Google Tez has become the latest UPI-based payments app[1] in the country, propelling the Internet search giant into the league of companies eyeing a piece of India’s digital payments pie. The new Google Tez[2] app can be used to pay for movie tickets, utility bills, and to make other transactions online. Tez means fast in Hindi, which the company said was one of the selling points of its new app. It’s available on Android and iOS, and is powered by UPI. Smartphones by brands such as Nokia, Micromax, Lava, Panasonic, and Xolo will come with Google Tez app preloaded, and some of these companies, Lava for example, will also roll out the app on "most of their existing Android smartphones," a Google representative told[3] Gadgets 360.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday expressed hope that digital payments is going to pick up momentum with more advanced technology coming into the market.
"We reached a peak figure (after the demonetisation), then it marginally slipped and is now bound to pick up again," he said[4].
This comes after the Airtel Payments Bank[5] on Sunday said[6] it has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform.
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