Vice President of Google for South East Asia and India, Rajan Anandan, speaks during the launch of the Google 'Tez' mobile app for digital payments in New Delhi on September 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN
Google CEO Sundar Pichai can count the early success of Tez, the online payment system he custom-built for India, as a promising start to a gruelling fight.
The first click in online shopping is shifting away from search engines like Alphabet Inc.'s Google to e-commerce behemoth Amazon.com Inc. But Google isn't bowing out. Even with more product searches beginning within the Amazon app, Pichai can always help provide the last mile in commerce – payment.
