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Hello, communicators:

Google just launched the overhaul of its Google Pay app, boasting features that include personal finance guidance, tailored retail offers, coupons and banking services along with its tap-to-pay functionality:

https://twitter.com/Google/status/1329123445507022856

In a blog post, Caesar Sengupta, general manager and vice president of payments and Next Billion Users at Google, wrote:

The new app is designed around your relationships with people and businesses. It helps you save money and gives you insights into your spending. It’s built with multiple layers of security to keep your money and information private and safe. And in 2021, it will give you the chance to apply for a new kind of digital bank account with trusted financial institutions.

… Google Pay can also understand and automatically organize your spending. This lets you search across your transactions in new ways. For example, you can search for “food,” “last month,” or “Mexican restaurants” and Google Pay will instantly find the relevant transactions.