Pleo rolls out Google Pay for European and UK users

By Megha Bhattacharya

FinTech Pleo today announced the launch of Google Pay functionality for its 13,000+ European and UK customers. The FinTech’s customers will be able to benefit from Google’s contactless payment method and will offer flexibility to customers during business purchases.

Niccolo Perrera, Pleo co-Founder and CTO commented, “As an Android user, I am particularly thrilled to be releasing this new functionality to our customer base. Following on from our Apple Pay announcement this year, the integration of Google Pay means that the Pleo service can be used seamlessly by up to 90% of all our customers. This is a huge step forward and marks another milestone in the movement towards Pleo becoming a fully-digitised business spending solution. In short, it’s never been easier to pay with Pleo.”

According to Pleo, users will benefit from encryption of payment information, virtual account numbers to protect sensitive user data and card details as well as contactless payment method. The new, co-branded service will be rolled out to customers across Pleo’s six markets of operation in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, German, Ireland, Spain.

Recently, the Danish B2B FinTech announced the launch of Pocket, a new solution to track money owed between a company and its employees. The new feature will be added within the app and aims to support businesses in managing their out-of-pocket expenses.