Add a payment method

You tin add cards, bank accounts, and other payment methods to Google Pay.

Tip: You lot can add cards through some banking concern apps and websites. Bank check with your bank for more than details.

Add together a debit or credit card

  1. Open up the Google Pay app Google Pay.
    • If you have multiple accounts in Google Pay, you tin can select the account to alter:
      1. In the Google Pay app, at the top correct, tap your profile picture or initial.
      2. Tap the account you want to utilise to add together a debit or credit card.
  2. Swipe up from the bottom.
  3. Tap Add a card and then Debit or credit card.
  4. Use the camera to capture your card info or enter it manually.
  5. If you lot're asked to verify your payment method, choose an option from the list. Learn how to verify your payment method.
  6. Find and enter the verification code.

After you lot add together a carte, y'all might discover a small accuse on your account from Google Pay. This accuse checks that your carte and account are valid. The charge disappears and doesn't bear upon your residuum.

All rewards stay the aforementioned

You'll keep getting the same security, benefits, and rewards with all cards on Google Pay.

Add a banking concern account (U.South. just)

Bank accounts can only be used for sending and receiving coin. For quicker transactions, we recommend using a debit card.

US instructions

To add a depository financial institution account, you'll need to start sending money outset.

  1. Open the Google Pay app Google Pay.
  2. At the bottom, tap Send.
  3. Choose the person you desire to send money to.
  4. Enter the amount you desire to send.
  5. TapSend. This will accept you to a confirmation screen and won't transport the money just still.
  6. Adjacent to the payment method you want to apply, tapAlter and thenAdd bank account.
  7. Enter your banking company account info.
  8. TapSalvage.
  9. If your depository financial institution offers instant verification, you'll exist asked to sign in to your banking concern account. If your bank doesn't offering it or you choose test deposit:
    • Google volition make a small deposit in your bank business relationship, which y'all'll see after 2–iii days.
    • To verify your banking concern info, ostend the eolith corporeality in Google Pay.
  10. Continue the payment or go out the app.

Add together a PayPal account

In the US and Germany, you lot can add together PayPal equally a payment method in the Google Pay app on an Android device.

United States

Germany

Your PayPal residuum refills automatically (US but)

When your PayPal residuum runs out, information technology refills with money from a debit card or bank business relationship linked to your PayPal business relationship. The default amount is $20, but you lot tin choose some other amount.

If your buy is more than your balance, a multiple of your refill amount volition exist added to your business relationship.

Find your PayPal PIN (US and DE simply)

Some stores and websites might inquire for your PayPal in-store PIN. Your default PIN is the last iv digits of your virtual card number. Change your PayPal Pivot.

How your info is shared with PayPal

When you set up PayPal every bit a payment method, Google volition share your name, email, phone number, IP accost, device info (including model, identifier, Bone and network operator), profile prototype, location snapshot at time of setup, and Google Account signals (including account age and session length) with PayPal. Google will as well receive your name, billing address, telephone number, and PayPal account type and account activeness from PayPal.

Every fourth dimension you brand a Google Pay payment with PayPal, Google will share your IP accost and device info (including model, identifier, Os and network operator) with PayPal. Google will also receive your proper noun and land from PayPal.

Ready a payment method for contactless payments

How yous can pay using certain features

Important:The ship or receive money feature is only available in the U.South. For the U.S. territories, this feature is supported just if the debit carte was issued under a U.Southward.-licensed bank.

Accepted payment methods

Credit & debit cards

  • American Limited
  • MasterCard
  • Visa
  • Discover (U.South. only)
  • JCB (Japan and U.Due south. only)
  • Visa Electron (outside U.S. only)
  • Elo credit cards (Brazil merely; Elo debit cards aren't accustomed)

The types of cards accustomed by Google services vary past location and product.

View supported payment methods by country for contactless purchases.

Note: Y'all might discover temporary charges on your card when using a credit or debit card.

Bank business relationship

In some countries, you can add a bank account to Google Pay.

E-money, QUICPay, & iD

Direct carrier billing

Some mobile devices and service plans can utilize straight carrier billing to make purchases on Google Play and YouTube.

PayPal

In the US and Federal republic of germany, you lot can add PayPal as a payment method in the Google Pay app on an Android device.

To detect out where you can add together PayPal as a payment method in Google Play, check out Accepted payment methods on Google Play.

Souvenir cards & promo codes

You can salvage your gift cards in Google Pay and use them in stores, in apps, and on the web. Y'all can also utilise Google Pay promo codes.

For Google Play

Google Play gift cards and promo codes tin be used to brand purchases on Google Play in certain countries. They can't be used with other Google products like Google Voice or Projection Fi. If you redeem a souvenir card or promo code, information technology volition evidence in Google Pay as your Google Play balance.

Payment types that won't piece of work

You can't add these payment methods to Google Pay:

  • Wire transfers
  • Banking concern transfers
  • Western Union
  • Moneygram
  • Virtual credit cards (VCC)
  • Health savings account (HSA)
  • Any escrow blazon of payment
  • Prepaid cards if you apply automatic payments

Set a problem

"Your request failed" or "Problem verifying your payment method"

If you come across this mistake message, try to add a different payment method. Come across above for accepted payment methods. If you're yet having problems, contact us.

"Your transaction cannot be completed"

If y'all see this error bulletin, endeavour over again after or effort a unlike payment method.

"An unexpected mistake has occurred. To continue, use a dissimilar payment method or contact us"

If you get this error message, there was an issue with the payment method y'all tried to use. Effort a dissimilar payment method from the list of accepted payment methods. If you still experience problems, contact us.

Already seeing payment methods

New to Google Pay and already seeing payment methods? If you paid for something through Google in the past, Google Pay saved your card.

Related articles

  • Edit or remove a payment method
  • Verify your payment method
  • Set up or alter a default payment method

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