+ Multiple layers of security from your bank and Google Refer friends, get the latest offers and earn rewards as you pay. Join crores of Indians who are using Google Pay for all their payment needs. We are very excited to bring this first-ever innovation to India, in collaboration with Pine Labs.Make UPI transfers or do mobile recharges, bills and payments to businesses with your bank account with Google Pay, a simple and secure payments app by Google. Tap to Pay for UPI has profound implications for high traffic retail outlets, with queue management hassles poised to be greatly reduced, and taking digital payments at POS well beyond cards. Commenting on the development, Sajith Sivanandan, Business Head, Google Pay and Next Billion User initiatives, Google APAC said, 'Fintech growth in India is writing the playbook for the world, first with enabling real-time payments with UPI, and further, by innovating with flows that make the transaction time virtually zero. Google piloted the feature with Reliance Retail and will now be available at other large merchants such as Future Retail and Starbucks. The functionality will be available to any UPI user who wants to use their NFC-enabled Android smartphone to transact using any Pine Labs Android POS terminal across the country. This means that to complete a payment, all a user will need to do is tap their phone on the POS terminal and authenticate the payment from their phone, using their UPI PIN, making the process instantaneous, as compared to scanning a QR code or entering the UPI-linked mobile number. Google Pay has launched the functionality in collaboration with Pine Labs. So far, the 'Tap to Pay' feature has been available only for cards. The new functionality brings the convenience of 'Tap to Pay' feature offered by debit and credit cards to UPI. Google's payment platform Google Pay has announced the launch of 'Tap to Pay' feature for UPI-based transcations.

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