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Google appears to be following through on promises to integrate the major payment networks’ digital wallets within Android Pay.
Consumers with a PayPal account and those who have registered payment cards with Visa Checkout or Masterpass may soon be able to add those payment options within the Android Pay app, according to analysis of the app's latest version by the tech news site Android Police. The details were discovered in a teardown of a new version of Android Pay, the report states, also indicating that PayPal payments would be enabled by the use of a virtual discover card.
Google last fall said it planned to integrate digital wallets from Visa and Mastercard within the app.
An attendee displays the Google Inc. Android Pay icon on a mobile device for a photograph during the Google I/O Annual Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 28, 2015. Google Inc. unveiled payment services, security upgrades and access to HBO movies and shows for its popular Android software, seeking to push back against growing competition from rivals such as Apple Inc. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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