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Google Pay users in the U.S. can now send money to GPay users in India and Singapore, Google said on Tuesday, making its first push into the remittances market. The company has partnered with Western Union and Wise, both of which have integrated their services into Google Pay. This is the first time either of the cross-border payments firms have inked such a deal. Josh Woodward, Director of Product Management at Google, told TechCrunch in an interview that the company is kickstarting… Source link

Bloomberg ‘A Preventable Mess’: How Dementia Takes Toll on Aging Lawyers (Bloomberg) — Robert Fritzshall had to be pushing 80, Bethany McLean thought, so she was a little surprised to hear him talk about expanding his law practice.His office was a bit dusty and cluttered with papers. There were files on the floor. She was concerned that he didn’t see the need to carry malpractice insurance. But she doesn’t remember anything being a red flag.“He was charismatic, enthusiastic,” she… Source link

The Google Pay app now lets U.S. users make money transfers to India and Singapore thanks to integrations with Wise and Western Union. Google Google is jumping into the massive remittances market. The tech giant’s mobile payments service Google Pay announced Tuesday that users in the U.S. will now be able to send money to India and Singapore. The company has teamed up money transfer firms Wise and Western Union on the feature, integrating their platforms into the Google Pay app. Users can choose… Source link

New Delhi: Google is testing a new feature in Google Maps to locate available hospital beds and medical oxygen in India, even as the country continues to clock a record number of Covid-19 cases and deaths on a daily basis. The new feature, currently in pilot stage, uses the Q&A function in Google Maps to allow people to ask about and share local information on availability of beds and medical oxygen in select locations. Liking this story? Get one mail covering top tech news of the day in… Source link

Google, which reaches more than half a billion people in India, is turning its services into tools to help the world’s second largest internet market fight the pandemic. Google said on Monday it has rolled out a range of updates to its Search, Maps, YouTube, and Google Pay services in India to display and boost authoritative and credible information about the coronavirus to help people in the South Asian nation find vaccination centers and other resources to navigate… Source link

TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 80%, Says JPMorgan In the past week, investors have had to cope with multiple conflicting signals from the markets. The April jobs report, which was expected to show almost 1 million new positions for the month, showed only 266,000. The official unemployment number ticked upward slightly to 6.1%, and hourly wages also gained – by 0.7%. That last would seem to be a positive – except that, combined with the massive government stimulus… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Deaths from Covid-19 in India may double from current levels, new research suggests. Meanwhile, the country was criticized for a “lack of leadership” as its prime minister resists pressure to lock down. Indian cricket regulators suspended the Premier League after players tested positive. President Joe Biden set a new target of 70% of U.S. adults receiving at least one vaccine shot by July 4. Rural hospitals and clinics will get almost $1 billion to ramp up testing and… Source link

Reuters Videos ‘Nobody is helping’: India’s hospitals in COVID crisis Just hours ago, Manika Goel’s mother died of COVID-19. Now, she is sat by her husband’s side in a New Delhi hospital – where he is in a critical condition with the virus.39-year-old Amit is wedged between three other patients in a hospital casualty ward.One of many in India, the world’s second most populous nation, that is totally overwhelmed with patients.Goel, a software engineer, says she managed to find an oxygen… Source link

The U.S. is slowly ramping up its commitments to help India, which has been consistently reporting more than 300,000 new daily coronavirus cases. But as the world’s second most populous country — with more than 1.4 billion people — some experts say the response is too slow. “There is a humanitarian reason to do this, as well as self-interest, to prevent new variants from arriving,” Dr. Leana Wen, former Baltimore health commissioner and a visiting professor at the Milken Institute School… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The pandemic is on the wrong trajectory after six straight weeks of increased cases, according to a World Health Organization officer, who said “vaccines will not end the pandemic.” India is facing an escalating health crisis, with its second wave of infections hitting record highs. The U.K. urged mourners not to gather following the death of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, a sign of how longstanding traditions will have to be put aside due to the… Source link