Payment

on May 23, 2022 | Topic: Legal…

Google has reached an interim agreement with Match Group, the dating app provider behind Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid, that will allow its apps to remain on the Google Play Store while offering alternate payment systems, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this month, Match Group filed a complaint against Google, alleging the company “illegally monopolized the market for distributing apps” by requiring app developers to use Google’s billing system and then taking up to a 30 percent cut on any in-app…

Match MTCH 1.74% Group Inc. withdrew its request for a temporary restraining order against Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -1.56% Google, saying Google has made some concessions over its app store payment practices that Match Group demanded. The concessions include guaranteeing that Match apps, such as Tinder and Hinge, won’t be rejected or removed from Google’s app store for offering…

Match sued Google over Google’s Play Store payment system. Photo: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News…

Match Group said on Friday that Alphabet's Google will allow the dating apps maker to offer users a choice in payment systems, eliminating Google's control over user data.Match sued Google in May, calling the action a "last resort" to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off the Google Play store for refusing to share up to 30 percent of sales.The company said it has withdrawn its request for a temporary restraining order against Google after some concessions, including eliminating its complete control over…

You can pay your LIC premium payment online. That’s right! the biggest insurance and investment group of India Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) allows you to make payments without visiting the bank or nearby ATM. LIC premium payment can be done online using net banking, Credit cards, UPI apps like PayTM and PhonePe, and more. In addition to the convenience, the online methods also offer rewards such as cashback for making payments for the LIC policy. Here’s a quick look at the many methods you can use to pay LIC premium…

Around 40 passengers received minor injuries after the overhead cabin luggage fell on them. (Photo: SpiceJet)Some SpiceJet flights were held up at the Delhi airport for some time on Friday as there was a delay in daily payment to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) by the airline.PTI Last Updated:May 20, 2022, 16:16 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Some SpiceJet flights were held up at the Delhi airport for some time on Friday as there was a delay in daily payment to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) by the airline, sources said.…

The payments unit of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc – MoMo Payment Service Bank (Momo PSB) began commercial operations on Thursday, the telecom said in a statement, the same day rival Airtel Africa announced similar move by its fintech arm SmartCash PSB. “This is an important milestone for MTN Nigeria in our mission to support the government’s drive towards financial inclusion in Nigeria,” said MTN Nigeria’s CEO Karl Toriola. “Not just for those in urban centres and markets, but also…

Airtel Africa has teed off operation in its recently licensed Nigerian payment service bank unit SmartCash PSB, the wireless operator said in a note to the Nigerian Exchange on Thursday. SmartCash PSB joins 9PSB, the payments subsidiary of telecom firm Etisalat, as the second telco-run PSB to launch in Africa’s largest economy, with Momo PSB (owned by MTN Nigeria) and Money Master PSB (owned by Globacom) expected to join the fray any moment soon. For a start, services will be offered at…

Written by Aimee Chanthadavong, Senior Journalist…