Google will acquire and accelerate the financial digitalization of the payment venture
PRING, which operates a service "PRING", which can easily use payment and remittance with a smartphone app, announced on July 13, 2021 that it will be acquired by Google.It brought great surprise.Google's aim is to say that PRING is good at remittance, but foreign -affiliated IT giant movements are also affecting domestic businesses, and the waves of financial digitalization are likely to accelerate.
決済よりも送金に強みを持つpring
The smartphone settlement service, which mainly focuses on QR code payment, has been attracting much attention, but the noticeable among them is a service provided by a large mobile phone company with great capital power such as "PayPay" and "D payment".be.However, there are some other services that are steadily expanding their business and attracting attention, one of which is Pring.
決済サービスの「pring」のWebサイト。pringはスマートフォンアプリを用いた決済サービスであるが、どちらかといえば個人間の送金に強みを持つサービスとして知られる（出所：pring）[画像のクリックで拡大表示]
PRING is an associated company -related company for Metaps, which handles fintech and digital marketing.And Pring is a digital wallet service developed as a smartphone app.Payments with QR code are also available, but there are fewer stores that can be used than large services, and they do not develop large -scale campaigns, so it is not noticeable in the payment field.
On the other hand, remittance has strengths.PRING has a chat function in addition to being able to send money to the other party for free fees, and has been focused on individuals, such as preparing a system that makes it easier to communicate with the person who sends money.The money that has been transferred can be used in payment, but it is also easy to cash up, such as withdrawal from a bank account or a Seven Bank ATM, etc.It is.
PRING also makes use of the strength of remittance and provides a service called "commercial pudding" not only for individuals but also for corporations.It has a mechanism that allows you to remit money from companies to individuals, and can be transferred quickly.It seems that employees are recruiting for employees' expenses settlement and reward payments to individuals.
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