Tagged: google

July 27, 2022 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Google Cloud have jointly launched the Point Carbon Zero Program “to drive the innovation, incubation and scaling of climate FinTech solutions in Asia.” The Program is “a collaboration under MAS’ Project Greenprint and seeks to use climate FinTech… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arvest Bank, a community bank with over $26 billion in assets, announced a five-year partnership with Google Cloud to “enable and accelerate its multi-year digital transformation strategy.” The announcement “follows the bank’s partnership with technology leader Thought Machine, and comes on the heels of its… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Pay with Adyen enables shoppers “to securely pay online and in-person using the cards stored in the Google account.” The integration is described as being “secure (supporting 3DS), ubiquitous (multiple currencies across many countries) and effortless.” Adyen has partnered with Google “for quite some… Read More

May 29, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Presearch, the private, “decentralized” search engine with 3.8 million registered users and 150 million monthly searches, has announced its Mainnet launch, “shifting all search traffic to run on its decentralized network of community-run nodes.” Rather than using centralized computing infrastructure that is fully controlled by… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pindrop, an international “leader” in voice tech, has announced a partnership with Google Cloud that will enable it “to build and offer new authentication solutions to enhance call center experiences for customers on Google Cloud’s platform.” Pindrop will also make its suite of fraud detection… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payaut, an automated payment solution for online platforms and marketplaces, has announced it has closed an €8 million seed round “led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund, with participation from existing investors LocalGlobal and Entrée Capital.” Payaut, which provides a range of financial solutions… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finxact, a provider of the next-gen core banking platform to the US regional and super-regional banking sector, announced that its technology is available to financial institutions to run on Google Cloud. In the five years since its launch, Finxact has become a key player in… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

11:FS Foundry recently teamed up with Google Cloud, in order to create an end-to-end or comprehensive solution for businesses implementing new financial services use-cases. Through the partnership, Google Cloud customers will be able to access a clear solution for embedding finance into their products, while… Read More

October 22, 2021 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has demanded that big tech, including Fintechs, to hand over information on payments. As everyone knows, payments have gone digital as cash usage declines. While many transactions have migrated to plastic debit and credit cards, today cards are virtual… Read More

October 10, 2021 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt, a digital asset marketplace that enables consumers to purchase, sell, send and spend cryptocurrencies, has formed a partnership with Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in order to extend the reach and usability of virtual currencies to meet growing consumer demand and preferences. As mentioned in a… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plannuh, a software-as-a-service or SaaS firm automating core marketing leadership processes such as planning, financial management, and optimization of business outcomes, reveals that it has finalized a $4.1 million equity round that was led by Ripple Ventures. Existing investors Glasswing Ventures, an early-stage VC firm… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) has announced that Google Pay will use its modern card issuing platform to facilitate a tokenized, virtual card that gives Google Pay users more ways to use their Google Pay Card. Marqeta is an interesting infrastructure Fintech that became a publicly traded company… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based insurance firm YF Life has partnered with HKBN Enterprise Solutions (HKBNES) in order to offer a Google Cloud-enabled Cantonese voice chatbot. The chatbot will be supporting insurance services and is expected to be introduced in early 2022. The chatbot uses Google Cloud‘s AI… Read More

May 27, 2021 @ 10:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Payment company Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) announced on Thursday its new integration with Google Merchant Center. According to Square, the integration makes it easier for Square sellers to reach new customers through direct product listings on Google. “Square for Retail merchants can now have products… Read More

March 22, 2021 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google (Nasdaq:GOOGL) is reportedly planning to spend $7 billion on real estate this year, mainly in the form of office space and data centers. During 2020, the tech giant had put its real estate spending plans on hold as the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on the… Read More

February 28, 2021 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Divvy, a modern payment and expense management platform for businesses, which notably secured $165 million through its Series D funding round, notes that as businesses have started moving away from legacy spending methods such as ACH or paper checks, the virtual credit card has become… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Pay for Android and iOS users now lets people see how much money they’ve spent during 2020. The expense tracking feature allows consumers to get a rough idea or estimate of their spending habits throughout the last year. Google Pay will also show users… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) alone could potentially add $500 billion or half a trillion dollars to India’s economy, according to Google India Country Manager and VP, Sajay Gupta. Gupta, who has previously worked as MD of Star India and The Walt Disney Company India, noted (while… Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Google, part of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) is pushing deeper into Fintech with a redesigned Google Pay App in a natural step for one of the largest tech firms in the world. Caesar Sengupta, General Manager & VP, Payments and Next Billion Users for Google, said in… Read More

November 11, 2020 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s antitrust body has reportedly ordered an investigation that will look into whether Alphabet Inc’s Google has been taking unfair advantage of its market position in the country to promote its digital payments app. The tech giant has also been accused of forcing application developers… Read More