Google has announced that Google Pay SoundPods will soon be available to small merchants across India, aiming to simplify payment processes for millions of SMBs. This follows a successful limited pilot last year, where participating merchants provided positive feedback on the device. Continue reading “Google Pay rolls out SoundPods for small merchants in India”
Google Pay now enables users to register for UPI using Aadhaar through the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Recently, Google Pay collaborated with NPCI to facilitate UPI payments using RuPay credit cards. Continue reading “Google Pay adds Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI registration”
Google Pay and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have joined hands to allow users to make UPI payments using RuPay credit cards. This means that users can now connect their RuPay credit cards to Google Pay and use them for online and offline purchases at any merchant that accepts RuPay credit cards. Continue reading “Google Pay now accepts RuPay Credit Cards for UPI Payments”
Google is testing a new device called “Soundbox” in India, which sends audio payment notifications to merchants. Some stores are reportedly receiving the devices for free, according to TechCrunch. Continue reading “Google India pilots ‘Soundpod by Google Pay’ for UPI payments”
At its 8th annual Google for India event, Google talked about its progress on building AI-powered and India-first innovations that take advantage of the country’s unique opportunities. Also displayed were upcoming product changes and other information. It also announced plans for brining Courses to YouTube in India. Continue reading “Google for India 2022 — Highlights and Product announcements”
Slice, an Indian financial company, has added railroad UPI to its app as it strives to become a one-stop payment app for customers in the world’s second-largest internet market and further joins the UPI race against Google Pay and PhonePe. Continue reading “Slice adds UPI for current and 10 million waitlisted users”
Recently, Google has rolled out an option that lets users throughout the US pay for street parking and transit fares right from Google Maps, without ever taking out your wallet or leaving the app. Continue reading “Google Maps now lets you pay for parking and transit without leaving the app”
Last week Google Pay got a new update for iOS and Android that brought redesigned UI with better organization of payments, and improved privacy controls. It also said that users won’t be able to use pay.google.com to send and receive money from other people starting early in 2021 and it will add a fee on instant money transfers for its users in the US. Continue reading “Google Pay confirms it won’t charge money transfer fee for users in India”
Google Pay today introduced its new Tez Shots mini game inside the Google Pay app in India that lets you score runs to win scratch cards worth up to Rs. 3300. You can score as many runs you can, and play any as many times as you like to unlock the scratch card. You just need to hit the ball that comes to you to score runs. It shows the best score, your all-India ranking and the total score. Continue reading “Tez Shots game on Google Pay lets you win scratch cards”
Google Pay already offers cab and bus ticket bookings with abhiBus, Goibibo, RedBus, Uber and Yatra. Today it has introduced train ticket booking for Indian Railways, powered by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) at no additional cost at the launch. You can just click Trains option inside the Google Pay app to access this feature. This lets you search, book and cancel train tickets within the app. Continue reading “Google Pay now lets you book train tickets at no additional cost”
Google is pushing Google Pay (Previous Tez) in India aggressively. Today the company has announced that they have teamed up with Uber in India for seamless ride paying experience.
Continue reading “Now you can pay for Uber rides with Google Pay in India and earn up to Rs. 1000”
Earlier this year Google announced that it will be combining Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution, and it started rolling out from February. At that time the experiences will be coming to Tez users in India soon. Today at the Google for India event the company said that Tez will be rebranded as Google Pay.
Google Pay is getting a new update bringing features like the ability to pay friends, save tickets, manage information in one place. Google is now combining the Google Pay and Google Pay Send apps. Now, you can send or request money right from the Google Pay app. Continue reading “Google Pay update brings the ability to pay friends, save tickets and more”
Google back in January merged Android Pay and Google Wallet to Google Pay recently, and the company is slowly making the shift as it is now rolling out Google Pay on the web for desktop and iOS, few months after it rolled out for Android. Continue reading “Google Pay now rolling out on the web for desktop and iOS”
Last month Google announced that it is merging Android Pay and Google Wallet into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution. Today the company has renamed the Android Pay app to Google Pay. The company said that it is currently working on bringing Google Pay to all Google products so that user will have a consistent checkout experience using the cards saved to their Google Account. Continue reading “Google Pay roll out begins today, replaces Android Pay”
