Following the drop in popularity of WhatsApp due to its controversial privacy policy update, Signal has added quite a lot of features to its app to encourage users to switch platforms. Now, Singla has announced that it is testing a new digital payment feature, which lets users send and receive “privacy-focused payments” on Signal.
Appropriately dubbed Signal Payments, the new feature is currently available on the latest beta build of the app. It is currently in its initial testing phase and supports only one payment network – MobileCoin. This is essentially a form of cryptocurrency.
Moving forward, Signal says that it will expand the payments feature to users in other regions. There is, however, no word on the public release just yet.
