Google Pay UPI payments to use NFC soon in India, but you will need a premium phone
3 years, 7 months ago

Google Pay UPI payments to use NFC soon in India, but you will need a premium phone

India Today  

Google Pay for India is soon adding the option to pay using UPI over an NFC connection. In a support page on its Google Pay website, as pointed out by Android Police, the software giant has explained how you will be able to make UPI payments using NFC. With both the requirements met, your Google Pay app will be able to make UPI payments over NFC. According to the report, only Pine Lab terminals support Google Pay UPI NFC right now, but the range of PoS terminals will expand in the future. Google has not rolled out the NFC-initiated UPI payments yet in the Google Pay app for India, according to the report.

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Google Pay adding UPI Circle to help add secondary user in payment app
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Pay adding UPI Circle to help add secondary user in payment app

The Hindu  

Google Pay, during the Global Fintech Fest 2024, shared that it is adding UPI Circle feature in the Pay app to enable your family or close and trusted friends to make UPI payments without adding their own bank accounts. As an existing UPI user on Google Pay, you can add your family members or friends as secondary users to your …

Google Wallet is now available in India but not for all Android users, full list of eligible devices
7 months, 1 week ago

Google Wallet is now available in India but not for all Android users, full list of eligible devices

India Today  

Google recently launched its Wallet app for Android smartphone users in India. Google Wallet offers a seamless way to manage various documents of your digital life, from storing boarding passes to managing loyalty program rewards. Here is how you can set up the Google Wallet in your Android phone: Download the Google Wallet app from the Play Store. Google Wallet …

Google Wallet app, now in India, isn’t bothered about credit cards or payments
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Wallet app, now in India, isn’t bothered about credit cards or payments

Hindustan Times  

Google has rolled out the Google Wallet app for Android phones in India. In due course, Google hopes to extend the Wallet app in India to support digital keys as well, at some point later this year. “The arrival of Google Wallet in India marks an important milestone in Android’s India journey, bringing innovative and convenient experiences to simplify peoples’ …

Google Wallet is now available for Android users in India
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Wallet is now available for Android users in India

Hindustan Times  

Tech titan Google on Wednesday launched the Google Wallet app for Android users in India, allowing them to securely store essentials like boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and public transport passes. "Google Pay is not going anywhere, it will remain our primary payment app, Google Wallet is specifically tailored for non-payment use cases," Ram Papatla, GM and India Engineering …

Google Wallet launched for Android users in India: How to download it and what will happen to Google Pay?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Wallet launched for Android users in India: How to download it and what will happen to Google Pay?

India TV News  

Google has finally unleashed the most speculated Wallet app in the Indian market. The Google Wallet app will allow smartphone users to make contactless payments using either- debit or credit cards. According to PTI, Google has further introduced a private digital wallet for Android users in India, enabling them to store cards securely, keys, tickets, passes and IDs, an official. …

Google bets on digital payments to tap India's vast SME sector
1 year ago

Google bets on digital payments to tap India's vast SME sector

Live Mint  

Google is betting on digital payments and wants to tap into the SME sector in India. Sanjay Gupta, country head and vice president of Google India, in an conversation with Mint, outlined the company's future direction and revenue models. I joined Google four years back, and this is one of the most exciting times in India. In the last three …

Google to assemble Pixel phones in India from 2024
1 year, 2 months ago

Google to assemble Pixel phones in India from 2024

The Hindu  

Google, Inc. set a 2024 target to assemble its Pixel line of smartphones in India, the firm announced at its annual Google for India event on Thursday. The company said that it was firming up protections against financial frauds, saying it was engaged with the Reserve Bank of India and the National Payments Corporation of India on the issue. Saikat …

UPI crosses 10 bn transactions second time in September
1 year, 2 months ago

UPI crosses 10 bn transactions second time in September

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: With Unified Payments Interface crossing 10 billion transactions for the second straight month, this seems to have become the new normal for the payment interface. UPI recorded 10.56 billion transactions worth Rs 15.8 lakh crore in September, according to the National Payments Corporation of India. While the transaction volume marginally increased from Rs 15.76 lakh crore in August to …

WhatsApp adds rival in-app payment options in India commerce push
1 year, 3 months ago

WhatsApp adds rival in-app payment options in India commerce push

The Hindu  

WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it will offer credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its app in India, the latest bet by the Meta-owned service to boost commerce offerings in its biggest market. People shopping on WhatsApp could also pay using popular services like Alphabet Inc’s Google Pay, Paytm and Walmart’s PhonePe but only after …

Google Pay Gets UPI LITE Support In India To Make Pin-free Payments: How It Works
1 year, 5 months ago

