Android Pay

Android Pay is a contactless payment system that allows you to link a regular bank card to an application, and then use the service on a smartphone or smartwatch to pay for goods and services in offline stores through NFC payment terminals, as well as on sites and applications on mobile devices.

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2017

Visa: Russia is the leader in the number of payments through Android Pay

According to a study by the international payment system Visa, Russia, following China, is one of the leaders in using innovations in the banking sector. This was told by the general director of Visa in Russia, Petelina Ekaterina, at the Financial Forum of Russia, organized by the Vedomosti newspaper ^[1].

A study on the susceptibility of national markets to innovation was conducted by Visa in 16 countries among advanced users (owners smartphones and regular users). Internet Answering the questions - are you already using innovations in the banking sector or are you planning to use them (only 20 positions)? - the Russians were only ahead of them. China

Russia also, along with the United States and Great Britain, entered the top three in Visa in terms of the number of tokens generated when using Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay payment applications. Moreover, our country is far ahead of the rest of the markets on Android Pay, ranking first. As for the Apple Pay application, Russia ranks third here.

Service start in Russia

Users install the Android Pay application from Google Play and link their bank cards to it (as of May 2017, 12 Russian banks support the technology). The application also allows you to link cards. loyalty The service runs on smartphones Android KitKat (4.4) and newer - Lollipop (5.0, 5.1), Marshmallow (6.0) and Nougat (7.0, 7.1). To pay in terminals NFC with, the device must have an NFC chip. Payments for purchases up to 1000 rubles are made from a locked screen. Depending on the bank's security settings, the service may request input when using. PIN code

Banks working with the new service on Visa cards:

• Sberbank
• VTB 24
• Alfa-Bank
• MTS Bank
• Tinkoff Bank
• Opening
• Raiffeisen Bank
• AK BARS Bank

Banks working with the new service on  Mastercard:

• Sberbank
• VTB 24
• Alfa-Bank
• MTS Bank
• Tinkoff Bank
• Opening
• Raiffeisen Bank
• AK BARS Bank
• Promsvyazbank
• Binbank Credit Systems
• Russian Standard
• Rosselkhozbank

The Android Pay payment tool was officially announced in Russia on May 23 at 9:00.