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Google bids to breathe life into Wallet through telco partnership

Google is attempting to revive its flagging mobile wallet service by getting its app pre-installed on handsets sold by America's biggest telcos. In addition, the firm is buying technology from its telco-owned rival, Softcard, which looks set to be killed off.

23 February 2015

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Google retires Kenyan cashless transit service

Google's tactical retreat from the payments market continues apace with the closure of Bebapay, a pre-paid card for contactless transit fares in Kenya that was launched in 2013 with the support of Equity Bank.

18 February 2015

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Google brings e-mail money transfer system to Europe

Google is rolling out its e-mail-based money transfer system in the UK, almost two years after the feature was first released in the US.

29 January 2015

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Google Wallet gets first payment platform partner for Instant Buy API

E-commerce payment processor WePay has integrated with Google's Instant Buy API, a service that lets Google Wallet users check out in just two clicks on mobile and web without exposing their sensitive information to third parties.

26 January 2015

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Google in talks to buy Softcard

Google is in talks to buy US telco-owned mobile payments venture Softcard for between $50 million and $100 million, according to press reports.

19 January 2015

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Google shelves sales of hi-tech goggles

Memo to bank innovation teams: Take off the rose-tinted spectacles and put on your smart watches, Google ceases consumer sales of Glass eyewear.

16 January 2015

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Google partners Lending Club on biz financing programme

P2P lending platform Lending Club has teamed up with Google to offer loans to the Web giant's partner firms.

15 January 2015

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Google sues Visa and MasterCard over interchange fees

Google is suing Visa and MasterCard over the card giants' interchange fees, alleging that they violated federal antitrust law.

06 January 2015

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Google to give away $100,000 in mobile wallet recruitment campain

Google is to give away $100,000 to users of its mobile wallet who recruit a friend to the platform, as it prepares to do battle with Apple Pay and Softcard for market share over the all-important US holiday season.

19 November 2014

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Google pulls plug on in-app Wallet payments

Google is pulling out of the in-app purchasing game by retiring its Google Wallet service for digital goods.

14 November 2014

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Apple Pay hits roadblock as US pharmacies disable NFC access

Two of the biggest pharmacy chains in the US have disabled NFC terminals in an attempt to shut out Apple Pay ahead of the launch of retailer-backed platform CurrentC in 2015.

27 October 2014

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YouTube taps Google Wallet for fan funding feature

YouTube has introduced a feature which enables viewers to make donations to their favourite content creators through Google Wallet.

02 September 2014

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