Google Pay, the official Google application for mobile payments on Android, is currently compatible with a large number of banks to add cards, tickets and all kinds of documents compatible with telematic payment, which does not mean that all banks are compatible with it. Caixabank and many other financial entities have decided to integrate mobile payments into their respective banking applications. Fortunately, most banks and cards are compatible with Google Pay to pay through the NFC connection , and this time we have made a compilation of all of them.
Banks compatible with Google Play
In addition to banks, we can find entities such as Correos or Edenred that are compatible with Google Pay . We leave you below with the complete list.
- American Express Spain
- March bench
- Mediolanum bench
- Pichincha Bank
- Bankia
- BBVA
- Boon.
- Bunq
- Rural Box
- Cajasur
- Cecabank
- Post
- Edenred
- Iberbank
- Kutxabank
- Liberbank
- N26
- Ontinyent
- OpenBank
- Pibank
- Rebellion
- Revout
- Sodexo
Cards compatible with Google Pay
That our bank is compatible with Google Pay does not imply that our credit or debit card is . You can see a list with all the cards segmented by banks compatible with Google Pay.
Banks compatible with Google Pay | Cards compatible with Google Pay | Cards NOT compatible with Google Pay |
Abanca | All Mastercard, Electron and Visa cards | No card is incompatible |
American Express Spain | American Express cards issued in Spain, both Personal, Business and Corporate |
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March bench |
| No card is incompatible |
Mediolanum bench |
| No card is incompatible |
Pichincha Bank |
| No card is incompatible |
Bankia |
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BBVA |
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Boon. | Virtual Mastercard Prepaid Card | No card is incompatible |
Bunq | All Mastercad cards | No card is incompatible |
Rural Box |
| No card is incompatible |
Cajasur | All VISA cards | No card is incompatible |
Cecabank | All Mastercard and VISA cards | No card is incompatible |
Post | Mastercard Prepaid Post Card |
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Edenred | Ticket Restaurant Card |
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Ibercaja | All Mastercard, Electron and VISA cards | No card is incompatible |
Kutxabank | All VISA cards | No card is incompatible |
Liberbank | All Mastercard and VISA cards | No card is incompatible |
N26 |
| No card is incompatible |
Ontinyent | All Mastercard and Visa cards | No card is incompatible |
Openbank |
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Pibank |
| No card is incompatible |
Rebellion | Rebellion Pay Card | No card is incompatible |
Revolut | All cards | No card is incompatible |
Sodexo |
| No card is incompatible |
Unicaja | All Mastercard and VISA cards | No card is incompatible |
Data extracted from the Google Pay website. They will be updated as availability and compatibility increase.
How to add a card to Google Pay (credit, debit, ticket ...)
If we have made sure that both our bank and our credit or debit card are compatible, the process to add a card is really simple.
Since in general the Google Pay application is not installed by default on Android, we will have to download it through the Play Store by clicking on this link. Once we have installed it, we will click on the Configure button that will appear on the main screen and then on Add a new card.
Before adding a card, make sure that your phone has NFC technology for mobile payments.
At this point, we can use the mobile phone camera to add the card or its data (card number and holder). Whichever method we choose, we will have to enter the CVC code found on the back of the card in order to validate the data.
Finally, the card will be saved and will become available in the Payments section of Google Pay. In the event that we have added several cards, we can access the application to select the desired card at the time of payment . If what we want is to add a pass or ticket, the process is similar, although we will have to refer to the Passes section and follow the same steps as in the Payments section.
My card or bank is not compatible with Google Pay, what can I do?
Although most banks are compatible with Google Pay mobile payment, banks such as La Caixa or ING Direct have not yet adapted their mobile payments to the Google application. The only way to proceed if our bank does not support mobile payment is based on resorting to the bank's official application (ImaginBank for La Caixa clients, ING Spain Mobile Banking…) and configuring mobile payments from the application itself.
In the event that a certain type of card is not compatible, we can contact our bank directly to order a compatible card. The thing changes if we have a Samsung mobile, since we can use Samsung Pay, an application that today has a more bulky bank and card registry than Google Pay. In the official page of Samsung Pay we can see a list with all the banks and cards compatible with the Samsung service.
Samsung Pay application.
Will our bank receive support in the future? If it already offers mobile payments through the bank's official application, most likely not . At the end of the day, the different entities prefer to make a return on the investment of the proprietary mobile payment system instead of making the different Google services compatible with payments by NFC.