Google Pay Gets UPI LITE Support In India To Make Pin-free Payments: How It Works

News 18  

Google has launched UPI Lite for Google Pay in India, which allows users to make one-click payments without entering their UPI PIN. This means that UPI Lite has a higher success rate even during peak transaction hours—when traditional UPI often goes down due to increased load on bank servers. UPI Lite transactions do not appear in your bank passbook, but …

Apple In Talks With UPI Apps To Launch Apple Pay Service In India: What It Means
1 year, 5 months ago

Apple In Talks With UPI Apps To Launch Apple Pay Service In India: What It Means

News 18  

In good news for Apple fans in India, the Cupertino-based tech giant is reportedly planning to launch its payment service, Apple Pay, in the country. The report claimed that Apple CEO Tim Cook met with HDFC Bank CEO and MD Sashidhar Jagdishan during his trip to India in April to discuss the possibility of bringing the credit card to the …

Google Pay enables Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation
1 year, 6 months ago

Google Pay enables Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation

The Hindu  

Google launched Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI transactions that will allow users to set up their UPI pin without a debit card. Users looking to onboard UPI via Aadhaar will need to ensure their phone numbers registered with UIDAI and their bank are the same, and their bank account is linked with Aadhaar. How to set up Google Pay using Aadhaar …

How to use Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation on Google Pay?
1 year, 6 months ago

How to use Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation on Google Pay?

India TV News  

Google Pay has announced the launch of Aadhaar-based registration for UPI through the National Payments Corporation of India. By leveraging the Aadhaar-based UPI onboarding flow, Google Pay aims to facilitate the setup of UPI IDs for a larger user base, enabling more individuals to engage in digital payments. By incorporating Aadhaar-based registration, Google Pay aims to simplify the UPI setup …

Google Pay announces support for RuPay credit cards
1 year, 7 months ago

Google Pay announces support for RuPay credit cards

The Hindu  

Google Pay with NPCI on Tuesday announced support for RuPay credit cards on UPI payments. The RuPay credit card users have to register their cards on Google Pay in order to avail the online and offline UPI transactions, where it is accepted. This feature is available to RuPay credit card holders of Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, HDFC …

Google billing policy: Tech giant moves Delhi HC against single judge order
1 year, 7 months ago

Google billing policy: Tech giant moves Delhi HC against single judge order

Hindustan Times  

Google on Tuesday moved the Delhi high court challenging the single judge’s direction to the Competition Commission of India to decide the applications filed by the Alliance of Digital India Foundation against the tech giant’s new user-choice billing policy. A clutch of pleas by ADIF, an industry body of startups, had sought direction to Google to keep its proposed User …

How can you make payments using a credit card via UPI: Step-by-step guide
1 year, 8 months ago

How can you make payments using a credit card via UPI: Step-by-step guide

India TV News  

The National Payments Corporation of India has collaborated with payment aggregators such as Google Pay, Paytm, and Razorpay to allow credit card transactions over the Unified Payments Interface. This comes after the Reserve Bank of India linked RuPay credit cards to UPI in an effort to combine the benefits of both, providing customers with the quick payment experience of UPI …

Google adds UPI as a payment option to buy subscriptions from its Play Store
2 years, 1 month ago

Google adds UPI as a payment option to buy subscriptions from its Play Store

The Hindu  

Google is introducing UPI Autopay as a payment option for subscription-based purchases on Google Play in India. “With the introduction of UPI Autopay on the platform, we aim to extend the convenience of UPI to subscription-based purchases,” Saurabh Agarwal, Head of Google Play Retail & Payments Activation - India, Vietnam, Australia & New Zealand said in a release today. The …

Google pauses Play Store billing in India after CCI ruling
2 years, 1 month ago

Google pauses Play Store billing in India after CCI ruling

Live Mint  

Android-maker Google has paused its plans to enforce the Google Play billing system on Indian developers from October 31. Following the CCI’s recent ruling, we are pausing enforcement of the requirement for developers to use Google Play’s billing system for the purchase of digital goods and services for transactions by users in India while we review our legal options and …

Google India Responds To Second Setback In A Week: Here’s What It Said
2 years, 1 month ago

Google India Responds To Second Setback In A Week: Here’s What It Said

News 18  

Google India has claimed that it remains committed to its users in the country and is reviewing the decision to take the next steps towards its latest order from the Competition Commission of India on Tuesday. The search engine giant has been penalised for its anti-trust policies where app developers are mandatorily asked to push for payments via the Google …

