Tagged: google

February 8, 2019 @ 2:51 am By Cali Haan  |  

A software developer with a background in using multiple small computers to analyze the human genome is building a master blockchain surveillance tool for Google he hopes will show what their real use is, Forbes reports. According to Forbes, Google has so far been behind… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced last week it is expanding its cooperation with Google Pay and is making its mobile payment app, boon, available for the wallet solution in Ireland, Spain, and the UK. Wirecard reported that the mobile app’s users… Read More

January 7, 2019 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has received payment institution authorization from Ireland’s Central Bank. According to Irish Times, the Central Bank granted authorization to Google Payment Ireland under the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) regulation. The company will now be allowed to issue and acquire payments across the European Union (EU)… Read More

January 5, 2019 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lithuania wants to be the leading Fintech hub in Europe. Beginning in 2013, the small Baltic nation decided to take action and become one of the EU’s “hottest destinations for Fintech.” Mantas Katinas, MD of Invest Lithuania – the public entity leading the Fintech charge in… Read More

January 4, 2019 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Google – or Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) was approved for an Electronic Money Institution license from the Bank of Lithuania. The license will enable Google to issue electronic money, handle electronic money wallets, perform remittances, payment transactions, provide cash deposit and withdrawal services, as well… Read More

December 27, 2018 @ 7:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

paysafecard, an Austria-based fintech that is part of the Paysafe Group, announced last week it has expanded its partnership with Google by becoming a new payment method in the Google Play Store in five additional European countries, which was Germany, the UK, France, Spain, and Greece…. Read More

September 26, 2018 @ 10:21 am By Cali Haan  |  

Google will reduce the extent of its ban on cryptocurrency ads this October by allowing regulated crypto exchanges to advertise on the platform to US and Japanese audiences only, CNBC reports. In the spring and early summer of this year, Google, Facebook, Twitter and SnapChat… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 10:55 am By Cali Haan  |  

The head of email security at Google says research tracing crypto thefts thefts back to comments made on online message boards means you should never talk up your crypto online, CNBC reports. This is because you never know who is watching nor how the info you… Read More

August 10, 2018 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa has landed former Head of Marketing APAC for Google Pay Yiling Ding as their new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Ding, who is said to be fluent in English, Japanese, and Chinese Mandarin, has spent the past four years with Google. During her stint with Google she… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financial Innovation Now (FIN), the group that represents big techs interest in Fintech, has issued a comment on the decision by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to move forward with a Fintech Charter following the release of a report on Fintech by… Read More

July 27, 2018 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two months after Apple’s App Store banned on-device cryptocurrency mining on both iOS and macOS, competitor Google has followed suit and banned cryptocurrency mining on Google Pay. According to the Verge, Apple has established the following rules for its iOS, macOS, watchOS, and… Read More

July 22, 2018 @ 5:03 pm By Alexander Dunaev  |  

With tech titans the most valuable companies on the planet, the notion of self-regulation is no longer appropriate or fit for purpose. Is now the time for governments to step in to protect consumers and ensure a more competitive environment? The role of the technology… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 8:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysafe Group, a U.S.-based global payments provider, announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with search engine giant, Google, to allow its prepaid business paysafecard to be accepted as a payment method in the Google Play Store. According to Paysafe, from now on, customers without… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Orange announced on Thursday it has partnered with Google through Orange Digital Ventures (ODV), the Group’s corporate venture fund, to join forces in financing the best start-ups. According to Orange, through this partnership, Google will leverage ODV’s sourcing of start-ups to explore opportunities for co-investments… Read More

April 4, 2018 @ 10:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Around the Ides of March, Google (following in Facebook’s footsteps) banned all cryptocurrency advertising, effective June 2018. Crowdfund Insider reported that in 2017 alone Google blocked 3.2 billion ads from its platform. Now Chrome has added to its Developer Program Policies a ban that prohibits products… Read More

March 20, 2018 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Social media giant Twitter is set to ban almost all cryptocurrencies and initial coin offering (ICOs) advertisements. According to SkyNews, Twitter may release a new advertising policy in two weeks that will prohibit advertisements for ICOs, token sales, and cryptocurrency wallets globally. The media outlet also revealed that… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, the worlds largest search engine and enormous advertising platform has banned all cryptocurrency advertising as of June 2018. Rumblings about a forthcoming ban had been circulating for some time now. Google periodically updates their advertising policies and crypto found… Read More

December 20, 2017 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Waymo, Alphabet’s (neé Google) self-driving tech company, has partnered with Trōv an Insurtech firm that provides on-demand insurance. Waymo claims the title of “first” in the land of self driving fleet cars.  In 2018, Waymo will launch commercial ride-hailing with autonomous cars in Phoenix, Arizona…. Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 6:22 pm By Timothy Li  |  

During July 2016, I was part of a delegation of US Fintech executives visiting our counterparts in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, China. We toured and visited some of the most exciting Fintech platforms in China such as LuFax, CreditEase, Tencent (the creator of WeChat),… Read More

June 13, 2017 @ 12:30 pm By Therese Torris  |  

This article highlights three takeaways for Fintech firms from Mary Meeker’s 355-page-long report: 1) The Internet’s center of gravity shifts to Asia; 2) The biggest get bigger; 3) Fintechs must use gamification to improve customer engagement. Since 2001, Mary Meeker, a Partner at venture capital… Read More