Ulster Bank has announced that its customers in Northern Ireland can now use Android Pay from today at contactless payment terminals to buy goods and services in pubs, shops and restaurants.
This follows on from the launch of Apple Pay last year for Ulster Bank customers and means that Android phone users will now be able to safely, swiftly and securely make a payment by waving their mobile over a contactless payment terminal. This saves customers from having to use cash for small payments or to use their card every time they want to make a payment.
It will be Visa Debit card holders that will be the first Ulster Bank customers to be able to use Android Pay, with other types of card following later this year.
Customers at Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland are increasingly using their mobile phone to do their banking – with over 1 million logins per week to the mobile app, and over a quarter of a million payments and transfers made in the last month alone.
Away from shops, customers can also use Android Pay to make ‘in-app purchases’ so that they don’t need to fill out their full card details every time they want to buy something directly through their mobile, but can simply use Android Pay to verify the purchase.
Commenting Sean Murphy, Managing Director, Branch Banking at Ulster Bank, said:
"Android Pay will save many of our customers from having to carry cash around to make small purchases and will often mean that they don’t need to use a card. It’s another demonstration of our continued investment in leading technologies for our customers and an excellent way to make shopping quick, easy and secure with just a swipe of a mobile. Through innovation like this we’re aiming to provide meaningful help for what matters to our customers.”
