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Google to Invest $1 Billion in Africa Over the Next 5 Years | TechCabal

October 11 2021

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• Africa
• Google

“At the first virtual Google for Africa event today, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, announced a plan to invest $1billion over 5 years to support digital transformation in Africa. The investment focuses on enabling fast, affordable internet access for more Africans; building helpful products; supporting entrepreneurship and small business; and helping nonprofits to […]

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WSJ News Exclusive | Google Is Scrapping Its Plan to Offer Bank Accounts to Users

October 1 2021

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• Alphabet
• Google
• Mobile Banking

“Google is abandoning plans to pitch bank accounts to its users, marking a retreat from an effort to make the tech giant a bigger name in finance. The Alphabet Inc unit announced almost two years ago that users of its Google Pay digital wallet would be able to sign up for enhanced checking accounts and […]

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New Google Pay Debit Card Lets You Actually Spend the Money People Send You

July 8 2021

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• Google

“According to a new report from 9to5Google (Google does not seem to have a blog post about this yet), starting this week, US Android users can request a “Google Pay Balance Card” that will allow them to spend their Google Pay balance directly on purchases…The new Google Pay card is a virtual Visa debit card […]

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Google Pay Announces Cards Tokenization With SBI, IndusInd Bank in Collaboration With Visa

June 21 2021

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• Google
• India

“Google has roped in more banks for card tokenization on the Google Pay app. Cards tokenization is a feature that lets users make debit or credit card payments through a secure digital token attached to their phone without having to physically share their credit or debit card details. Google Pay had earlier rolled out the […]

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Google Partners With Shopify on Online Shopping Expansion

May 21 2021

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• Google

“Google announced it’s partnering with Shopify, giving the e-commerce platform’s more than 1.7 million merchants the ability to reach consumers through Google Search and its other services. The integration will allow merchants to sign up in just a few clicks to have their products appear across Google’s 1 billion “shopping journeys” that take place every […]

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Google Pay Launches International Money Transfers With Wise and Western Union

May 11 2021

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• Google
• Remittances

“Alphabet Inc’s Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co for users of its U.S. payments app, the companies said on Tuesday. Google Pay users in the United States can now transfer money to app customers in India and Singapore, with plans to expand to the 80 countries […]

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Google Shopping for Android Shuts Down in Favor of the Web – 9to5Google

April 12 2021

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• Google
• Remote Commerce

“A new Google Shopping experience that featured a personalized homepage launched in 2019. On Android, Google rebranded the existing Express app to Shopping, but it’s now shutting down the mobile experience in favor of just the web.”

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Google Launches Android Ready SE Alliance to Drive Adoption of Digital Credentials

March 29 2021

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• Google

“Google has joined with secure element (SE) vendors to launch the Android Ready SE Alliance to accelerate the adoption of new use cases for Android devices including digital car keys and mobile IDs. The alliance is creating and rolling out a set of open source, validated and ready-to-use SE applets for use in conjunction with […]

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PayPal Accelerates Its Digital Transformation With Google Cloud to Support Customer Needs During Pandemic–and Beyond

May 13 2021

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• Cloud computing
• Google
• PayPal

“Google Cloud and PayPal today announced they are deepening their relationship to further accelerate PayPal’s digital transformation and evolving customer needs. Under this expanded relationship, Google Cloud will provide both infrastructure and analytics capabilities to support PayPal’s growth, helping the company process transactional data at massive scale.”

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New Ways to Save, Commute and Manage Money With Google Pay

May 7 2021

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• Google

“Last year, we launched a reimagined Google Pay to be a safe, simple and helpful way to pay and manage your finances. The app is full of ways to pay friends and businesses, save with offers and rewards and stay on top of your money. Today, we are announcing three ways to help you save […]