PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2020

Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to hold radio experiments “in and near the 6 GHz band,” according to a recent filing with the agency. The firm also said virtual private network (VPN) usage was higher by 34 percent and video bandwidth use was higher by 12 percent.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Innovation is expensive. And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Innovation is expensive. And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The European Union (EU) has levied $126 million USD in fines in that brief time, the biggest against Google at $57 million. That sum is more like a friendly reminder to Google, which did $40 billion in revenue in Q3 2019. But Google makes most of its money through ads, so the GDPR slap did not go unnoticed by parent company Alphabet.

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PYMNTS

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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Bank Innovation

MAY 2, 2018

Security and fraud risk remain the top priority for retail banks seeking to update their payments infrastructure, a study released this week by ACI WorldWide and Ovum found.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Some data may exist in secure warehouses, others within Salesforce, or Amazon Web Services S3. Salesforce Data Cloud Securely Brings It All Together Businesses can leverage the power of tools such as Salesforce’s Data Cloud to bring together multiple data sets. It all starts with the data.

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PYMNTS

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. Those monopolies are durable and self-sustaining, said the DOJ.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

Google has announced that it is working on bringing electronic IDs to Android devices, according to reports. The digital ID card would replace an actual ID card but would work the same way, as Google wants it to be used in all “physical world transactions.” It’s hard to predict when that will lock down,” Mayrhofer said.

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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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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Cloud services like AWS , Dropbox and Google Cloud store terabytes of users’ personal information and payment data, making them prime targets for fraudsters looking to wreak havoc. The cloud security space needs to completely rethink its options if such strong systems can still be breached.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Google Assistant can now help users book a car from Uber , Lyft , Ola , Grab , GO-JEK and other ridesharing services. The feature, which works with Google Assistant-enabled speakers and on phones, allows users to request a car from a specific company or place a general request to receive pricing for all supported local ridesharing services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In addition, UniCredit customers in Italy can now use the Google Pay digital wallet, and cybercriminals are reportedly using malware to encrypt files and asking for a ransom to be paid through WeChat Pay. To use the service, customers can activate the ‘Monhey’ app in the UniCredit app or download the Google Play application.

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Bank Innovation

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

JULY 29, 2019

Google announced in a video tweet on Monday (July 29) that its upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone doesn’t need hands to operate it. This new miniature radar leverages the same decades-old technology that is used to detect planes and other large objects, Google said on its blog.

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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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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Fitbit , the maker of wearable devices, announced news on Monday (April 30) that it inked a deal with Google in which the two will work together to innovate and shape the future of digital health and wearables. This collaboration will accelerate the pace of innovation to define the next generation of healthcare and wearables.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against talk of regulating tech companies, saying that the move could have unintended consequences, according to a report by CNBC. “I The government “can’t take for granted” the success that companies like Google have, Pichai said. isn’t the only one looking to regulate Google.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

British bank NatWest has been testing out Google Assistant compatibility to allow customers to do things like check their balance via voice assistant, according to reports. . As of Monday (Aug 12), account users who are in the trial can ask the Google Home smart speaker for things like recent spending and transaction history. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

To help shoppers use gift cards, coupons and loyalty rewards when paying with their mobile phones, Ingenico Group has made Google Pay Smart Tap available on its point of sale (POS) systems in the U.K. We are excited to start integrating Google Pay Smart Tap in the U.K., integration is the first step in its international deployment. “We

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). Innovating for Community Banks. Community banking is no exception.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Google announced Thursday (Nov. According to Google, Mastercard cardholders in Poland now have another way to make secure payments wherever Mastercard contactless payments are accepted. Google noted that Poland is the first country in central and eastern Europe and only the second country in Europe after the U.K.

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CB Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

Earlier this week, Google announced it had partnered with Allianz and Munich Re to provide a unique cyber insurance product to its Google Cloud customers. Expect more innovation in cyber insurance : Incumbents and insurtech companies are looking at a variety of technologies and strategies to cover the cyber insurance gap.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

More banks are therefore moving away from legacy core systems to embrace cloud-native architectures to power automation and meet the speed expected by consumers, securely. The bank is working with technology giants Google and Microsoft to create new cloud-based tools that will use their cloud computing software.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

From digital marketplaces like SeatGeek to tech firms such as Google , innovators are introducing new ways for consumers to buy products and services through social media sites and smart devices. One billion devices are now supported by Google Assistant.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Google has announced that it is partnering with select Indian banks to offer consumers instant, pre-approved loans via Google Pay (formerly known as Tez). This week, Google announced that it is rebranding the app as Google Pay, as the company plans an expansion into other areas of Asia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And it might not go so far in payments and commerce in the coming decade, at least going by the results of a new Mastercard collaboration with Harvard Business Review Analytics on what really works when it comes to innovation, companies and executives. 2020 Innovation Sparks. The report, released Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2017

While America was busy watching the solar eclipse (hopefully with the appropriate protective eyewear), Google rolled out its new Android OS and created the world’s first crowdsourced “Eclipse Megamovie” using footage from across the U.S. Oreo also touts new security features, app install controls, and emojis. Android Oreo Confirmed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

Burger King — rather than wait for Google to roll out advertising options — recently took matters into its own hands by leveraging the “ dollhouse method.”. In a TV spot, Burger King directly addressed Google Homes across America: “Okay, Google. Google itself had nothing to do with the ad. What is the Whopper burger?”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

But sometimes, innovators get the process backwards, and find they have a great solution, but not a problem to go with it. Consumers don’t always just need solutions, even in high-interest areas like privacy, security and flexibility – sometimes they also need a clearer picture of the problem they are solving. billion per day.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

US Antitrust Regs Probe Google’s Shopping Comparison Tool. Department of Justice is expanding its antitrust probe to include Google’s online shopping comparison tool. The investigation will delve into how Google acts in the eCommerce comparison market and whether it hurts the competition.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

The more connected devices consumers have, the more concerned they are about the security of their financial information. Today’s shoppers want the transparency of being able to verify that they’ve been charged the correct amount, and many aren’t willing to trade this security for the convenience of auto-payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

Every business walks the same tightrope when it comes to processing payments: Convenience versus security. It doesn’t matter if the business is consumer-facing or serving other businesses (B2B); security is top of mind for all of them, yet adding more layers can introduce more friction, and that can scare customers away.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Vivek Agrawal, executive vice president of technology solutions provider Skava , joined PYMNTS for the latest segment of the Commander in Chief series to speak to why innovation isn’t just about creating new, exciting products. VG: Our innovation goals are very well bound by our vision and strategy.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

As much as Google would like users to believe there’s no device like Home, the smart speaker is not exactly delivering an over-the-rainbow experience for some. The idea was that users would be able to listen to Play Music tracks even if they hadn’t invested in Google’s streaming service subscription.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

While the competition part of the story is usually where the action is in payments and commerce – who’s ahead, who’s behind, who’s innovating, who’s imitating – sometimes the news isn’t about who is getting ahead, but who is working harder to get there. eBay Drafts Google Pay.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

He also offers advice for how to innovate in the field. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: How would you define your company’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing you’ve ever done? JB: Innovation often means taking a risk.

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