Tinder-owner Match says Google to allow alternate payment systems for now


FILE PHOTO Match Group logo and their app brands are seen in this illustration taken May 1 2022. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: Match Group logo and their app brands are seen in this illustration taken, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) -Match Group Inc said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google will temporarily allow the dating apps maker to offer users a choice in payment systems.

Match sued Google earlier in May, calling the action a "last resort" to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off the Google Play store for refusing to share up to 30% of sales.

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