Consumers across five major markets — Brazil, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States — are generally familiar and satisfied with the experience of using digital wallets. The penetration of specific platforms, though, varies by country. Google Wallet use ranges from 20% in...
Digital wallets are table stakes for most consumer across five major markets (Brazil, France, Germany, Brazil, the U.K. and the U.S.). In fact, 86% of consumers say they are familiar them. However, some are using them without quite knowing what they are. For example, just...
Google Wallet on Thursday (Sept. 12) unveiled enhanced features to improve the travel and commuting experience. Starting soon, per a Thursday Google blog post, U.S. users can create digital IDs from their passports for use at select TSA checkpoints, making domestic travel more convenient. The...
First, digital wallets came for paper cash, credit cards and the leather billfold. Now, as they become more prevalent across end-users’ daily lives, gaining traction as a convenient and secure way to store and use things like event tickets, transit cards and loyalty programs, a...
October 01, 2024
Consumers across five major markets — Brazil, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States — are generally familiar and satisfied with the experience of using digital wallets. The penetration of specific platforms, though, varies by country. Google Wallet use ranges from 20% in the U.K. to around 9% in France and Germany, for […]
September 19, 2024
Digital wallets are table stakes for most consumer across five major markets (Brazil, France, Germany, Brazil, the U.K. and the U.S.). In fact, 86% of consumers say they are familiar...
September 12, 2024
First, digital wallets came for paper cash, credit cards and the leather billfold. Now, as they become more prevalent across end-users’ daily lives, gaining traction as a convenient and secure...
September 05, 2024
Consumers in Brazil are embracing their digital wallets for making payments. Almost half of consumers use them for paying bills, for example. Surprisingly, it is the country’s baby boomers and...
November 05, 2024
Contactless Google Wallet payments are coming to Brazil’s Pix system. The country’s central bank this week previewed the new offering — Pix by Proximity — on Monday (Nov. 4), with central bank (BC) President Roberto Campos Neto joined by Fábio Coelho, president of Google Brazil. The offering is available now for digital wallet users, and […]
September 01, 2024
Just as plastic cards replaced metal keys at hotels, digital wallets are replacing key cards. As CNBC reported Sunday (Sept. 1), this shift follows a tough stretch for plastic hotel key...
August 09, 2024
Parents can now provide their 7- to 12-year-old kids with a wearable payment device powered by Google Wallet and GoHenry by Acorns. The two organizations have partnered to provide this tool to...
May 08, 2024
Google’s digital wallet is now available in the world’s most populous country. The tech giant announced Wednesday (May 8) that the Google Wallet was now open to users India, with a focus...
