Get started with Google Pay

To add support for Google Pay device tokens, you will need to complete the following steps in order:

1. Access the Issuer Console onboarding platform

• Navigate to the Issuer Console and sign in with your corporate email address. If your corporate email is not associated with a Google Account, you will need to complete the association process prior to creating your financial institution account.

Key Point: A Google Account grants a user access to various Google products using a single username and password. Any email address can be associated with a Google Account. For further assistance with Google Accounts, visit the help center article.

• Input your public business name, business location, and ensure 'Financial Institution' is selected as the business type.

• Agree to the Console Terms of Service, and click 'Continue'.

2. Establish a Business Profile

• After completing Step 1, proceed to the Business Profile tab within Issuer Console and click 'Get Started'.

• Begin by creating a payments profile for your financial institution by providing the name and address of the business in the Business Identity section.

• Complete the business profile by filling in the remainder of the Business Information section with the required details. For Merchant Category Code, financial institutions should utilize 'Others (0000)'.

Important: The business profile will be approved within a few minutes unless there is a discrepancy with the information provided. If the business profile does not reflect 'approved' after one US business day, contact support through the Issuer Console directly.

3. Provide Issuer Details

• Upon creating a business profile, navigate to the Push Provisioning API menu, accept the Google API Terms of Service, and provide the issuer details by clicking 'Add Information'.

• Begin by adding the information of the authorized signatory for your financial institution. The email address provided in this section will first receive the NDA, and once the NDA is signed, the signatory will then be sent the Google Pay Click To Accept Agreement (CTA). Both the NDA and CTA will be sent from the email address [e-mail].

• Fill in the remaining information and click the 'Save changes' button. Once complete, the information will be reviewed and Google will proceed with either sending the NDA directly, or reaching out to confirm specific details.

• The signatory will receive a link to both the NDA and CTA from the email alias [e-mail] within 2 US business days of submission if all required information is provided initially. If the signatory is having trouble finding the email, have them search for an email from that address and check their spam filter.

Warning: Google strictly prohibits issuers from performing any tokenizations in the production environment prior to accepting the agreement. The CTA agreement is a standard agreement and is not customizable. Once you have accepted the agreement, you will be able to download a PDF version for your records.

4. Access Push Provisioning API documentation

Once the NDA is signed, you will have the ability to view all of the Push Provisioning API documentation. Request documentation access for others by adding their corporate emails (no personal emails permitted) that have been associated with a Google Account in the box on the bottom right of the Push Provisioning status page. Clicking the 'Send Invite' button will automatically provision access to the developer documentation.

5. Google Pay technical implementation

After both the NDA and CTA have been signed, you are ready to begin integration work with your Token Service Provided (TSP)! Your TSP should be able to guide you through the process of configuring their systems and integrating with their APIs related to device tokenization. The integration with TSP section of this site explains Google Pay product behavior, including Google Pay specific requirements for how you configure the settings at your TSP. Once your TSP integration is complete, you can return to the Issuer Console to integrate with the Push Provisioning API. If you have any issues along the way, our support page explains where to get help.

Key Point: Integration with the Push Provisioning API is required within 6 months of a Google Pay launch as per the CTA agreement. If you are unable to meet this timeline, contact the support team for assistance.

BIN Sponsors or Program Managers

If you are a BIN Sponsor or program manager who has already signed the CTA but would like to launch a new program or sub-entity, you can notify Google by selecting the option "BIN Sponsor or program manager notifying Google of a sub-entity launch" option within the issuer form. As part of the notification, Google expects that standard testing requirements have been met for manual tokenization, or the program manager launch process has been followed for a push provisioning launch.