Chris Skinner

JUNE 5, 2017

I was really interested in a presentation by Benny Boye Johansen, Head of OpenAPI at Saxo Bank, at our recent Nordic Finance Innovation meetings. They were Google Trends charts looking at Payments API, PSD2 and Open Banking. The post Googling PSD2, APIs and Open Banking appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

I’ve said continually that firms like Google and Amazon will never open a bank. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

When the story of the coronavirus is written, when it comes to financial services, the key chapters will focus on the pace at which innovation accelerated — and where a range of players came together to create ecosystems, rather than to simply compete in zero-sum, winner-take-all bids for consumers. Ready For The Digital Shift.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The feature, powered by Google 's Flight Search enterprise technology, can be accessed on the company's website. In addition, Map Search is another innovation in United's attempts to make flying easier, the company said. It lets users compare and shop for flights based on city, budget and location.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

But as a recent Google announcement demonstrated, FIs are engaging with technology players in new ways as together, they seek to create ecosystems that offer new value to consumers. They are described by Google as “smart,” since they will provide account holders with money management tips to optimize and manage the funds in those accounts.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to hold radio experiments “in and near the 6 GHz band,” according to a recent filing with the agency.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Stats like that are in the news this week as Google Pay, by virtue of a revamp , is on its way to becoming a hyperconnected “super app” – tied to smart banking profiled this week. Google is looking to capitalize on some momentum around mobile wallets. So you can scan product barcodes or QR codes straight from Google Pay.”

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Google has been on a mission to bring all its payment tools under the Google Pay brand, and today that includes Android Pay. Google said today that it has launched Google Pay for Android.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Here comes the world’s first virtual transit card in Android Pay, well at least according to Google and Portland’s public transport operator TriMet, who teamed up to unveil the Hop Fastpass.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ford and Google are partnering to launch Team Upshift, a six-year partnership intended to advance vehicle innovation and data-driven opportunities. “As Starting in 2023, Ford and Lincoln vehicles will be equipped with built-in Google apps and services powered by the mobile Android operating system.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

A coalition of 38 state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google , accusing the search giant of engaging in anti-competitive practices, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday (Dec. by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, and represents the third government antitrust suit that Alphabet-owned Google is facing.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2018

Google Assistant is now letting its users pay or request ‘IOUs’ from friends via Google Pay, further interconnecting the mobile payments service with its other products. Users will also be able to send money from its voice-activated speaker Google Home in the coming months, the company said in a blog post published yesterday.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Internet giant Google will release a mobile payment service in India, according to reports. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) app is called Google Tez, according to The IndianExpress. ‘Tez,’ in Hindi (India’s national language) means fast.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

In August, Google announced a global crackdown on Android apps that offer short-term loans, saying it wanted to protect consumers from what it called “deceptive and exploitative” terms.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Waze, the popular GPS navigation app owned by Google, has introduced contactless payments for ExxonMobil and Shell card holders in the U.S. Waze is committed to continuing to help businesses leverage innovative technology to adapt, evolve, and engage with customers,” said Andrew Kandel, Waze U.S. Google and the FTC declined to comment.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Google Cloud is rolling out Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, a new suite of services that will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help eCommerce firms deliver personalized consumer experiences during a shopping journey’s initial phase. "As

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APRIL 2, 2018

Google is looking to expand Tez, the mobile payment platform it launched in India last year, to other markets in Asia this year, the Internet company said. The company will expand its platform to one of a “shortlist” of three unnamed markets in Asia as well as one additional market country, Diana Layfield, head of […].

