MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google Pay will become the cloud services company's consolidated payment services for mobile, in app and in-store purchases in the coming weeks.
Google indicated it will bring together the company’s different online payment apps into a unified service branded Google Pay.
Google Pay will replace the currently separate Android Pay and Google Wallet services. It will allow users to use payment information stored in their Google account to pay for purchases in stores, in Play, via Chrome and across Google services, eWeek noted.
Users will start seeing Google Pay becoming available online, in stores and other products soon, said Pali Bhat, Google's vice president of product management and payment services in a company blog. Users of Google's Tez mobile payment service in India will soon be able to do the same things as Google Pay users elsewhere, he noted.
Some organizations have already begun accepting payments via Google Pay including Airbnb, Fandago, Dice, Instacart and HungryHouse. Expect to see others doing the same in the coming months, Bhat said.
Google is currently offering users some incentives for using Google Pay. That includes discounted movie tickets on Fandango and coupons for purchases made via Instacart and other participating companies. Google has released documentation to help developers implement Google Pay in their applications, eWeek reported.
“The company has made available a Google Pay Application Programming Interface (API) that developers can use to request credit and debit card information stored in their customer's Google account. The API is part of Google Play Services, so developers only have to import the Play Services library to get access to everything they need to implement Google Pay,” eWeek reported.
Google also has a set of payment processor partners with whom developers can work to integrate Google Pay. Among them are processing companies such as Braintree, Adyen, Paysafe, Worldpay and Vanity. Others such as first Data, ACI Worldwide and Globe Payments will follow soon, eWeek reported.