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A court said the technology giant must be less restrictive at checkout. The move will likely lower transaction fees, but it still won't be easy for competitors to grab market share.

The money transfer service and the U.K.'s Post Office were on the verge of an extension. Then the hack came. This and updates from Worldpay, Mastercard and JCB in our global payments roundup.

The card brands and tech giants are expanding their payments reach in one of the world's largest markets, while facing a multi-billion-dollar class action complaint by British businesses over fees. That and more in American Banker's weekly global roundup.

The big box retailer's move comes amid a broader decline for the traditional payment option.

By making it easier to enroll and access financial services such as buy now/pay later lending, the search giant hopes to enhance connections with users.

The payment company is working with Google Cloud to develop new forms of machine learning on a larger scale.

Google Pay's collaboration with the country's digital transaction network is the latest example of Indian tech informing strategy elsewhere in the world, including the U.S.

In a crowded market for mobile payment apps, the search giant hopes to expand its support of driver's licenses, providing a key method of authentication for more financial services.

Despite tougher economic conditions, BNPL lenders are driving growth by expanding to new audiences and checkout channels, as well as fine-tuning proprietary risk-management models.

Google's $700 million antitrust settlement is part of a series of legal battles that are eroding Big Tech's control over checkout, cracking a door for other transaction processors and the bank-led Paze wallet from Zelle's developers.

A jury found the tech giant violated anti-monopoly rules by requiring in-house checkout for game makers such as Epic, which publishes Fortnite. Google and Apple may have to cut fees, but outside processors will be challenged to create a winning user experience.

Yolande Piazza, the former Citi FinTech CEO who is now a leader in Google’s financial services group, explains why banks should accelerate their moves away from legacy computing systems and what the outcomes could be.

Google is enabling cross-border payments within the Google Pay app through integrations with Western Union and U.K.-based remittance firm Wise.

Google will have to bring new leadership to initiatives like financial inclusion and its operations in India now that Caesar Sengupta, vice president and general manager of payments, has announced he will leave the company.

Large banks and aggregator sites, like Bankrate, tend to outperform regional and community banks, but smaller institutions can compete by publishing valuable content and creating web pages for individual branches.

Amex is giving consumers more details about certain purchases with Digital Receipts, starting with big-tech merchants and Square.

A showdown between megabanks such as JPMorgan Chase and the likes of Apple and PayPal could be the prelude to a broader fight.

Machine learning and innovations such as voice assistants can give the newly mature e-commerce industry an extra push, says Qualpay's Penny Townsend.

As business flocks online, voice tech and social are just two of many innovations that will become stable stakes for merchants, says Hatch's Joris Kroese.

Google has redesigned Google Pay to add new financial management and loyalty features; and to offer consumers checking and savings accounts from partner banks and credit unions in 2021.