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Google Pay to give users greater control over financial data, says company

Starting next week, the Google Pay app settings will provide users with more controls to decide how their Google Pay activity is used to personalise features within the app

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Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay have the lion’s share of the unified payments interface (UPI) market

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
Tech giant Google is giving users more choice and control to manage their transaction data on its payments platform, saying it is improving "control and transparency".

Google Pay, from next week, will let users to personalise features and choose whether they would like to turn controls on or off when they upgrade to the next version of the app.

“We know that safety and privacy are paramount for payments products and services, and people want more control and transparency on how their transaction data is used,” said Ambarish Kenghe, vice president - product, Google Pay, in a blog post, on

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