Plans for Google Pay banking service pulled

Date:
Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:21:37 +0000

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Google Plex aimed to simplify making purchases and saving money.

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Google appears to have pulled the plug on Plex, a banking and personal
finance service it had been developing for almost a year.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal , the company confirmed it has
canceled the project after missing multiple deadlines and seeing key workers leave the company.

But Google says it wont give up on the idea of having an app to simplify paying for things and managing their finance. Speaking to The Verge , Google said it still believes there is demand for such an app, and that it will now focus on delivering digital enablement for banks and other financial services providers rather than us serving as the provider of these services. Heres our list of the best payment gateways right now Weve built a list of the best credit card processing services on the market Check out our list of the best shopping cart software available

This could mean different Plex features showing up in Google Pay at some
point in the future. Partnering with banks

Google announced in late 2020 that it would be transforming its Google Pay
app into a personal finance hub, with the revamp focused on both consumers
and businesses. The goal of the transformation was to create a place that would simplify sending funds to friends and family, much like Venmo.

The company also wanted users to use Google Pay, which has around 150 million monthly active users, when paying bills at commonly used outlets, restaurants and gas stations, as well as to redeem money off discounts and other promotional offers.

But the idea was not to compete with the banks, but rather to partner with them. Banks and financial institutions would have provided the accounts without monthly or overdraft fees and without minimum balances.

Among the banks Google initally planned to partner with were Citi and SEFCU, with a total of 11 banks were planned in the initial rollout. Heres our rundown of the best accounting software out there

Via: The Wall Street Journal



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