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Google Contacts adds ability to send money via Google Pay Send

March 14 2018

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“Back in November, Google added money transfers to Android Messages via Google Wallet (now known as Google Pay Send). We noticed some strings in our teardown of the Google Contacts app last week that suggested the same addition would be coming soon, and it’s now hit at least one reader in Canada.”

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Google says it is looking to partner with banks, not be their rival

March 8 2018

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“Speaking to The Irish Times at the Finovate conference in London, Florence Diss, head of commerce partnerships for Google in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said the company is actively working with a number of banks to explore opportunities arising from the payments services directive 2 (PSD2). PSD2, which came into effect earlier this year, effectively […]

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Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent to disrupt Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google in Asia

March 1 2018

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• Alibaba
• Baidu
• Google
• Netflix
• Tencent

“China’s tech giants are investing heavily across the region, upending a long-held assumption their US rivals – Facebook and Amazon – would dominate the global digital economy. Armed with strong backing from the Chinese government and a huge, digital-savvy market at home, companies like Alibaba and Tencent are catching up with – and in some […]

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Google Wants to Impose Order on India’s Street Address Chaos

March 14 2018

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“The Alphabet Inc.-owned search giant unveiled an open-source project that aims to make sense of the chaos of India’s hyper-growth cities: a shifting warren of hidden alleys, ever-changing landmarks and missing street signs. Called Plus Codes, it’s a location-based digital tagging system that divides the landscape into tiles and assigns a unique code to each, making navigation easier.”

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Google Pay on Wear OS officially spreads to three new countries

March 19 2018

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• Mobile Payments
• POS

“Today’s already a big day for Google smartwatches, as Android Wear becomes Wear OS, but it’s extra-special for users in Canada, Spain, and Australia, with Google formally welcoming them to the smartwatch-payment club. In addition to using NFC-equipped watches to make regular mobile payments, users in Australia can use their Wear OS devices with the Opal […]

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Google Pay rolling out on the web through desktop browsers and iOS

May 3 2018

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“In February, the revamped Android app was launched, while iOS gained the rebranded Google Pay Send to replace Wallet until the two features are fully merged. The latest launch sees the new “Buy with Google Pay” buttons fully rolling out through Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, “no matter the device.” Google reminds users that as long as they’ve added and […]

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Google Pay hits 100 million installs on the Play Store

April 19 2018

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“100 million is impressive, but it may not be nearly as impressive as you’re imagining. For instance, Google Pay uses the same Play Store listing and APK pname (com.google.android.apps.walletnfcrel) as Android Pay, which Android Pay continued to use from Google Wallet. Additionally, Google Wallet/Android Pay/Google Pay has been pre-installed on quite a few devices.”

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Google Assistant can now help you transfer money to friends

March 26 2018

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• Amazon
• Google

“Starting Thursday, Google’s digital assistant will be able to manage peer-to-peer money transfers using Google Pay on Android and iOS. People will be able to ask the assistant via voice or text things like “Hey Google, request $15 from Sam” or “Hey, Google, send Asher $20 for lunch today.””

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PayPal Starts Deeper Integration With Google; Users Can Now Pay Directly In Gmail, YouTube And More

May 24 2018

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• Google
• PayPal

“Google earlier this year rebranded all of its payment services under Google Pay to help it double down on making transactions across its platform more frictionless (and more used). Now comes another development: PayPal and Google are kicking off a deep integration, where users who add their PayPal details to their Google Play accounts will be able […]

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Dunkin’ Donuts Integrates On-the-Go Mobile Ordering With the Google Assistant

March 14 2018

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“Dunkin’ Donuts continues to introduce faster and easier choices for running on Dunkin’, today announcing that On-the-Go Mobile Ordering is now available through the Google Assistant, on iPhones and Android phones. Though this new integration, DD Perks® Rewards members can use the Google Assistant, Google’s voice assistant technology, on their iPhones and Android phones to place […]