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Google Wallet India launch could take place soon with support for local integrations, according to a report. The company's Google Wallet app was recently listed on the Play Store in India, with screenshots that show support for local integrations. While Google later removed these screenshots showing Indian banks, airlines and other services that of...

Google, on Friday, March 1, said it would enforce action against a group of Indian app developers as they had not complied with the Play Store’s billing policies. The Alphabet-owned company claimed that ten Indian app developers, which include “many well-established” companies, have failed to pay the Play Store fee for availing its services, ...

Google will discontinue Google Pay in the United States in a strategic move to streamline its payment services and shift its focus towards enhancing Google Wallet.

Google SoundPod is coming to merchants in India in the coming months, the company said on Thursday. After a year-long limited pilot, the company revealed that it is bringing its device for payment alerts to merchants in the country, along with cashback offers. Google's SoundPod will compete with soundboxes from rivals like PhonePe and Paytm.

Mastercard has reportedly decided to work with Swoo Pay, a mobile payments app focussed on emerging markets -- where people despite having access to Mastercard and Visa card, do not have access to Google Pay.

Supriya Sule, an MP of the Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar, on Friday alleged that apps like Google Pay and Phone Pe are "two ticking time bombs" and sought to know what steps the government is taking to check money laundering.

Several users took to X (formerly Twitter) to claim that UPI transactions were not going through. In a tweet, the National Payments Corporation of India or NPCI, confirmed that some banks had been hit by an outage, causing UPI transaction failures. 

Google Pay and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will work together to expand Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the instant payments system widely used in the country, to international markets, Google and NPCI confirmed Wednesday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Google Pay India and NPCI subsidiary, NPCI Inte...

Alphabet's Google will pay $700 million and revamp its Play app store to allow for greater competition as part of an antitrust settlement with US states and consumers, according to the company and filings in San Francisco federal court on Monday.

Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay $700 million and to allow for greater competition in its Play app store, according to the terms of an antitrust settlement with U.S. states and consumers disclosed on Monday in a San Francisco federal court.

Google Pay has begun charging a convenience fee when users purchase a mobile recharge plan, according to user reports online. The company appears to have joined rival payment platforms Paytm and PhonePe that previously introduced a convenience fee when users make prepaid recharge payments. Google Pay has reportedly begun to charge up to Rs. 3 in co...

Google allowed Spotify to bypass the company's mandatory Play Store fees, according to a company executive. During the ongoing Epic vs Google trial, the search giant's head of partnership testified that Spotify did not pay the company any fees when it processed customer payments on its own. If customers chose to pay Spotify via Google's in-app bill...

Google paid Samsung $8 billion in order to make the Play Store, Google Search, and Google Assistant the default options on the South Korean company's smartphones, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic trial. Meanwhile, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also testified that the search giant pays Apple 36 percent of Safa...

YouTube Premium is now more expensive in seven countries, days after the firm recently began rolling out a mechanism to prevent users with ad blockers from accessing the service. The firm will offer a grace period of three months for existing customers while subscribers will be charged immediately.

Google is rolling out improvements to its AI search tool in India. Google is making search generative experience in India more visual and localised for better results. The company announced the updates coming to its AI search in the country at its Google for India 2023 event held Thursday.

Google Wallet India launch could take place soon with support for local integrations, according to a report. The company's Google Wallet app was recently listed on the Play Store in India, with screenshots that show support for local integrations. While Google later removed these screenshots showing Indian banks, airlines and other services that of...

Google, on Friday, March 1, said it would enforce action against a group of Indian app developers as they had not complied with the Play Store’s billing policies. The Alphabet-owned company claimed that ten Indian app developers, which include “many well-established” companies, have failed to pay the Play Store fee for availing its services, ...

Google will discontinue Google Pay in the United States in a strategic move to streamline its payment services and shift its focus towards enhancing Google Wallet.

Google SoundPod is coming to merchants in India in the coming months, the company said on Thursday. After a year-long limited pilot, the company revealed that it is bringing its device for payment alerts to merchants in the country, along with cashback offers. Google's SoundPod will compete with soundboxes from rivals like PhonePe and Paytm.

Mastercard has reportedly decided to work with Swoo Pay, a mobile payments app focussed on emerging markets -- where people despite having access to Mastercard and Visa card, do not have access to Google Pay.

Supriya Sule, an MP of the Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra Pawar, on Friday alleged that apps like Google Pay and Phone Pe are "two ticking time bombs" and sought to know what steps the government is taking to check money laundering.

Several users took to X (formerly Twitter) to claim that UPI transactions were not going through. In a tweet, the National Payments Corporation of India or NPCI, confirmed that some banks had been hit by an outage, causing UPI transaction failures. 

Google Pay and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will work together to expand Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the instant payments system widely used in the country, to international markets, Google and NPCI confirmed Wednesday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Google Pay India and NPCI subsidiary, NPCI Inte...

Alphabet's Google will pay $700 million and revamp its Play app store to allow for greater competition as part of an antitrust settlement with US states and consumers, according to the company and filings in San Francisco federal court on Monday.

Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay $700 million and to allow for greater competition in its Play app store, according to the terms of an antitrust settlement with U.S. states and consumers disclosed on Monday in a San Francisco federal court.

Google Pay has begun charging a convenience fee when users purchase a mobile recharge plan, according to user reports online. The company appears to have joined rival payment platforms Paytm and PhonePe that previously introduced a convenience fee when users make prepaid recharge payments. Google Pay has reportedly begun to charge up to Rs. 3 in co...

Google allowed Spotify to bypass the company's mandatory Play Store fees, according to a company executive. During the ongoing Epic vs Google trial, the search giant's head of partnership testified that Spotify did not pay the company any fees when it processed customer payments on its own. If customers chose to pay Spotify via Google's in-app bill...

Google paid Samsung $8 billion in order to make the Play Store, Google Search, and Google Assistant the default options on the South Korean company's smartphones, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic trial. Meanwhile, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also testified that the search giant pays Apple 36 percent of Safa...

YouTube Premium is now more expensive in seven countries, days after the firm recently began rolling out a mechanism to prevent users with ad blockers from accessing the service. The firm will offer a grace period of three months for existing customers while subscribers will be charged immediately.

Google is rolling out improvements to its AI search tool in India. Google is making search generative experience in India more visual and localised for better results. The company announced the updates coming to its AI search in the country at its Google for India 2023 event held Thursday.