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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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OCTOBER 20, 2020

against Google, joined by 11 states attorneys general, alleging the tech giant has used its dominant position in the online search market unfairly against competitors. Without antitrust enforcement, Google will continue to insulate itself from competition. Tuesday, Oct.

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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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JANUARY 18, 2019

Fossil Group has announced that it is selling $40 million of intellectual property (IP) related to smartwatch technology to Google. Together with Google, our innovation partner, we’ll continue to unlock growth in wearables.”. New data has shown that global shipments of wearable devices is expected to reach 189.9

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

20) accused Google of “arm-twisting” startups that depend on the Android mobile operating system. The company complained about Google’s market power in a Sunday blog post that gave the company’s perspective on Google’s temporary removal of a Paytm app from the Android store. In an interview Tuesday (Sept.

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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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JULY 1, 2020

The European Union (EU) has leveled new rules against Google in a bid to help rein in the tech giant, including regulations on data sharing and the operation of digital marketplaces, Reuters reported. Most recently, Google faced a lawsuit earlier this year after the EU levied a €2.4-billion billion ($2.6

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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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AUGUST 3, 2020

s Google is expanding its reach into the home-security business by buying a $450 million stake in ADT, the Florida-based provider of security and smart-home solutions. Google announced Monday (Aug. The companies said they will integrate Google’s hardware and services into ADT’s products and its more than 20,000 professionals.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The British government is establishing a new Digital Markets Unit tasked with enforcing laws that apply to Big Tech companies, such as Google and Facebook , authorities announced in a press release. s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the agency that oversees enforcement of antitrust laws. According to the U.K.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Waze, the GPS app owned by Google since 2013, just got an upgrade by being integrated into Google Assistant. According to a report citing Google, with the enhancement, customers will be able to use the smart voice companion within the Waze app. In early May, Google added its Continued Conversation feature to smart displays.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

JPMorgan Chase has hired a senior executive from Google as its new head of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning services. According to a memo obtained exclusively by CNBC , Apoorv Saxena, Google’s head of product management for cloud-based artificial intelligence, will be joining JPMorgan on Aug.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

WhereIsMyTransport, a mapping startup that works to outline public transport routes in emerging markets, has raised $7.5 Liil Ventures led the round, and previous investors Global Innovation Fund and Goodwell Investments also participated. Google, Nedbank and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) also took part.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Whether in Australia, India, Europe or the United States, mobile phones aren’t just driving interconnectivity, but are the key channel driving innovation in payments and commerce. Mobile is also transforming the American payments market in a different way. 15,000: The maximum amount consumers can send via the SCT Inst in Europe.

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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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JULY 29, 2020

and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift. And then there are the unscripted moments.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

EXCLUSIVE— Is Google looking to become a fintech power? The company, which reported strong results for its third quarter yesterday, seems to be expanding its focus on finance, specifically on platforms that integrate or otherwise support payments and mobile technologies in its many markets.

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MARCH 6, 2018

The Infatuation, the restaurant discovery platform, announced Monday (March 5) it is acquiring the restaurant review brand Zagat from Google , nearly seven years after it paid $151 million for it. After all, it doesn’t get more tech-focused than Google, who is selling the business.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

Google is in the testing stage for a monthly subscription that would give Android users something similar to Apple’s Arcade , which is launching in the fall, Android Police reported on Wednesday (July 31). . News of the service first came from a user, but Google confirmed the testing stage to Android Police.

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MAY 5, 2016

Now that Apple’s less-than-stellar earnings report has had time to propagate throughout the industry, the commonsense takeaway is that the company has lost a piece of the innovation mojo that has defined the brand for so long. Matsuoka’s hiring is far more than a hollow marketing opportunity, though.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the backers of a new $111 million European early-stage venture capital fund, according to CNBC. London's financial services market, set for tumult no matter what with the advent of Brexit, has been further roiled by the pandemic, PYMNTS reported.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top news, the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google will focus on its power over internet searches, and GoodRx priced its stock at $33 a share, above its target. DOJ Antitrust Case Against Google to Focus on Search. billion in stock, giving it an initial market cap of around $12.7 One week after GoodRx Holdings Inc.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Google Dives Into DDAs. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Google unveiled its mobile payment service, Google Tez, in India on Monday. Google Tez, is a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) app available on both iPhone and Android.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Google “used car dealer.” He is the cliché of a profession that has a lot of suede sheen on it, but at least one company is in the market to bring used car sales into the digital future. “We trillion market in the U.S. Shift has also innovated on the automotive finance side. Click on the image tab.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

8) that it built an action for the Google Home Hub and Smart Displays with Google Assistant in an effort to grow adoption of the smart kitchen. The startup said the Innit Action on Google is available as of today (Jan. With the Google Action, customers don’t need a smart appliance to use the functionality.

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MARCH 2, 2020

A trillion-dollar market cap later, it’s hard to argue Amazon’s effectiveness, quote attribution notwithstanding. It’s really difficult, the banking ecosystem is not fast and that’s just reality,” Jim McCarthy, industry expert and former innovation head for Visa, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

It will likely alter global markets and regulations as the financial ecosystem becomes more digitized. The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic. This change in consumer behavior is expected to remain even after vaccines are more widely distributed.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

Google has announced that it is partnering with select Indian banks to offer consumers instant, pre-approved loans via Google Pay (formerly known as Tez). This week, Google announced that it is rebranding the app as Google Pay, as the company plans an expansion into other areas of Asia.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

21), which prompted renewed speculation that Alphabet’s Google intended to acquire the company. Google has announced that it will be acquiring HTC’s Pixel division. Google has now announced that it will pay $1.1 Pixel smartphones, only launched a year ago, have less than 1 percent market share globally with an estimated 2.8

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Several Chinese smartphone developers are working on an alternative to the Google Play Store that could challenge its dominance in the field of app-downloading services. Google is banned in China, so Android users in the country already utilize a variety of stores to purchase apps. Google Play made about $8.8

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MAY 22, 2019

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said measures put in place for Google to boost competition in online shopping results appear to be working, according to a report by Reuters. The European Commission slapped Google with a fine of 2.4 billion euros ($2.7 We’re dealing with private property.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Google has handed over a second report to European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, detailing its proposal to allow more shopping rivals to bid for ads on top of its search page. It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate. Last year, the company was hit with a €2.4 billion (nearly $2.8

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Excuse the hyperbole, but Google (and other search engines) dodged a bullet this week when it came to privacy regulations that come out of the European Union and then influence other jurisdictions. Google ran afoul of France’s national privacy regulator about three years ago for allegedly violating that right. Case Summary. Next Moves.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). ICBA chose to back an accelerator program to speed up time to market, Tweddle said.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Cloud-based finding platform Tile has announced it is teaming up with Google for Google Assistant voice integration, according to a report. If you were to lose or misplace your wallet, remote, backpack – anything, Google will soon join your personal search party with a simple voice command.”.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Google, in an unusual move, has invested in Japanese AI and machine learning company ABEJA during a follow-on funding round, according to a report. This investment paves the way for collaboration with ABEJA in innovative solutions in the retail and manufacturing sector, as well as other verticals.”.

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