Stripe, the payments and financial services upstart, made waves in the world of mobile commerce last year when it became Apple’s first payment partner for “Tap to Pay”, the iPhone giant’s move to turn any iOS device into a payment-making or payment-taking terminal. Now, Stripe is expanding that business by a factor of googol. From today, businesses that use Stripe Terminal to take in-person payments now will be able to carry out Tap to Pay transactions on NFC-equipped Android devices, too.
From what we understand, Stripe is the only payments company providing Tap to Pay on Android currently. (Apple’s expanded its list, though, so Google likely will, too.)
It will support payment methods using Google Pay, Mastercard, Visa, and American Express debit and credit cards; and it will integrate with third-party merchant platforms that typically provide bridging through to different segments of the small busines …
