How Does Android Pay Work in Canada

Since Android Pay launched from May 2017 in Canada. Android Pay will work with ‘major credit and debit cards in Canada’. “Android Pay is available for eligible Canadian Consumer, Small Business and Corporate Cards issued by Amex Bank of Canada,” AmEx adds.

Mobile NFC payment has got further much increased since this historic lunch, besides Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay, etc.

A study reveals 36% contactless payment increase in Canada. “It’s unveiled a 36.29% year-over-year gain, possibly due to Android Pay recently launching in Canada, and with little more than a year since Apple Pay’s full Canadian release. Within the next five and a half months, it predicts that 50% of all Canadian transactions will be contactless.”
 

Another research expected that over half of consumers would abandon cash payment in 2020. People love to use simple and smart payment ways. “In Canada, contactless has paved the way for this new era of payments, with three out of five consumers regularly using it for purchases, 62% citing it as more convenient than cash, and 44% stating they preferred to shop in places that take contactless.”
 

Currently, not only smart mobile phones can be used as NFC payment carriers, but various mobile smart devices can do and become hotter and hotter in all kinds of aspects in life.  

Recently, Google Pay on Wear OS officially spreads out to the developed countries, like Canada, Spain, and Australia. It is said in addition to using NFC-equipped watches to make regular mobile payments; users in Australia can use their Wear OS devices with the Opal ticketing system to pay for single-trip tickets on select rail and ferry lines. Formerly, Google’s payment service was only supported on Android Wear (now Wear OS) devices in the US and the UK. 
 

As payment processors, solution providers and merchants, those who can catch tightly this precious opportunity will surely share a piece of the case from the new mobile payment resolution. And you need the advanced point of sales terminal to connect to the new payments.

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