The first click in online shopping is shifting away from search engines like Alphabet Inc.'s Google to e-commerce behemoth Amazon.com Inc. Even with more product searches beginning within the Amazon app, Pichai can always help provide the last mile in commerce – payment. People in India using WhatsApp: 250 millionAsia is the perfect testing ground. In India, the conversation about digital payments began in earnest after the government outlawed 86% of the currency in circulation. Responding to an acute cash shortage, a panicky Indian government released its own payment app on the interface.

Source: The Star December 18, 2017 02:15 UTC