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December 6, 2024

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November 22, 2024

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November 14, 2024

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Targets Google for Supervision: Big Tech’s New Regulatory Challenge

CEO Today

"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced its intent to bring Google under its regulatory supervision, a move that could establish a new era of oversight for tech companies delving into financial services. This unprecedented development signifies a potential shift in how the U.S. government approaches Big Tech’s increasing influence in finance and consumer markets."

October 8, 2024

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JCB to Offer Google Pay(TM) in Japan

ACN Newswire

"JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand, announced that it enabled Google Pay for its customers on September 6, 2024. Android™ smartphone users can now use Google Pay in stores where JCB Contactless is accepted, by adding their credit/debit cards issued by the JCB Group in Japan to Google Pay."

September 13, 2024

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September 4, 2024

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Convenience and Commerce with Google Pay at Global Fintech Festival 2024

Google

"Google Pay made a few key announcements about features and partnerships that will become available to Google Pay users later this year: Delegate Payments a.ka. UPI Circle: Empowering Your Trusted Circle with Digital Payments; UPI Vouchers or eRupi; Clickpay QR scan for Bill Payments; Prepaid Utilities payment; Tap & Pay with RuPay Cards; Autopay for UPI Lite."

August 22, 2024

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July 31, 2024

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June 12, 2024

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Google Shuts Down Gpay App and P2P Payments in the US

9to5Google

"As announced in February, “GPay” is no longer available in the US...Starting on June 4, GPay — as was the name of the app on Android homescreens — automatically signed US users out. Attempting to login again explains how: “The Google Pay US app is no longer available. You can still tap to pay using the Google Wallet app.”"

May 22, 2024

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Google Pay Will Now Display Card Perks, BNPL Options and More

TechCrunch

"Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser. Starting Wednesday, people who check out with Google Pay will be able to see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card; use “buy now, pay later” through partners like Affirm and Zip; and fill in their card details through biometrics or a PIN, instead of by entering their security code."

May 2, 2024

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March 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024

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February 12, 2024

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January 30, 2024

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January 17, 2024

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January 16, 2024

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December 13, 2023

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October 23, 2023

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October 11, 2023

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September 6, 2023

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Google Pay Autofill in Chrome Will Actually Name and Show Saved Cards

9to5Google

"Google Pay’s autofill experience in Chrome is set to get a big quality of life boost by better identifying your saved cards. Today, the Autofill payment info sheet that appears when you encounter a Card number field lists all your cards by their last four digits, when it expires, and payment network (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) with an accompanying icon at the left."

August 23, 2023

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June 21, 2023

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June 1, 2023

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April 19, 2023

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Google to Open Up UK In-app Payments to Satisfy Regulator's Concerns

Reuters

"Britain's competition regulator said proposals from Alphabet Inc's Google to give app developers the freedom to break away from Google Play's billing system looked to be sufficient to address its concerns about in-app payments. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in June that Google's complete control over in-app payments unfairly restricted developers by forcing them to use Google Play's billing system, reducing competition and hurting users."

January 31, 2023

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January 17, 2023

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Google is Piloting its Own ‘Soundbox’ in India for Merchants to Get Audio-Based Payment Alerts

TechCrunch

Soundboxes — hardware used by merchants that emits sounds every time a mobile payment is made — have taken off in India, where point of sale activity can get busy and voice alerts from the soundbox help alert multitasking shopkeepers and assistants to a transaction going through. Now, to keep pushing ahead to build out its own payments business in the world’s second-largest internet market, Google is getting in on the act. The internet giant, which is currently one of the mobile transaction leaders in India with Google Pay, is piloting a soundbox of its own in the country to alert sellers of confirmations for UPI payments — a mobile payment standard developed and now ubiquitous in India for instant payments and transfers between banks, or two mobile users, or a customer and a merchant.

December 29, 2022

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Chrome Now Supports Passkeys, the Password Killer

PC World

“The Google Chrome browser now supports something new to secure your life: passkeys, a stronger, leak-proof version of a password that can use your phone as a token to authorize you to websites. Passkeys can and will be stored inside the Google Password Manager, or inside apps that support passkeys within future versions of Android, Google said. Passkeys are enabled in the lastest version of Chrome in both Windows 11, macOS, and Android.”

December 23, 2022

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Google Play Now Lets Children Send Purchase Requests to Guardians

TechCrunch

“Google already offers parents and guardians tools to restrict purchases their children make on Play Store using the family payment method. The company is now introducing an additional feature that will allow children to send a purchase request for the manager of the family account to approve when there is no present payment method. Children can ask for approval for both paid apps and in-app purchase when the family hasn’t set up a payments method.”

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