Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley Woodward said the company picked India and Singapore in part because of how crucial they are in the remittances world. users to send money to those in India and Singapore - and not the other way around. The remittance feature currently allows only Google Pay’s U.S. From within the Google Pay app, users also get to choose which payments provider - Wise or Western Union - they wish to use and how long it would take for the recipient to receive the money. attempt to send money to someone in India or Singapore, they will be informed about the exact amount that the recipient will receive. “As we do with a number of Google products, we will test, learn and iterate and then start scaling,” he said.Īs part of the partnership, Western Union will power cross-border payments on Google Pay in over 200 countries, while Wise - formerly known as TransferWise - will extend the support in over 80 countries. The company has partnered with Western Union and Wise, both of which have integrated their services into Google Pay. Josh Woodward, director of Product Management at Google, told TechCrunch in an interview that the company is kickstarting its cross-border payments feature with India and Singapore and intends to expand this worldwide by the end of the year. can now send money to GPay users in India and Singapore, Google said on Tuesday, making its first push into the remittances market.

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