Google Wallet: Send money via text message

Re:Google Wallet: Send money via text message by dorfsmay on Friday December 11, 2015 @03:47PM (#10719880)

> "No email? No problem! Now you can send money to anyone in your contact list using just a phone number."

Are there really people with phone numbers but no email? Given how easy one can get an email for free, and the prevalence of VoIP (both in standard and proprietary forms), I'd expect the other way around to be true.

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Re:Google Wallet: Send money via text message by yellowbkpk on Friday December 11, 2015 @03:49PM (#10719901)

Yes. For example, literally millions of people in India have cellphones and use them exclusively for SMS. These same people will likely not have reliable access to a computer for full-fledged e-mail.

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Re:Google Wallet: Send money via text message by thetmkay on Saturday December 12, 2015 @04:09AM (#10722230)

But will the service work in India?

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Re:Google Wallet: Send money via text message by sib on Friday December 11, 2015 @06:52PM (#10720981)

I assume that they mean, "No email [address for the target in your contacts list]?"

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