SIM swap and account takeover: protecting the number your clients message
How a brokerage loses its WhatsApp number to a SIM swap, a phished code or a linked device — the settings that stop it, and what POPIA requires afterwards.
How a brokerage loses its WhatsApp number to a SIM swap, a phished code or a linked device — the settings that stop it, and what POPIA requires afterwards.
Two grey ticks are not proof of receipt. What sent, delivered, read and failed mean on the WhatsApp Business Platform, and what a broker should file instead.
Registry papers, a display name clients recognise, two-step verification: what Meta checks before a brokerage number can scale, and what the badge is worth.
Cloud API stores message data where you tell it to, but only if you set the region before registering the number. What EU and UK brokers should check.
Why clients see a number instead of your firm, how Meta reviews display names, and which of your legal, trading or network names belongs at the top of the thread.
Meta bills WhatsApp per message delivered. Which of a broker’s messages are charged, which are free inside the service window, and how to budget a month.
Half the premium reminders did not send. What a WhatsApp messaging limit counts, how tiers and quality rating work, and how to run a month-end batch safely.
Migrate the number clients already message, or run it alongside the app. What each route costs you in chat history, and the checklist to do it in one evening.
Meta decides whether your renewal or claim message can go out at all. How a UK or EU brokerage picks the right category, survives review and avoids rejection.
A step-by-step guide for FAIS-licensed brokerages moving off personal phones: choosing the number, capturing opt-in, writing templates and keeping records.