Google Wallet is a virtual wallet which allows users to securely store their credit card and debit card information for use with Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled devices. Users can use their NFC phone to make purchases using PayPass or other similar services. Users can also pay online using their Google Wallet account.
Our cardholders regularly use their Discover card to make purchases and payments online, in-store and now more frequently through their mobile devices. By offering the ability to join Google Wallet through our Account Center, Discover is providing our cardmembers with even greater flexibility and convenience when it comes to paying for their purchases.
- Sanjay Gosalia, Director of Mobile at Discover
The process for using the online account center could not be simpler. User information is stored online which allows for an easy connect with the Google Wallet app on a users Android device. By setting up their credit card, through Discover’s website, a user will have the ability to automatically sync their Discover card to their Google Wallet app if they own a compatible NFC smartphone. Cards can also be added through the Google Wallet mobile application.
Since Google Wallet now allows users to add any number of credit cards to their NFC capable Android smartphone, the application’s use should increase exponentially.
We’re excited to partner with Discover to make it even easier for cardmembers to pay for their purchases. By providing a simple way for cardholders to securely add their credit card to Google Wallet directly from the Discover website, we’re extending the opportunity to pay with Discover through Google Wallet at hundreds of thousands of merchants.
- Robin Dua, Head of Product Management, Google Wallet
Discover began offering credit card services in 1986. The Discover Card is one of the "Big Four" credit cards in the United States.
