Tech giant Google may likely launch contactless payment support for Google Pay in India soon. Google has only officially deployed the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payments through which users can send or receive money directly to their bank accounts either by entering a mobile number or scanning a QR code. However, the tech has reportedly started testing tokenized card payments for a few users in India.
According to the report, a couple of Google Pay users in India have noticed the presence of the option to add a credit or debit card as a supported payment option in the Google Pay app. The option is ye to be rolled out statewide but Google is said to have been expanding its A/B testing to more users over the last couple of weeks. The feature is most probably a server-side switch and doesn’t seem to require to be on the most recent version of the app.
Google has created a support page up which explains how users can set up their cards to use with Google Pay. The steps outlined include filling in their card details (card number, expiry date, CVV, etc.) and authenticate the details using the One-Time Password. If the feature is activated for a user and he is verified, the user will be able to make tokenized card payments at NFC-enabled POS terminals in addition to QR-based payments at vendors, and online payments on 3rd-party merchants where Google Pay is accepted.
At the moment, Google Pay only supports Axis debit/credit cards and SBI credit cards issued by Visa in India. With the roll-out of NFC-based contactless payment, more bank and issuers may be added so as to expand the reach.
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