Here is how to create multiple UPI IDs in Google Pay
2 years, 3 months ago

Here is how to create multiple UPI IDs in Google Pay

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: In the current digital age, having access to real-time, secure online payments has become quintessential. On Google Pay, users can have up to four UPI IDs associated with their bank accounts and multiple UPI IDs associated with the same bank. Having additional UPI IDs in Google Pay with different banks provides different routes to make transactions seamless, swift, …

RBI Mulls Addressing Monopoly of PhonePe, Google Pay in UPI Space; Deputy Guv Explains
2 years, 3 months ago

RBI Mulls Addressing Monopoly of PhonePe, Google Pay in UPI Space; Deputy Guv Explains

News 18  

Reserve Bank of India deputy governor T Rabi Sankar on Wednesday said that the central bank was going to find a solution to the problem of payments done on the United Payments Interface getting concentrated on two big players — Google Pay and PhonePe. We are also looking at Europe to see how we can address this issue,” said T …

How to pay bills, recharge phone number through Google Pay using credit card
2 years, 6 months ago

How to pay bills, recharge phone number through Google Pay using credit card

India Today  

Last week, the Reserve Bank of India announced that smartphone users will be able to use their credit cards to make UPI payments. However, it entirely depends on the UPI platform like Google Pay, PhonePe, among others, to enable the option and allow you to make payments using their RuPay-based credit cards. This simply means, you will not be able …

Google creates virtual wallet: Now store credit cards, car keys in 'Wallet' app
2 years, 7 months ago

Google creates virtual wallet: Now store credit cards, car keys in 'Wallet' app

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will let consumers store and use credit cards, event tickets and car keys in a new Wallet app that it’s separating from its longtime Pay app. Consumers in the U.S. and Singapore will have access to both apps, with Pay used for financial management and transferring money to friends or family, while in 39 other markets the …

Google Pay, Paytm, UPI Payments Face Glitch, NPCI Says 'Momentary Issue'; Know Details
2 years, 7 months ago

Google Pay, Paytm, UPI Payments Face Glitch, NPCI Says 'Momentary Issue'; Know Details

News 18  

The National Payments Corporation of India, or NCPI, on early Monday issued a statement saying that Unified Payments Interface, or UPI were working as usual. The momentary issue with some UPI ecosystem partners has been resolved— NPCI April 24, 2022 Several users took to Twitter to complain that they could not pay via UPI, which was down for more than …

Google Pay unveils ‘Tap to Pay’ for UPI payments
2 years, 8 months ago

Google Pay unveils ‘Tap to Pay’ for UPI payments

The Hindu  

Google Pay on Wednesday announced collaboration with Pine Labs to unveil ‘Tap to Pay’ for UPI payments, a feature which was earlier available only for payments made through cards. “The functionality will be available to any UPI user who wants to use their NFC-enabled android smartphone to transact using any Pine Labs Android PoS terminal across the country,” the company …

Google Pay Now Supports NFC Payments In India: How To Tap And Pay With Google Pay On Smartphone
2 years, 8 months ago

Google Pay Now Supports NFC Payments In India: How To Tap And Pay With Google Pay On Smartphone

News 18  

Google Pay is getting a tap-to-pay feature that will allow users to pay by just tapping their smartphones to the POS Terminal on card machines that most vendors and stores use. “Tap to Pay for UPI has profound implications for high traffic retail outlets, with queue management hassles poised to be greatly reduced, and taking digital payments at POS well …

UPI Payment Without Internet, Smartphone: RBI to Launch UPI for Feature Phones Today
2 years, 9 months ago

UPI Payment Without Internet, Smartphone: RBI to Launch UPI for Feature Phones Today

News 18  

You don’t need a smartphone or internet connection to do Unified Payments Interface payments anymore. To enable thousands of feature phone users with the digital payment ecosystem in the country, the Reserve Bank of India is all set to launch UPI123Pay on Tuesday. Why UPI Payment for Feature Phones RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announced to launch a UPI-based payment system …

How to Change UPI Pin on Google Pay? Follow These Simple Steps
2 years, 10 months ago

How to Change UPI Pin on Google Pay? Follow These Simple Steps

News 18  

Google Pay is one of the most common UPI applications for online payment in India. All you have to do is a quick scan of the QR code, put in your UPI pin, and you can make payments at local shops, stores, and other places with Google pay. Can you change your UPI pin on Google Pay? If you are …

Google Pay down? Several users report issues with UPI payments on Twitter
2 years, 11 months ago

Google Pay down? Several users report issues with UPI payments on Twitter

India Today  

The Unified Payment Interface, the instant payment gateway which is owned and operated by the National Payments Council of India has been unavailable for over an hour. Since the UPI servers went down, several users have taken to social media to report that the UPI server is down and that they are unable to perform any transactions using digital wallets …

