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Those who already have a credit or debit card saved to their Google account will have it automatically appear in Google Wallet.

“We’re working on increasing the partner base,” Min Kim said. Already, global airline partners available to South Africans are KLM, United, Air France and Singapore Airlines. Store loyalty cards, event ticketing and boarding passes will be added in South Africa as Google works with partners to bring these to market. Like competitor products such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Huawei Pay, Google Pay requires users to tap to pay with their phones at a point of sale, after which they must authenticate themselves with a fingerprint, their face or a Pin. Available only for Android, Google Wallet “provides fast and secure access to all your everyday essentials”, he added. Google Wallet, he said, “goes beyond just payments”, in that it provides access to ticketing (airline boarding passes, for example, in-store loyalty cards and other services.

“It’s created a once in a lifetime opportunity to reimagine how people pay online and in-store and what people carry in their wallets,” he said. Min Kim said Google is ramping up the global roll-out of Google Wallet because of a “generational shift” by users away from traditional modes of payment. Store loyalty cards, event ticketing and boarding passes will be added in South Africa…īanking partners in South Africa at launch are FirstRand (which houses First National Bank and Rand Merchant Bank), Absa, Nedbank, Standard Bank, Discovery Bank and Investec. South Africa shares this week’s launch cycle with Iceland, Serbia, Qatar, Moldova and Azerbaijan. It follows its launch in July in 39 new markets. Speaking to South African journalists on Monday, ahead of Tuesday’s launch, the global product director at Google for Google Wallet, Dong Min Kim, said the roll-out is part of a broader plan to make the service available in many more markets around the world. Google Wallet, with its integrated Google Pay service, has been officially launched in South Africa and five other markets around the world.