Google to get rid of Physical Wallet Cards

Google are all set to get rid of their physical wallet cards. They were previously linked to a user's Google account. In a blog post, Google said it planned to rather focus of the developed Wallet app which was re-launched last September with a new focus on peer-to-peer online payment services.

A statement read "As of June 30, Google wallet will no longer support the Wallet card. You'll still be able to use Google wallet to send and receive money and we're working on to make those features better than ever. If you have money in your Wallet balance, you can keep it in Wallet or cash out anytime" It is also supposed that Android pay is also not accepting Wallet card payments.

Google back in 2013 launched the Google Wallet cards to back contactless payment services like Android pay. However, the idea of linking a physical card to a digital wallet seemed rather bleak. They were never functional universally so that they'd replace all your other plastic cards in your wallet. Google's decision to turn wallet in to contactless payment systems maybe are decided to align with trending digital payments and also compete with a range of other competitors.

At one time, putting all your balances into a single card was much easier in terms of usage but also families using it to let their kinds spend without accessing other cards was just great. But however, it didn't turn out a success as planned. However, this is hardly influential to the outside world since Google wallet is currently supported in only a limited number of countries.

It also indicates that other countries have actually avoided direct physical card sales and now can solely rely of the Mountain view based internet tech giants to market their cards themselves eliminating external sources. Card-less transactions are but looking optimistic right now since a user like me can depend on NFC payments more or less since it's more secure than an actual piece of plastic itself.