{"id":13163,"date":"2025-01-13T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T05:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=13163"},"modified":"2025-01-13T05:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T05:55:08","slug":"google-pay-to-launch-in-pakistan-by-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=13163","title":{"rendered":"Google Pay to Launch in Pakistan by March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gpay.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Pay is now officially entering Pakistan with a launch expected by mid-March 2025, sources close to the matter informed ProPakistani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources told ProPakistani that the rollout was initially confirmed by&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/price\/brand\/google\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google<\/a>&nbsp;itself in November 2024 and will be facilitated through partnerships with Visa and Mastercard. As expected, local banks will enable their cards to offer this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the full suite of Google Wallet features, this arrival is specifically focused on enabling Google\u2019s contactless payment system in Pakistan. Users will be able to link their bank-issued debit and credit cards to Google Pay, through the Google Wallet app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Google Wallet app will be activated for the Pakistani market as well, allowing them to manage payments and digital passes, boarding passes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparations are already underway, with four to six leading banks collaborating with Visa and Mastercard to meet the technical requirements for the service. All major banks in the country want a piece of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s payment infrastructure is well-positioned for the launch, with 133,000 point-of-sale terminals across the country, 99 percent of which are already equipped to accept mobile contactless payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/2025\/01\/12\/exclusive-google-pay-to-launch-in-pakistan-by-march-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/2025\/01\/12\/exclusive-google-pay-to-launch-in-pakistan-by-march-2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Pay is now officially entering Pakistan with a launch expected by mid-March 2025, sources close to the matter informed ProPakistani. Sources told ProPakistani that the rollout was initially confirmed by&nbsp;Google&nbsp;itself in November 2024 and will be facilitated through partnerships with Visa and Mastercard. As expected, local banks will enable their cards to offer this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[10174,540,10173,132,105,10176,8756,10172,10175,36],"class_list":["post-13163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-contactless-payments","tag-digital-economy","tag-documented-economy","tag-economy","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-google-wallet-app","tag-google-pay","tag-google-pay-to-launch-in-pakistan-by-march-2025","tag-linked-to-banks","tag-pakistan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13165,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13163\/revisions\/13165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}