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    Question Google Credit Card / gCard

    My nephew was telling me there is talks of a Google credit card named the g card in the future? Have any of you hear heard anything about this?
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    I haven't heard anything. Do you mean a credit card issued or co-branded by Google or a payment network like Discover or American Express that is run by Google?

    I highly doubt Google would do this. If they were to enter the financial sector they would do it first with an online payment service similar to Paypal since they are an online company, and even if they were going to do that I doubt they would do it now in this economy.
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    I see little incentive for Google to undertake such a task.

    If they wanted to do this they could easily buy out Discover for under $10 billion. That would be a much easier way, but like I said, I don't think they have any interest in entering this industry.
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    Google already has a payment system called GOOGLE CHECKOUT that competes with Paypal and from what I hear they aren't doing too well so they may want to imrprove that before thy try their own credit card.
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    You'd think you'd be able to google it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scorch View Post
    You'd think you'd be able to google it.
    I Googled it and there's no basis for this rumor of a Google credit card. If there ever was an idea for it before due to the credit crunch it won't happen anytime soon.
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