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Google US$10 Billion Investment Boosts India’s Fintech Hub
As the world steers its way through the digital age, one country is making waves in the rapidly expanding global fintech ecosystem – India. This nation has carved out a significant role in the international technological landscape thanks to the
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Google Wallet Lands in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia
Google Wallet has now been extended to three additional Southeast Asian countries – Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia – making it available in 57 countries total. In Vietnam, the feature is currently only supported for Visa cardholders while Mastercard will be
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Google Wallet Is Now Available in Singapore as a Standalone App
Google Wallet is now available as a standalone app for the Singaporean users as a complementary experience to Google Pay. This digital wallet for Android and Wear OS standardises the way users save and access essential items such as vaccine
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Google Pay Ties up With Fave to Offer Singaporean Users Loyalty Cashback
Fave, a fintech platform providing QR payments to restaurants and retailers, has announced a partnership with Google Pay to offer cashback to its Singaporean users. Merchants will now be able to connect with Google Pay users via the FavePay SGQR
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Thales Enables Organisations to Enhance Their Google Workspace’s Privacy Capabilities
Google announced that it has selected Thales to support enhanced privacy and confidentiality capabilities for Google Workspace. Thales said that its CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager and SafeNet Trusted Access have been integrated with Google Workspace Client-side encryption with a new
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Google Pay Launches All-In-One P2P Payments Solution in Singapore
Google has launched its all-in-one peer-to-peer funds transfer service in Singapore in order to streamline transactions from different banks on one platform with via its PayNow feature. Customers of DBS PayLah!, OCBC Bank and Standard Chartered can link their bank
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Google Partners With Singapore Government Agencies for Job-Skills Initiative
About 3,000 local entry-level and mid-career job seekers will benefit from the new jobs and skills training initiative that was announced by Google, Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). The Skills Ignition SG initiative,
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Facebook and Paypal Invests in Gojek to Join its Bid to Boost Digital Payments
Gojek announced today that Facebook and PayPal have joined Google, Tencent and others as investors in its current fundraise. This new investment will support Gojek’s mission to boost Southeast Asia’s digital economy, with a focus on supporting payments and financial
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Digital Financial Services Revenue in Southeast Asia Set to Jump from US$11 Billion in 2018 to US$60 in 2025
Among the findings of a recent report, Fulfilling its Promise – The Future of Southeast Asia’s Digital Financial Services Industry, from Bain & Company, Google and Temasek, it shows that Southeast Asia represents one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing
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GAFA and Banking: The Next Battleground?
I got my first iPod in 2002 — it was my first Apple product. I had had a Sony Walkman for a long time and had recently moved on to their MiniDisc player, but the iPod was so much better.
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