Android Pay comes to Bank of New Zealand customers

By Tanaya Macheel December 06, 2016, 11:03 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Android Pay just added New Zealand to its growing list of supporting countries.

Initially, the service is available only to customers of BNZ bank with a Visa Flexi debit card, Pali Bhat, Google's global head of payment products said in a recent blog post.

As of Nov. 30, consumers in New Zealand can use Android Pay at the point of sale wherever contactless payments are accepted. The offering works on all Android devices with Near Field Communication and Host Card Emulation capabilities and operate on the KitKat 4.4 or higher version of Google's mobile operating system.

Google also launched Android Pay in Poland last month. It is also available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and the U.K. Android Pay debuted in the U.S. in September 2015, a year after the launch of Apple Pay.

Android Pay 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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