Google unveils Android Pay in fresh challenge to Apple


  • TECH
  • Friday, 29 May 2015

DIRECT CHALLENGE: Similar to the Apple Pay system unveiled last year, Android Pay will allow consumers to store credit card information on their handsets along with loyalty cards and other data.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google unveiled its pay-with-a-phone system for Android devices, ramping up its challenge to Apple in mobile payments. 

Android Pay, unveiled at the Google developers conference in San Francisco, brings together mobile carriers, payment networks, banks and retailers to allow smartphone users to use their handsets instead of payment cards. 

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