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Meanwhile, Google Pay has emerged as the king of UPI payments in India, with annualised transaction value worth $110 billion. Sometimes, so tightly focused US-
by 4mitkumar 2y ago
Meanwhile, Google Pay has emerged as the king of UPI payments in India, with annualised transaction value worth $110 billion.
Sometimes, so tightly focused US-only news without even recognising it as such amuses me.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/12/india-stumped-on-how-to-cut-phonepe-google-dominance-in-upi-payments/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/12/india-stumped-on-how-to-cu...
- tsimionescu 2y agoIs this down through the old Google Pay app, not through the newer Wallet app? I use "Google Pay", as in the payment processor, every day, but it is being done through the wallet app.
- sdeer 2y agoIt is the Google Pay app. The Google Wallet app is separate and (at least in India) do not have payment functionality. Edited to add: actually the popular app in India is GPay which I think is different from the older Google Pay. Google's payment apps are very confusing.
- zinekeller 2y agoUnfortunately, that's the exact problem here: Google tried to force their Indian application internationally without exactly understanding the differences between different markets (big one is forced mobile number registration, which I understand is not a big deal in India but it's a significant friction in the US). For users outside of India, it is a mess compared to how Apple (and even Samsung at this point) does it.