Google gets e-money licence in Lithuania
The Bank of Lithuania keeps boosting its fintech ecosystem.
Goldman Sachs and Ayco in huge financial coaching deal with Google
Ayco will provide financial coaching to Google’s US-based employees.
Starling launches Nearby payments and insurance advice
Partnerships with Google and Anorak have made this possible.
Top fintech stories this week – 31 August 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
JP Morgan hires ex-Google exec for AI ambitions
The war for talent rages on.
Google gangs up with Indian lenders to find new users
Working with Federal Bank, HDFC, ICICI and Kotak Mahindra.
Metro Bank unveils open banking developer portal
Built in collaboration with Google’s Apigee team.
Commerzbank taps Google for mobile payments in Germany
Google Pay is the way.
Orange and Google looking to fund fintech start-ups
Interested in IoT, cybersecurity, cloud and AI in EMEA.
PayPal and Google Pay deepen payments relationship
More payment options across the Google ecosystem are on the way.
OK Google, says OCBC Bank
OCBC Bank has delivered another “Singapore’s first” in collaboration with Google.
IoT gets chatty with DeepMind’s cloud text-to-speech
Will allow IoT devices to talk back to you.
Salesforce, IBM and Google relationship status: it’s complicated
It’s like cloud provider kindergarten! Everybody’s special!
Google Cloud offers updates on Spectre and Meltdown flaws
It has managed to weather the storm better.
Google Pay gets clever with all payments together
Launches a one brand band.
What were we Googling in 2017?
The biggest of fads of 2017, according to Google.
Top fintech stories this week – 15 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Google shows love for AI with new centre in China
Google has unveiled an AI centre in China as it searches out humans with ML talent.
Alexa Is Making ‘Her’ Presence Known
While Google is doing its impression of a petulant child, storming home from the park with its football tucked under its arm by barring Amazon Echo Show access to YouTube, Amazon has drafted a host of reinforcements for its Alexa offensive.
Google Gets into Digital Payments Fray in India
Google is expected to launch a mobile payments app in India next week. Google Tez, which means “fast” in Hindi will reportedly support Android Pay as well as the government-backed Unified Payments Interface and other consumer payment services including Paytm and MobiKwik.
Walmart Taps Google for Omnichannel Commerce Play
Google and Walmart are teaming up to take on Amazon (and Alexa) with voice-activated commerce and more plans for 2018. Starting in late September, the retail giant will be working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items for voice shopping via Google Assistant.
Google Casts a Wider Net for Payments
Google has a new plan to become a bigger player in payments. The search engine and web marketing giant said that it’s enabling merchants and developers to “turbocharge checkout conversion” by making it easier for consumers to use the credit cards and debit cards stored with Google.
Google’s Android Pay Gets a Hand from Banks
Google is banking on mobile apps to boost its mobile wallet. The Android Pay parent has linked that service to a handful of banking apps, giving consumers the ability add their cards more quickly to the mobile wallet.
Vroom, Vroom: Vehicles Accelerate the Future for Payments
A drive through the emerging landscape of in-vehicle transaction projects shows a wide variety of services that could appeal to consumers and push payments forward. But there’s still work to do before automakers are off to the races.
