A former Senior Google executive, Caesar Sengupta spotted GPay tap sensors at London Underground gates recently. He shared the “cheap thrills” of finding this payment option in London Tube on X (formerly Twitter). His excitement is understandable as he was one of the key people behind the launch of Google Pay in India. However, Netizens were quick to remind him that Google Pay in both countries works very differently.
Former Google Pay Exec Spots GPay In London Tube
GPay at all the London Underground gates! Cheap thrills. @GooglePayIndia has come a long way from when it launched as Tez in India. pic.twitter.com/JlxcPwsgU4
— Caesar Sengupta (@caesars) July 10, 2024
Former Senior Google executive, Caesar Sengupta, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the “cheap thrills” of finding GPay at all the London Underground gates. His excitement stems from the fact that he was one of the core team members who helped Google Pay successfully launch in India. Not just that, he also worked in the team that relaunched the app successfully in the USA and Singapore. Currently, 150 million users across 42 countries are using Google Pay.
Caesar Sengupta quit Google in 2021, after working for the company for more than 15 years! In his X (formerly Twitter) post, he said, “GPay at all the London Underground gates! Cheap thrills. @GooglePayIndia has come a long way from when it launched as Tez in India.”
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Netizens Say Google Pay In London Is Different
Many people commented and reacted to Caesar Sengupta’s post of spotting GPay at the London Underground gates. Most of the comments on this post talked about how Google Pay in both countries are different and works differently as well. Many even shared the struggles of using Indian Google Pay in London. Scroll on to read some of these comments.
Except that Indian credit cards loaded on GPay don’t work at the London Underground turnstiles :(
— Naman (नमन) (@namanpugalia) July 10, 2024
Doesn’t work with Indian cards loaded on gpay for London bus and tube. But works when the card is directly tapped. Atleast for me with HDFC
— Arindam Barman (@arindambarman) July 11, 2024
Works very well, you need to ensure your phone is tap and pay compatible. If it’s iphone from Indja, wont work however if it’s Android, will work flawlessly.
— Priyesh Sharma (@Kenu73) July 11, 2024
Best when you can just tap your smart watch and travel on all of London transport.
— Arnav Gupta (@championswimmer) July 10, 2024
It’s different
— r/X (@aromatic17It) July 11, 2024
This GPay is different from Google Pay for India UPI.
— Amlan Mohapatra (@amlan_m25) July 11, 2024
This is very different from what Indians use though.
Tez/GPay in India is all about UPI , The GPay in London Underground is contactless which is much more efficient than UPI. Most of India still does’nt have contactless.
— Abhay (@abhayvx) July 11, 2024
its not upi its contactless global version
— Raj Gupta (@DrRAJsaves) July 11, 2024
Is @GooglePay and @GooglePayIndia even the same? I doubt so. The 2 were only merged pretty late to make only part of the stack common.
— Bhel (@Chr1sBhel) July 11, 2024
This is not the same as Indian GPay….
— True_light 🇮🇳 (@Truelight1947) July 11, 2024
Is GPay not a global product developed by US? I have seen it in Europe all along. What’s the India reference here?
— Nilesh Dorik (@NileshDorik) July 11, 2024
How can someone who worked at Google Pay not know the difference between Google pay and Google pay India?
— roodrraa (@roodrraa) July 11, 2024
People also had some questions about whether Indian GPay works in London or not.
Does it support UPI there??
— Devender kumar (@fakarshi) July 11, 2024
Ireland when 🥲
— Athul Philip (@iamathulphilip) July 11, 2024
Have you tried Google Pay to make payments in another country? Let us know in the comments!
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