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Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by antoinec »

harryf wrote: post #34
B-Con wrote: post #4

How is this going to be handled, as a money exchange system ("yo, here's for covering lunch for me yesterday"), or like a payment system ("send your payment to shop@gmail.com")? It seems presented as the former: > you can securely send money to friends and family in the U.S. - without leaving your Gmail inbox but people will assuredly try to use it as the latter. When that happens, how will Google address fraud claim…

The real issue issue is here; > securely send money to friends and family _in the U.S._ Google Voice it's the same problem - most of the world can't use it. Instead of 80/20 this is 20/80

That's just the first step, testing to a smaller set of users. If it works well, they will expand it to the rest of the world for sure.

Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by jrockway »

Hi everyone. I've been working on this at Google for a while and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. If you don't want to ask here, feel free to email me at AT google.com. There might be a delay in responding if I get a lot of messages or if you have a particularly challenging question.

Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by Jhsto »

agf wrote: post #21
Jhsto wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is one of the reasons Checkout was introduced in the first place. However, I doubt this will have an instant effect. I'm not sure about the current status, but at some point sellers I contacted couldn't add Google Checkout as payment option as it was US exclusive.

Checkout and Wallet are not the same thing.

Google Checkout was before Wallet, to which I was referring in my comment. They later rebranded to Wallet and indeed rebranded, as I've been able to use my account as it was during Checkout. I don't even own an Android phone, but I use Google's payment option to pay virtual goods from time to time. So, I don't see big difference.

Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by iheart2code »

jrockway wrote: post #42

Hi everyone. I've been working on this at Google for a while and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. If you don't want to ask here, feel free to email me at AT google.com. There might be a delay in responding if I get a lot of messages or if you have a particularly challenging question.

How can Google Wallet be truly successful if it is only allowed to exist on a (relatively) small subset of mobile devices?

Re: Send money with Gmail

#46

Post by timothya »

cookiecaper wrote: post #32
marknutter wrote: post #23

What's not clear is how a person without a google wallet account claims the money. Is it the same tedious process of having to verify a bank account, give a social security number, promise a first born child, etc.

It should be noted that much of this process is federally mandated across a multitude of regulations. Since 9/11, it has been illegal to open bank accounts without a valid SSN, so that the government can track money more easily. AFAIK, IANAL, IIRC, etc etc etc etc

I've known plenty of people who have opened bank accounts in the US without an SSN. I don't think it's strictly required.

Re: Send money with Gmail

#47

Post by lectrick »

jrockway wrote: post #42

Hi everyone. I've been working on this at Google for a while and would be happy to answer any questions you might have. If you don't want to ask here, feel free to email me at AT google.com. There might be a delay in responding if I get a lot of messages or if you have a particularly challenging question.

So when will you be integrating with the Bitcoin network?

/obligatory

Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by [deleted] »

antoinec wrote: post #41
harryf wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The real issue issue is here; > securely send money to friends and family _in the U.S._ Google Voice it's the same problem - most of the world can't use it. Instead of 80/20 this is 20/80

That's just the first step, testing to a smaller set of users. If it works well, they will expand it to the rest of the world for sure.

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Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by [deleted] »

antoinec wrote: post #41
harryf wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The real issue issue is here; > securely send money to friends and family _in the U.S._ Google Voice it's the same problem - most of the world can't use it. Instead of 80/20 this is 20/80

That's just the first step, testing to a smaller set of users. If it works well, they will expand it to the rest of the world for sure.

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Re: Send money with Gmail

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Post by [deleted] »

antoinec wrote: post #41
harryf wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The real issue issue is here; > securely send money to friends and family _in the U.S._ Google Voice it's the same problem - most of the world can't use it. Instead of 80/20 this is 20/80

That's just the first step, testing to a smaller set of users. If it works well, they will expand it to the rest of the world for sure.

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