Google for India 2021: Google Pay to get Bill Split feature, Hinglish language option, MyShop tool
3 years, 1 month ago

Google for India 2021: Google Pay to get Bill Split feature, Hinglish language option, MyShop tool

Firstpost  

As a part of the company’s Google for India 2021 vision, customers are also getting a pilot Google Assistant-enabled, end-to-end vaccine booking flow in India. The company also hopes to make the app smarter by adding “speech to text" to let users use voice input to pay directly to another user’s bank account. The tool will be available to merchants …

Google for India 2021: Google Pay Hinglish, COVID-19 Vaccine Booking Flow Announced
3 years, 1 month ago

Google for India 2021: Google Pay Hinglish, COVID-19 Vaccine Booking Flow Announced

News 18  

Google has announced the addition of the ‘Hinglish’ language option on Google Pay – a mix of Hindi and English, specifically for Indian customers. The company says the addition of the new language option is an attempt to make interactions even “more intuitive and natural via Google Pay.” Currently, the digital payments app lets users choose between multiple Indian languages …

The other digital divide
3 years, 1 month ago

The other digital divide

The Hindu  

“Your phone is your wallet,” said Bill Gates in 1996. When smartphones and apps took over, Internet banking moved to apps and IMPS transformed into mobile wallets, which was one step removed from your bank account. Pick an app, download and install it on your smartphone, authenticate your SIM through an OTP process, enable your mobile number-linked bank account, and …

Your Family In The US Can Send You Money On Google Pay: All Your Questions (Hopefully) Answered
3 years, 7 months ago

Your Family In The US Can Send You Money On Google Pay: All Your Questions (Hopefully) Answered

News 18  

Google Pay users in the US can now transfer money to friends and family in India and Singapore. It is believed that the Google Pay international money transfers to India will be powered by Western Union at this time, though for countries that support both platforms, users will have the choice while making the transfer. This Google Pay international transfers …

Amazon, Google vie for piece of India’s digital payments market
3 years, 9 months ago

Amazon, Google vie for piece of India’s digital payments market

Live Mint  

Technology giants Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Google and credit-card providers Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are among those vying for unprecedented access to India’s burgeoning digital retail payments market. In a market where cash is still king, digital payments are quickly gaining ground as India’s 1.3 billion people are starting to embrace online shopping and services such as online …

UPI Payments via Google Pay, PhonePe and More May Not Function Properly For Few Days, Here's Why
3 years, 11 months ago

UPI Payments via Google Pay, PhonePe and More May Not Function Properly For Few Days, Here's Why

News 18  

Customers using UPI for online transactions may face errors between 1 AM to 3 AM IST for the next few days as the National Payment Corporation of India is upgrading its digital payment platform. The development essentially means that users who are transacting through the UPI gateway via BHIM or third-party apps such as Google Pay, Paytm and PhonePe may …

US overtakes India in GPay's new users
3 years, 11 months ago

US overtakes India in GPay's new users

The Hindu  

India was overtaken by the U.S. to become Google Pay's largest generator of new users, according to app intelligence firm Apptopia. The Google-owned digital payment platform added nearly three lakh new users in the U.S. in a single day last week, compared to about two lakh new users in India on the same day. Google Pay was launched seven years …

Google Pay, PhonePe account for 86% of UPI transactions by value in Oct: NPCI
4 years ago

Google Pay, PhonePe account for 86% of UPI transactions by value in Oct: NPCI

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Payments operators, Google Pay and PhonePe, seem to have a stranglehold on the unified payments interface market in India. According to October data from the National Payments Corporation of India, published for the first time, Google Pay accounted for 857.81 million transactions, while PhonePe came in second with 839.88 million transactions. The data said ₹1,65,654.71 crore worth of …

Google to Launch An All New Google Pay App for iOS, Android in the US Tomorrow
4 years, 1 month ago

Google to Launch An All New Google Pay App for iOS, Android in the US Tomorrow

News 18  

Google’s new logo for its digital payments app Google Pay was recently spotted in the app’s beta version recently. Now, the Mountain View, California-based company is unveiling a “new Google Pay app," according to Google’s video announcement. “We invite you to watch live and learn more about the new Google Pay app, designed to help you improve your relationship with …

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing
4 years, 1 month ago

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing

News 18  

India’s antitrust body on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations that Alphabet’s Google was abusing its market position to promote its payments app as well as forcing app developers to use its in-app payment system. In its 39-page order, the CCI said Google’s agreements with some smartphone makers to have the Google Pay app pre-installed might “disturb the level playing …

