{"id":259286,"date":"2025-06-26T08:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/bangladesh-becomes-third-south-asian-country-to-introduce-google-pay-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:45:57","slug":"bangladesh-becomes-third-south-asian-country-to-introduce-google-pay-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/bangladesh-becomes-third-south-asian-country-to-introduce-google-pay-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh becomes third South Asian country to introduce Google Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Bangladesh, which brought Elon Musk&#8217;s Star Link internet, has also launched global INFORMATION technology company Google&#8217;s &#8216;Google Pay&#8217; service. <\/p>\n<p>This service has been launched in collaboration with Google, Citibank, Mastercard and Visa.\u00a0With this launch, Citibank has become the first bank in Bangladesh to offer Google&#8217;s digital wallet services to its customers. <\/p>\n<p>Google Pay is available in three south Asian countries including Bangladesh. Earlier, Google Pay has introduced digital wallet (non-physical payment) service in India and Pakistan. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, Bangladesh launched the internet service of Star Link, a US company based on satellite systems. Despite the political crisis and instability in Bangladesh, the government&#8217;s stimulus package is attracting foreign investment companies. <\/p>\n<p>Citibank customers can link their MasterCard or Visa credit and debit cards to Google Wallet, enabling them to use Google Pay for quick, secure and contactless payments locally and internationally. <\/p>\n<p>Google Pay incorporates advanced encryption techniques to protect user data. This makes it a safe and reliable alternative to non-physical transactions. As a result, users no longer need to carry physical cards \u2014 smartphones become their digital wallets. <\/p>\n<p>According to Business Standard, Central Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansoor welcomed the launch of Google Pay, expressing optimism about Bangladesh&#8217;s attractiveness for both local and foreign investors. <\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the broader goal of financial inclusion, the Governor said, &#8220;We are working to create an inclusive financial system. Every Bangladeshi should be connected to the banking and financial sector. We are encouraging banks to adopt digital solutions. &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Bangladesh, which brought Elon Musk&#8217;s Star Link internet, has also launched global INFORMATION technology company Google&#8217;s &#8216;Google Pay&#8217; service. This service has been launched in collaboration with Google, Citibank, Mastercard and Visa.\u00a0With this launch, Citibank has become the first bank in Bangladesh to offer Google&#8217;s digital wallet services to its customers. Google Pay is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":259283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45167,45159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/259283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}