Is Google Trying To Steal Venmo Users Or Score New Customers for Android Pay?

Google Wallet has Venmo (and Square Cash and maybe Facebook and Snapchat) in its crosshairs with its latest app update, the ability to have person to person transfers go directly to a user's bank account. But is the competition for share or for users who don't yet have a P2P app? One analyst says attracting new customers for Android Phones and Android Pay is the goal.

The P2P game is played best with less friction and more speed and Google wants more people to play it with Wallet, then try transacting with Android Pay, says Gil Luria, head of technology research at Wedbush Securities.