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

and Google. A payments platform created by India’s largest retail banks surpassed a billion transactions in October, a milestone that affirms the tremendous growth of services offered by U.S. giants from Walmart Inc. to Amazon.com Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Department of Justice (DOJ) is putting the finishing touches on its antitrust lawsuit against Google that could be filed as early as this week, sources told The New York Times. Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Google, Facebook Inc. A DOJ spokeswoman declined to comment.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

7) ask that Google, Amazon and other digital platforms provide an explanation about how search results are ranked. sent a letter to antitrust regulators asking for a crack-down on Google as soon as possible. Google said the DSA could cost the European economy €85 billion a year in GDP.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

As the world becomes increasingly digitized and more consumers embrace the speed and convenience of contactless purchases, Jim McCarthy , president of payment technology and innovation firm i2c , said banks have been left behind and should focus on what they do best — compliance. So once again, you leave it to innovators to commercialize.”.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Tony Morosini, vice president of banking and payments at Figure, will attend and speak at Bank Innovation Ignite on March 2-3 in Seattle. Morosini will share insights and perspectives on lessons banks can learn from big tech companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook during the fourth session on Monday, March 2.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

EXCLUSIVE— Is Google looking to become a fintech power? For instance, while Google did not release numbers for its mobile […].

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AUGUST 14, 2020

The latest salvo in the legal battles against Apple and Google alleging antitrust behavior – where court dockets are getting decidedly crowded – is now joined by Fortnite, and it’s a bit different from what came before. Both Google and Apple charge developers for access, in what is seen by some observers as a literal version of pay for play.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Carrefour Group , one of the world’s biggest supermarket chains, and Google are launching a voice-activated grocery shopping service in France. Carrefour and Google said Tuesday (June 16) their latest innovation is part of the French retailer’s ambition to accelerate its expansion into food eCommerce. . billion euros ($3.1

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MARCH 21, 2019

Very soon, eBay shoppers will be able to choose Google Pay as their payment method when checking out. Shoppers who prefer to use Google Pay will be able to do so within the eBay app, mobile website and desktop site, regardless of operating system or device. Google Pay is not the first “Pay” option available to eBay users.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Despite an order from the European Union ’s antitrust watchdog to curb its anticompetitive practices, Google continues to boost its market power, according to Reuters , which cited a study released Monday (Sept. In 2017, the European Commission , responsible for managing the day-to-day business of the EU, fined Google 2.4 3 election.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

corporates, including tech (and beyond Big Tech), Joe Simons , chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), indicated that roadblocks could be set up to stop some of the traditional means of growth and innovation. In a signal of what might be on the horizon for U.S.

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Chris Skinner

DECEMBER 30, 2016

I was looking through Google Analytics to see which of my blog entries had been most read in 2016. Here’s the list and, as you will see, it’s mostly people reading about blockchain news, although how to change the bank, fintech and innovation all get high rankings too.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Months of investigations into Google’s alleged violation of antitrust laws is expected to culminate in a lawsuit as early as next week, sources told Reuters. Google has said users can choose Amazon to buy products and Twitter for news. Attorney General William Barr has vowed to bring the case against Google by Oct.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Banks need not fear large technology companies like Google or Apple taking their business. Digital banking continues to be the most convenient option for simple daily transactions, but branches are still necessary for the more complex ones And yet banks should not ignore the shift in banking habits brought on by non-bank technology companies.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Google has partnered with Citigroup Inc. and a local California credit union to offer consumer checking accounts, a person familiar with the matter said.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

This week’s commercial card innovation tracker finds a tie-up between a FinTech and a neo-bank to make cards available for Google Pay, as well as a Tokenization-as-a-Service offering from a card issuing platform. The collaboration will make every Aspire card available through Google Pay. Nium Teams With Aspire, Volopay.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The country’s four largest tech firms wasted no time pushing back on a congressional antitrust report that suggested Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google have become too powerful and might need to be broken up. Google: Americans Like Our Free Products. Amazon Slams ‘Fringe Notions on Antitrust’.

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MAY 9, 2019

Google has announced that it is working on bringing electronic IDs to Android devices, according to reports. The digital ID card would replace an actual ID card but would work the same way, as Google wants it to be used in all “physical world transactions.” It’s hard to predict when that will lock down,” Mayrhofer said.

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