Google has introduced a debit card to pay for purchases and withdraw cash at ATMs — a Google Wallet Card.
The physical card is linked to the user's Google Wallet account to manage the funds. By the way, there is neither order fee, nor monthly fee for the card. For now, these Google novelties are only available to the U.S. residents and are not delivered to other countries, and Google has not shared any plans to promote them further yet. The Google Wallet Card can be used at any shop or MasterCard ATM. Details of purchases paid for by the Google Wallet Card are stored in the databases of the company and can be employed for targeted marketing, Reuters informs. The card is limited by five thousand dollars per day, while the limit does not include cash withdrawals at ATMs.
Orders for the cards have been accepted since Wednesday, November 20, 2013, and the cards will be delivered to users in 10-12 days.
By the way, Google had repeatedly announced its intentions to issue branded cards for individual users in May 2013. As mass media says, the implementation of the Google Wallet Card idea was hampered by the search giant’s co-founder Larry Page, who thought it lacked the potential for effective competition with rivals offering similar services.
