I wonder why banks in the US don't just give all of their customers an IBAN and let them transfer money for free or very cheap. They could even give companies those IBANs and let them receive bill payments that way. But I guess that would be too easy and also too European.
Send and receive money with Gmail
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Re: Send and receive money with Gmail
#22I love this idea, it can be even bigger than Paypal. Three suggestions: First, make it a mobile app as a simplified gmail with just the recipient, the amount and a memo. That's it. In version two add the pic, avatar or whatever people use. Second, open a new wave of email accounts since all gmail accounts are already taken so people can start using their names or businesses as email accounts again. Perhaps GoMail? An…
I firmly believe they have a winner, specially for the small and informal businesses, all they need is to deliver simplicity and security. The pay by email is not as important as the pay by mobile but it can be used to leverage market penetration. Later on add NFC to the mobile app to have a total winner.
Now, imagine this mobile app used to pay a taxi driver, a street vendor, a handyman, any and all informal activities that are hard to pay by credit card. Trillions a year.
Make it simple, Google, simpler than the suits can ever think of, or I'll be forced to make it with my own bare hands. All this time I've been waiting for a giant to bring mobile payment to the masses just to see Apple fall short and nobody else stepping to the plate.
Your time to shine, Google.
Re: Send and receive money with Gmail
#23I think this feature has been around since 2013: https://commerce.googleblog.com/2013/05/send-money-to-friend...
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Re: Send and receive money with Gmail
#25I love this idea, it can be even bigger than Paypal. Three suggestions: First, make it a mobile app as a simplified gmail with just the recipient, the amount and a memo. That's it. In version two add the pic, avatar or whatever people use. Second, open a new wave of email accounts since all gmail accounts are already taken so people can start using their names or businesses as email accounts again. Perhaps GoMail? An…
An important thing, besides mobile payment, will be web payment. So start a viral campaign to show people how to put their email account on their web page and ask buyers to pay their shopping carts using this Google Pay app. Use your phone app, enter the email plus a cart id in the memo field and send the money. The seller will use the cart id to verify the purchase and deliver the goods.
Pay with your phone all your web purchases. Killer.
Re: Send and receive money with Gmail
#26I love this idea, it can be even bigger than Paypal. Three suggestions: First, make it a mobile app as a simplified gmail with just the recipient, the amount and a memo. That's it. In version two add the pic, avatar or whatever people use. Second, open a new wave of email accounts since all gmail accounts are already taken so people can start using their names or businesses as email accounts again. Perhaps GoMail? An…
Sure it can get just a big as Google Buzz or Plus.
Re: Send and receive money with Gmail
#27I wonder why banks in the US don't just give all of their customers an IBAN and let them transfer money for free or very cheap. They could even give companies those IBANs and let them receive bill payments that way. But I guess that would be too easy and also too European.
Yeah we have exactly this in Australia
Can "EFT" an amount from any bank account to any other
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#28Only available in the US and UK, correct?
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#29This is going to make gmail accounts a huge target for thieves. Now they don't even have to do the reset password step on your bank login.
Google should require that 2FA is enabled to use this feature.
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#30I suggest adding a "in US or UK" to the title.