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing
4 years, 1 month ago

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing

News 18  

India’s antitrust body on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations that Alphabet’s Google was abusing its market position to promote its payments app as well as forcing app developers to use its in-app payment system. In its 39-page order, the CCI said Google’s agreements with some smartphone makers to have the Google Pay app pre-installed might “disturb the level playing …

WhatsApp Pay is Finally Live for Indian Users and Twitter is Paying Back With Hilarious Memes
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Pay is Finally Live for Indian Users and Twitter is Paying Back With Hilarious Memes

News 18  

The face of digital payments and other transactions is constantly evolving and adding to that, WhatsApp Pay has also rolling out its services for iPhone and Android users in India, meaning now one can now use the messaging application for monetary transactions like other such applications. While WhatsApp Pay had been available to some users for an extended trial period …

WhatsApp Payments gets a nod to allow users make UPI-based payments in India: How to use on Android, iOS?
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Payments gets a nod to allow users make UPI-based payments in India: How to use on Android, iOS?

India TV News  

After a two-year wait, WhatsApp has finally been allowed to start rolling out its payments service -- WhatsApp Payments -- in India. On IOS, head to the Settings option and select the 'Payments' option In both cases, tap the 'New Payment' option and then the 'Accept and Continue' option Following this, add your bank from the list that pops up, …

Google Pay Is Again Available For iPhone Users In India, But You Must Restore Bank Account For UPI
4 years, 1 month ago

Google Pay Is Again Available For iPhone Users In India, But You Must Restore Bank Account For UPI

News 18  

The Google Pay For India app is back on the Apple App Store. This means the Google Pay For India app can resume the battles with rival digital payment platforms including PhonePe, Paytm and Amazon Pay. It is expected that the fixes for the Google Pay app will improve payment success rates, particularly for the Unified Payments Interface transactions. The …

Google Pay Remains Unavailable On iPhone & There Is No Warning In App About Possible Payment Issues
4 years, 1 month ago

Google Pay Remains Unavailable On iPhone & There Is No Warning In App About Possible Payment Issues

News 18  

Digital payments app Google Pay still remains unavailable for Apple iPhone users in India. The Google Pay app, earlier known as Google Tez, was unlisted from the Apple App Store yesterday, and still remains unavailable. Google had confirmed yesterday that the app was unlisted to fix some issues while those who already have the Google Pay app installed on their …

Google Pay now allows for NFC-based payments in India: Know how it works
4 years, 3 months ago

Google Pay now allows for NFC-based payments in India: Know how it works

India TV News  

Google Pay in collaboration with Visa and banking partners on Monday rolled out tokenisation across its platform, enabling users to safely transact with their cards and use Tap-to-pay feature on near-field communication -enabled point of sale terminals and online merchants. With tokenisation, Google Pay Android users can use their debit or credit card to make payments through a secure digital …

Google Pay Brings NFC-Based Tap-To-Pay Card Payment Service in India
4 years, 3 months ago

Google Pay Brings NFC-Based Tap-To-Pay Card Payment Service in India

News 18  

Google Pay in collaboration with Visa and banking partners on Monday rolled out tokenisation across its platform, enabling users to safely transact with their cards and use the Tap-to-pay feature on near-field communication -enabled point of sale terminals and online merchants. With tokenisation, Google Pay Android users can use their debit or credit card to make payments through a secure …

Google Pay May Soon Let You Add Debit, Credit Cards for Contactless Card Payments
4 years, 3 months ago

Google Pay May Soon Let You Add Debit, Credit Cards for Contactless Card Payments

News 18  

Google Pay is reportedly adding more users to its trial of offering debit and credit card payments via the app. According to reports, Google is seemingly rolling out the feature to a larger user group, after announcing the tokenised debit and credit card feature back at the Google for India 2019 conference. The feature will allow you to add eligible …

Google Pay starts receiving NFC-based card payments feature in India: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Google Pay starts receiving NFC-based card payments feature in India: Report

India TV News  

Google Pay, formerly known as Google Tez in India, has gained immense popularity in the country. Now, Google is aiming to take this one step forwards with NFC-powered credit and debit card payments. It will basically take advantage of NFC in order to make payments using a debit or a credit card. According to a report by Android Police, the …

Google Pay tests NFC-based contact-less card payment feature in India
4 years, 3 months ago

Google Pay tests NFC-based contact-less card payment feature in India

Firstpost  

The service seems to be currently avaialble only on Axis Bank credit/debit and SBI credit cards for a set group of users in India, reports said Now, more will be possible in the Google Pay app. According to some reports, the digital wallet platform in India is set to offer card payment option, using limited debit and credit cards, in …

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