Google is expected to launch a partnership next year with Citigroup to offer checking accounts through its Google Pay app.
It’s the latest move into financial services from a Silicon Valley giant, following Facebook’s development of a digital currency, credit cards from the likes of Apple and Venmo, and Amazon reportedly in talks to offer its own checking accounts.
Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Jason Del Rey, senior correspondent at Recode.
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