not store any data pertaining to payments, it has also confirmed that its payments feature is built on parent Facebook’s payments infrastructure. In an update to its terms of service and privacy policy on payments, WhatsApp has made several clarifications with regard to information that is collected when one agrees to use its payments feature. Read it here Amazon Prime now available as a monthly subscription, priced at Rs 129/month Amazon Prime, the e-commerce marketplace’s membership program, is now available on a monthly basis, Firstpost reports. The monthly pricing is ₹129, which is around 50% costlier on an annual basis than the one year plan, which costs ₹999. Amazon Prime comes with some delivery and sale perks, as well as Prime Video and Prime Music. Unlike the yearly plan, this option comes with auto-renewal, which will bill users’ cards automatically each month. Read it here PolicyBazaar raises $200 million from Softbank's Vision Fund Digital insurance platform PolicyBazaar has raised $200 million from Softbank’s $100 billion Vision Fund in a Series F funding. This fresh round of funding values PolicyBazaar to nearly $1 billion, catapulting it into the unicorn club. The deal was led by the Vision Fund…
