Does Google Wallet work in Nigeria?
Would you lik to know whether Google Wallet works in Nigeria. Google Wallet is a new mobile app that can make a wallet out of your mobile phone. It`s currently used by the UK and USA, but Nigerians can also have some benefits from the system. How does 'Google Wallet in Nigeria' work?
An Easy Way to Know How Google Wallet Works
Goggle Wallet currently supports a Google Prepaid Card, Citi Master Card, American Express, Visa and Discover. How to fund Google Wallet in Nigeria? You need to obtain one of the cards from the bank partners of Google and fund these cards with money. In the future, Google has plans to include all types of credit cards that people use today. You need to store your physical bank card into a mobile phone application using the Google Wallet application.
Your Google Wallet in Nigeria can be used at merchant locations with a PayPass or MasterCard logo. If your payment is successful, you will receive a notification about a successful transaction immediately.
When you shop with Google Wallet at Google SingleTap merchant locations, you can also earn some Google offers, loyalty points and coupons. Google wallet can store your gift cards, loyalty cards, offers and credit cards. Still, Google has plans to broad the capabilities of Google Wallet by allowing it to store keys, ID, tickets and boarding pass. It illuminates any physical need of an actual wallet.
What is Google Wallet?
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Google Wallet is a new mobile application created by Google. With this Google Wallet, you can buy things, goods and use services with managing only the Near Field Communications enabled mobile phone. Goggle wallet substitutes your actual plastic credit and bank cards with their virtual copies created on the mobile phone. Therefore, you do not need to carry plastic bank cards with you. Google wallet also store coupons, offers and loyalty cards for shoppers.
How to fund Google Wallet in Nigeria? You need to have a bank card of one of the partners of Google. It includes:
- Discover
- American Express
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Citi
- Sprint
Google Wallet also works with Google Offers. This service helps to deal with services and products relevant to your search location and term while you are using apps, like Google Offers, Shopper, Latitude, Google Maps and Google Search. After you make your searches and save the offers – they will synchronise automatically with other applications. You may need to use Google Wallet when you shop at the merchant location.
Google Wallet Security Measures
The Secure Element is your main protector when you use Google Wallet. It`s a special chip created by Google that stores all your credentials and provides superior security. Goggle made the Secure element isolated from your mobile phone`s hardware and operational system so that it can be only accessible through programs like Google Wallet.
Google Wallet also requires you to enter a PIN before you can make any transaction. Moreover, Google Wallet requires phones with NFC support and a Secure Element Chip. Google has plans to transfer Google Wallet to other platforms. It`s currently usable in the UK and USA, but the company plans to extend the number of countries for the application. Therefore, Google Wallet in Nigeria can be not just a dream. Now you can use it only with credit cards and on the territory of the UK and USA.
Near Field Communications – What is it?
If you use Google Wallet, then it needs NFC technology for receiving and transmitting data. Near Field Communication as a versatile and extremely fast technology can be used in everything, like t-shirts, stickers and movie posters. The embedded chip provides information about the object which can be enabled to read with an NFC provided device. These two enabled NFC devices can be used to transfer the data at close proximity.
Nigeria Google Wallet
Nigerians can`t use the whole potential of Google Wallet yet, but they can certainly use some of its functions. Nigerians can send and receive money with Gmail of the Google Wallet service. This feature of Gmail was anounced two years ago.
First of all, you need to have a Google Wallet account with a valid credit cards details. The service links your Google Wallet account with your Gmail account.
How to Send and Receive money with Gmail of Google Wallet?
- Open Gmail;
- Click “Compose”;
- Enter the email address of the receiver;
- Optionally add a message text and subject;
- Click the “$” icon or “£” icon for the UK users;
- If you don`t have Google Wallet – you will be asked to set up the account;
- If you need to send money – enter the amount and choose the source from which to withdraw the money;
- If you want to request money – click “Request” and input the amount you would like to request;
- Click “Attach”;
- Double check your message and click “Send”.
It`s free to send and obtain money for the UK users with using debit cards and Google Wallet Balance. USA users can easily send and receive money with using debit cards, credit cards and Google Wallet Balance.
How to receive money?
- Open your Gmail;
- Open the message with the money attached;
- Choose “Claim Money”;
- You need to verify your identity with Google Wallet;
- Once Identity Verification is completed, you can claim the money from the message.
Nigeria Google Wallet disables sending money
- Open Gmail;
- Click “Compose”;
- Click the “$” icon or “£” icon for the UK users;
- Click the gear icon;
- Disable the feature.
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Source: Legit.ng
