Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Tearsheet's editor in chief, Zack Miller.

One of the things I appreciate about Google’s approach to finding the right products and services in financial services and fintech to offer its users is that it’s playing the long game. A year ago, Jenny Cheng and her team launched Google Wallet which combines the payment capabilities of Google Pay with the convenience of storing things digitally that you would normally carry in a real world wallet, like a drivers license or a health insurance card.

Jenny joins us on the podcast to discuss the market for mobile wallets and how she and Google wanted to stand out from the growing choices consumers have. She shares some demographic information about who uses digital wallets and who doesn’t, homing in on the ability to truly free a user from the constraints of a digital wallet as a potential avenue to get the over 40 year old set to finally adopt wallets. Jenny also describes the power of an ecosystem approach that Google has brought to Google Wallet, servicing merchants and consumers, yes, but also 3rd parties that are needed to create a more expansive offering.

Jenny Cheng is my guest today on the show.