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Mobile Money Heats Up in India as Google Doubles Down

August 28 2018

“A day after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it had invested in the parent company of India’s largest digital-payments firm, called Paytm, Google said it is expanding its mobile money service in the South Asian nation. It is partnering with several local banks to offer consumer loans from within its app in the coming weeks, aiming to assist […]

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Google releases Android 9 Pie with added NFC, secure element, TEE and biometric security

August 8 2018

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“Google has begun rolling out Android 9 ‘Pie’, the latest version of its mobile operating system which includes support for GlobalPlatform’s Open Mobile API, a new BiometricPrompt API, and added NFC and Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) security techniques.”

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Facebook, Google And More Unite To Let You Transfer Data Between Apps

July 20 2018

“From porting playlists in music streaming services to health data from fitness trackers to our reams of photos and videos, the DTP could be a boon for startups. Incumbent tech giants maintain a huge advantage in popularizing new functionality because they instantly interoperate with a user’s existing data rather than making them start from scratch. […]

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A New Rivalry Brews As Flipkart, Amazon Cut Google Ad Spends

July 16 2018

“Google’s e-commerce push and the rising importance of Flipkart and Amazon in digital ads are the latest examples of how intertwined the tech business has become and how internet firms are increasingly encroaching on each other’s turf. A few years ago, it was unthinkable that Google would enter e-commerce or that Amazon could ever threaten […]

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Google teams with HDFC Bank, ICICI, others for instant loans

August 29 2018

“Google India on Tuesday said it has rebranded its Indian payments app Tez as Google Pay and is partnering four banks to provide instant loans for the app’s users. In the coming weeks, Google Pay users will be able to access customised loans from HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, Federal Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd […]

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Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales

August 31 2018

“For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google paid for.”

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Data Factories

October 3 2018

“Facebook and Google — the two Super Aggregators — make money through ads, and advertisers come to Facebook and Google because they want to reach consumers. From an advertiser perspective users — or to be more precise, access to users’ attention — is a product they are absolutely paying for.”

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Google Pay may add QR codes for peer-to-peer payments

September 25 2018

“There are a number of digital payment services out there and, of course, Google has their own as well. Originally called Android Pay, the recently rebranded Google Pay service has had a number of different features added to keep it competitive. This year alone it has added support for boarding passes, money transfers, event tickets, and has continued its […]

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Google tweaks privacy policy for Indian payment app after rival complaint

September 24 2018

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Google Pay is now available in the United Arab Emirates

November 13 2018

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“Google’s aptly named payment service, Google Pay, has been gradually moving into all corners of the globe. The latest country to be added to the list is the United Arab Emirates. While not officially announced, the United Arab Emirates was added to various Google Pay support pages today, indicating its imminent availability.”