Google has introduced Ask Google Pay, a new AI-powered financial assistant integrated into the Google Pay app. Built on the company’s Gemini AI models, the feature is designed to help users better understand their spending habits, answer finance-related questions in plain language, and provide personalised
India’s digital payments battlefield is heating up—and this time, it’s not just a skirmish. It’s shaping into a full-blown corporate faceoff. At the center of the clash are two entrenched giants: Google Pay and PhonePe. Together, they control nearly 80% of India’s UPI transaction volume—an
Google Pay has rolled out a new feature called Pocket Money under its UPI Circle framework, aimed at making digital payments more accessible for people who may not have their own bank accounts. The feature is designed for dependents such as children, elderly family members,
India’s festive cheer wasn’t just limited to shopping bags and light displays — it reflected strongly in digital payments too. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions touched a new all-time high of 20.7 billion in October, marking a 5.6% month-on-month (MoM) rise, according to fresh data