Add a payment method

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

Tip: Yous can add cards through some depository financial institution apps and websites. Check with your banking concern for more details.

Add a debit or credit card

  1. Open the Google Pay app Google Pay.
    • If you have multiple accounts in Google Pay, you tin can select the account to change:
      1. In the Google Pay app, at the top right, tap your profile picture or initial.
      2. Tap the business relationship y'all want to use to add together a debit or credit carte.
  2. Swipe up from the bottom.
  3. Tap Add a carte du jour and then Debit or credit card.
  4. Utilise the camera to capture your card info or enter information technology manually.
  5. If you'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 lawmaking.

After you add together a card, yous might find a modest charge on your account from Google Pay. This charge checks that your card and account are valid. The accuse disappears and doesn't affect your balance.

All rewards stay the aforementioned

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

Add a depository financial institution business relationship (U.S. just)

Banking concern accounts can only be used for sending and receiving money. For quicker transactions, nosotros recommend using a debit card.

US instructions

To add a banking company account, you'll demand to kickoff sending coin kickoff.

  1. Open the Google Pay app Google Pay.
  2. At the lesser, tap Transport.
  3. Cull the person you want to send money to.
  4. Enter the amount y'all want to send.
  5. TapSend. This will take you to a confirmation screen and won't transport the money just yet.
  6. Next to the payment method you want to employ, tapChange and thenAdd together bank business relationship.
  7. Enter your bank business relationship info.
  8. TapSave.
  9. If your banking company offers instant verification, you'll be asked to sign in to your banking concern business relationship. If your banking concern doesn't offering it or you choose exam deposit:
    • Google will make a small eolith in your bank account, which you'll come across after 2–3 days.
    • To verify your depository financial institution info, confirm the eolith amount in Google Pay.
  10. Go on the payment or go out the app.

Add a PayPal account

In the US and Deutschland, you can add together PayPal every bit a payment method in the Google Pay app on an Android device.

United states

Germany

Your PayPal remainder refills automatically (United states only)

When your PayPal rest runs out, it refills with money from a debit card or bank account linked to your PayPal account. The default corporeality is $20, but you can choose another amount.

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

Find your PayPal PIN (US and DE only)

Some stores and websites might ask for your PayPal in-store Pivot. Your default Pivot is the last 4 digits of your virtual card number. Alter your PayPal PIN.

How your info is shared with PayPal

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

Every time you lot make a Google Pay payment with PayPal, Google volition share your IP address and device info (including model, identifier, Bone and network operator) with PayPal. Google volition also receive your proper noun and country from PayPal.

Set upward a payment method for contactless payments

How you lot can pay using certain features

Of import:The ship or receive coin feature is but available in the U.S. For the U.S. territories, this feature is supported only if the debit card was issued under a U.S.-licensed bank.

Accepted payment methods

Credit & debit cards

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

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

View supported payment methods past state for contactless purchases.

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

Depository financial institution business relationship

In some countries, y'all tin add a bank business relationship to Google Pay.

E-money, QUICPay, & iD

Direct carrier billing

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

PayPal

In the US and Germany, you tin add PayPal as a payment method in the Google Pay app on an Android device.

To find out where you tin can add PayPal as a payment method in Google Play, bank check out Accustomed payment methods on Google Play.

Gift cards & promo codes

You tin save your gift cards in Google Pay and use them in stores, in apps, and on the web. You lot can as well use Google Pay promo codes.

For Google Play

Google Play gift cards and promo codes tin be used to make 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 gift card or promo code, information technology will show in Google Pay as your Google Play balance.

Payment types that won't work

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

  • Wire transfers
  • Banking concern transfers
  • Western Spousal relationship
  • Moneygram
  • Virtual credit cards (VCC)
  • Health savings account (HSA)
  • Any escrow blazon of payment
  • Prepaid cards if yous use automatic payments

Fix a problem

"Request failed. Something went wrong" or "Trouble verifying your payment method"

If you meet this mistake bulletin, effort to add together a different payment method. See above for accepted payment methods. If yous're still having issues, contact us.

"Your transaction cannot be completed"

If you see this error message, try once more subsequently or try a different payment method.

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

If you get this error message, there was an issue with the payment method you tried to utilize. Endeavour a unlike payment method from the listing of accepted payment methods. If you still experience bug, 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 bill of fare.

Related articles

  • Edit or remove a payment method
  • Verify your payment method
  • Set or change a default payment method

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