UBA breaks new floor with Google Pay for Visa, Mastercard customers

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has set new requirements in digital banking by being the primary to allow Google Pay for eligible Visa and Mastercard customers, reinforcing its dedication in direction of delivering progressive, safe and handy fee options.

With this growth, eligible prospects can now make quick and handy digital funds utilizing appropriate gadgets, additional enhancing their banking expertise and increasing entry to fashionable fee applied sciences.

Google Pay, which launches in Nigeria on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, is a digital fee service that enables eligible customers to make contactless funds at supported fee terminals utilizing appropriate gadgets.

The service offers prospects higher flexibility, permitting them to pay for in-store purchases with their appropriate telephones with out carrying bodily playing cards, and allows each native and worldwide transactions

UBA’s Directorate Head, Cards, Orry Seem, highlighted the significance of constructing on a regular basis banking and funds less complicated for purchasers.

“Our customers live busy lives, and the way they pay should make those lives easier. For many of them, the phone is the first thing they reach for, so it makes sense for it to become their wallet too,” she mentioned.

She added, “Being the first bank in the country to be enabled on Google Pay reflects our commitment to enabling customers to transact locally and internationally, wherever Google Pay is accepted. At UBA, putting the customer first means bringing the best of global innovation home.”

The introduction of Google Pay enhances the Bank’s current digital banking providers, together with its fee playing cards, cell banking app, web banking platform and LEO, its AI-powered digital banking assistant, with extra improvements on the way in which as UBA continues to develop its digital providing for purchasers.

UBA’s Group Head, Brands, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Alero Ladipo, mentioned the transfer displays the Bank’s broader ambition to guide the adoption of progressive digital fee options and ship higher worth to prospects.

“Digital payment in Nigeria is growing fast, and customers expect more ways to pay. Making Google Pay available to our Visa and Mastercard cardholders gives them a simple, fast option for everyday purchases, backed by the security of their UBA cards,” Ladipo mentioned.

She famous that embracing international fee platforms early offers prospects extra selection whereas strengthening UBA’s place as a frontrunner in digital banking throughout its markets.

“We will continue to work with global technology and payment partners so that UBA customers are the first to enjoy new ways to bank and pay,” she added.

UBA’s Google Pay integration additional demonstrates the Bank’s dedication to delivering accessible, safe and handy banking experiences by way of expertise.