Official Google India Blog: Powering the digital economy; building a helpful Google for everyone in India
Starting today, we’re introducing the Spot Platform which enables merchants to create branded commercial experiences that bridge the offline and online worlds. Popular services like UrbanClap, Goibibo, MakeMyTrip, RedBus, Eat.Fit and Oven Story are already on board through our early access program.
Spot is one of a number of new Google Pay initiatives we’re announcing today. We’re also making payments available to debit and credit card holders through ‘tokenized’ cards--a secure way of paying for things using a digital token on your phone rather than your actual card number. Tokenized cards on Google Pay will be rolling out in the next few weeks with Visa cards for HDFC, Axis, Kotak and Standard Chartered banks. And we will roll out support to cover Mastercard and Rupay and more banks in the coming months.