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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. The guidelines indicate that online platforms should be asked to explain how their algorithms prioritize some results over others and that they should clearly state when a featured listing was paid for.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Google and Intuit are pairing up to help Australian small businesses (SMBs) get a better grip on cash management. 13) said Google and Intuit Australia announced news of their partnership at the Google Cloud Summit, which was held in Sydney. Reports Wednesday (Sept.

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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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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. PYMNTS reported this year that the connected economy is seeing a tailwind from the emergence of online platforms.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Machine learning could be quite influential on cloud services (and FIs), which is why Google’s experiments with it are ongoing, according to Gavan Corr, principal, financial services for Google Cloud. Financial services has been at the forefront of machine learning–a lot of what we call machine learning is really math.

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PYMNTS

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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Bank Innovation

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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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APRIL 11, 2018

National Australia Bank (NAB) today added Google Pay to its roster of mobile payments services. NAB customers can now use Google Pay to make contactless payments. On its digital payment services, NAB currently has NAB Pay, which works on Android devices, NAB PayTag for iOS devices, Samsung Pay, Fitbit, and Garmin wearables.

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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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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Bank Innovation

MARCH 15, 2017

Google’s most recent play on payments doesn’t seem to have rattled PayPal. Yesterday, the tech giant announced the ability for users to pay each other from their Android Gmail apps—which, yes, is a clear step into the P2P space and thus a move on PayPal’s territory.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Alphabet, the parent company to Google, announced today it would ban advertising for cryptocurrency and ICOs beginning in June. As these two companies effectively constitute a duopoly in online advertising, this news casts a shadow over the future of cryptocurrency and ICOs,Read More.

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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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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. Foreclosing On Competition? .

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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. The funds can help businesses meet surging customer demand and spur innovation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It would be months before PayPal would announce its acquisition of the savings app Honey, and before Google would announce its Smart DDA concept with two financial institutions (FIs), adding more super app ammo to its offerings. Google Pay Goes Super. It's an ecosystem where half of online commerce now happens.

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JULY 10, 2018

Google Pay took another step closer to P2P rivals Venmo, Zelle, and Square Cash by introducing a bill-sharing and splitting service today. The new feature, one among several, arrived as Google combined its P2P app (Google Pay Send, which is no more) with Google Pay, its general payments app.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2018

Mobile-only challenger bank Starling announced last week that Google Pay has been added to their mobile app for Android. bank to allow users to set up Google Pay […]. Users can establish an account in-app, within minutes. They can also link a Starling debit card and start spending before the card even arrives.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The bank is working with technology giants Google and Microsoft to create new cloud-based tools that will use their cloud computing software. The partnerships are part of a larger plan by Lloyds Bank to enhance its online banking offerings, an initiative that began in 2018. The bank has designated $3.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

H&M Home and Google have announced a holiday partnership, according to reports. The apparel, home design and decoration company has created a gift guide for the holiday season with Google, using Google Assistant voice technology.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 29, 2016

Google is offering up its machine-learning infrastructure to “cool fintech startups.” ” The Google Cloud Computing allows for massive — and we mean massive — database queries, and offers the infrastructure to build deep machine-learning at scale.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms. The proposal also mandates more disclosure on "online advertising and on the algorithms used to recommend content to users.". The seeming intent across the pond to reign in Big Tech’s scope also is echoed in the U.K.

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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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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

According to a report in Reuters , Goldman Sachs is looking to hire engineers to join a digital innovation program. Google, Twitter and Spotify are just three examples of companies that are adopting this strategy, noted the report. Marcus , its online banking platform, has accrued $45 billion in deposits spanning the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

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. Experiments — And Trust .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The Digital Services Act package would propose ex-ante rules covering large online platforms acting as gatekeepers, which now set the rules of the game for their users and their competitors. According to Google, the DSA could cost the European economy €85 billion a year in GDP.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The pandemic-fueled acceleration of online shopping has prompted Google to roll out an augmented reality (AR) tool to help people see how makeup will look before committing to a purchase. shoppers are planning to buy online,” Archana Kannan, group product manager of shopping for Google, said in a blog post on Thursday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Seven Canadian credit unions (CUs) have become the first in Canada to launch Interac Debit on Google Pay, Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) announced in a recent press release. . The seven CUs are Access, Affinity, Assiniboine, Innovation, Prospera, Servus and Steinbach. Customers can make payments using Android smartphones.

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PYMNTS

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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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

QUID, a Toronto-based payments startup founded by a Google veteran, enables online transactions as small as pennies — at very high volumes — in realtime. CEO Mohit Cheppudira told Bank Innovation it’s historically been almost impossible to make tiny digital payments […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

When it comes to QSR and mobile innovation, pizza seller Domino’s has earned itself a leading position. Now, thanks to a court case brought against the chain by a blind consumer, we can probably expect more innovation in the coming years to make eCommerce more accessible to people with disabilities. Domino’s Innovations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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