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Google launches UK car insurance price comparison service

Google has introduced a UK price comparison service for car insurance, adding to the search giant's credit card and bank account offerings.

14 September 2012

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Google kills off Wallet's pre-paid card

Google is ditching the pre-paid card it gives to people who sign up for its mobile wallet, telling customers to spend any money they have on it by the middle of next month.

11 September 2012

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Discover backs Google Wallet

Discover has given its blessing to Google Wallet, adding a click-to-add feature to its online customer account centre to make it easy for customers to load their card to the search giant's mobile payments system.

17 August 2012

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Google, carriers, banks and card schemes join mobile payments committee

All four major US carriers have joined with Google, Isis, the big card schemes and a subset of banks and payment processors to launch a 'Mobile Payments Committee', intended to smooth the way for the commercial application of new payment modes on the high street.

10 August 2012

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Google Wallet moves to the cloud to support all credit and debit cards

Google is bidding to breathe new life into its stuttering mobile wallet platform by launching a cloud-based version of the app that can be linked to Visa, American Express and Discover cards.

02 August 2012

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Telefónica strikes direct-to-bill deals with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM

Telefónica has struck global direct-to-bill deals with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Research In Motion, enabling users to pay for content through their mobile phone bills.

05 July 2012

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Mobile NFC fails TfL's need-for-speed transit tests

A senior Transport for London executive says the read-speed of NFC-enabled mobile devices is too slow for practical use on the capital's transit network.

01 June 2012

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Google wallet anniversary falls flat as new software problems emerge

The celebrations marking the first anniversary of the launch of Google Wallet promise to be a gloomy affair, with the emergence of a new flaw that disables the wallet functionality following a simple factory reset on NFC-equipped Android handsets.

30 May 2012

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Google launches pre-paid NFC transit card in Kenya

Google has launched an NFC-enabled pre-paid card for transit payments in Kenya.

25 May 2012

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Google buys payments firm TxVia; loses Wallet co-founder to Square

Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia for an undisclosed fee as it scrambles to give its Wallet service a much-needed shot in the arm. Meanwhile, the firm has lost Wallet co-founder Rob von Behren to rival Square.

03 April 2012

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Google Wallet suffers further setbacks as key execs jump ship

Shunned by telcos and banks alike, Google's effort to break into the mobile payments market is suffering further strife with the departure of its founding engineer, Jonathan Wall, and its product lead, Marc Freed-Finnegan, to set up their own payments start-up.

20 March 2012

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Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon to lead m-payments gold-rush?

Technology giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon are well positioned to cash in on the upcoming mobile payments bonanza thanks to their reputation for innovation but still have trust and privacy-related hurdles to overcome if they are to convince Americans to pick them over more traditional financial services providers, according to a report from Javelin Strategy & Research.

09 March 2012

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