Tap, pay, go: Mastercard and Interswitch bring Google Pay to Nigeria

Mastercard, the global payments giant, and Interswitch, a Nigerian payments infrastructure provider, have partnered to bring Google Pay to eligible Mastercard cardholders in Nigeria, allowing customers to make contactless payments using Android smartphones. The product will allow users to add supported bank cards to Google Wallet, Google’s digital wallet application, and pay at compatible terminals without presenting physical cards. The integration uses Mastercard’s tokenisation technology, whic