Google company will provide offer a prepaid debit card that will allow customers to purchase items at stores and to withdraw money from ATM machines, the Internet company said on 20/11/2013.
This debit card, which is only available in the US country, lets customers access the funds stored in their Google Wallet accounts. Google Wallet is a smart phone app and online imbursement service that lets customers buy goods and transfer money to each other.
The new Google Wallet card will be accepted at "millions of locations" that accept Master Card and at ATM machines, Google said in a post on its representative blog on Wednesday. Google said the card is open and that the company will not charge cardholders any monthly or annual fees.
The debit card could help advance Google's efforts to play a bigger role in commerce and provide the company with valuable information about consumer shopping nature, though it appears to be less determined than the full-fledged credit card once supposed to be in the works.
Plans for a Google consumer credit card were shelve when the head of Google's Wallet and payments group, Osama Bedier, left the company in May, according to a report at the time in the technology blog AllThingsD.
Google, the world's No. 1 Internet look for engine, in 2011 began offering a particular AdWords commerce credit card that its advertising customers could use to buy ads on its website.
A Google orator confirmed that data about dealings made with the new Wallet card - including a description of goods purchased, the amount of the transaction and the name and tackle of the seller - would be added to the interior profiles that Google maintains for users of its services, which can be used to target ads.
customers add money to the new Wallet Card by connecting it to a bank account or when another person transfers money to their Wallet account, according to Google. The card can be prepared online on Wednesday, and naturally takes 10 to 12 days to arrive, a Google orator said.
This debit card, which is only available in the US country, lets customers access the funds stored in their Google Wallet accounts. Google Wallet is a smart phone app and online imbursement service that lets customers buy goods and transfer money to each other.
The new Google Wallet card will be accepted at "millions of locations" that accept Master Card and at ATM machines, Google said in a post on its representative blog on Wednesday. Google said the card is open and that the company will not charge cardholders any monthly or annual fees.
The debit card could help advance Google's efforts to play a bigger role in commerce and provide the company with valuable information about consumer shopping nature, though it appears to be less determined than the full-fledged credit card once supposed to be in the works.
Plans for a Google consumer credit card were shelve when the head of Google's Wallet and payments group, Osama Bedier, left the company in May, according to a report at the time in the technology blog AllThingsD.
Google, the world's No. 1 Internet look for engine, in 2011 began offering a particular AdWords commerce credit card that its advertising customers could use to buy ads on its website.
A Google orator confirmed that data about dealings made with the new Wallet card - including a description of goods purchased, the amount of the transaction and the name and tackle of the seller - would be added to the interior profiles that Google maintains for users of its services, which can be used to target ads.
customers add money to the new Wallet Card by connecting it to a bank account or when another person transfers money to their Wallet account, according to Google. The card can be prepared online on Wednesday, and naturally takes 10 to 12 days to arrive, a Google orator said.
