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Send & Receive Money In GMail For Android

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments
Send & receive money GMail

Google has announced a new feature for its GMail Android app which allows users to send and receive money for free.

Tagged GMail, google, payments

Forget Contactless, Hands Free Payments Are The Future*

Posted on March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google is now trialling an app which enables “hands free” payments, allowing users to leave their wallets and phones in their pockets at the checkout.

Tagged google, payments

Google To Shut Down Their Financial Comparison Service

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google has announced that it is to close Google Compare, its financial comparison service, at the end of March. Over the last few years, Google has tried to integrate comparisons for financial products, such as credit cards, car insurance & mortgages, directly in to its search results, both in the UK and the US. They did […]

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Google Glass & Personal Finance

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

Whilst most of us are still trying to get our heads around whether Google Glass is a great idea or just a ridiculous gimmick, companies are desperately trying to imagine how they could integrate their businesses into the new technology.

Tagged banking, finance, future, google, Google Glass

Send Money Through GMail

Posted on May 24, 2013May 24, 2013 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google has enabled a new feature within GMail which integrates with Google Wallet and allows users to make payments within an email.

Tagged email, google, Google Wallet

Google Search Volumes “Can Predict Stock Market Movements”

Posted on April 28, 2013April 28, 2013 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

A recent academic study suggests that there is a link between Google search volumes for certain terms and movements in stock market.

Tagged google, stock market, trading

Google: Car Insurance Comparison Sites Need Cleaning Up

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Telegraph has been taking a look at Google’s new car insurance comparison service, and how it thinks it could get you the best deal for your car insurance.

Tagged car insurance, google

Google Launches Car Insurance Comparison Tool

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 6 Comments

Google has launched yet another financial comparison tool within its search results, this time showing a car insurance comparison tool for related searches.

Tagged car insurance, google, Tools

Google Relaunches Financial Comparisons

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

Google has relaunched its financial comparison ads on certain credit card, savings and current account search terms, according to The Telegraph.

Tagged comparison, Credit Cards, google, Savings

Google Bucks: Google’s Own Currency

Posted on February 28, 2012February 29, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

In a recent speech to the Mobile World Conference, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed that Google once considered developing its own currency, named Google Bucks.

Tagged currency, google, p2p, payments

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