NIC Asia Bank launches Nepal's first service to accept Apple Pay and Google Pay payments
NIC Asia Bank has become the first in Nepal to enable Apple Pay and Google Pay payments through its e-commerce payment gateway. This will provide customers worldwide with a seamless and secure payment experience while helping Nepali businesses expand their reach in the international market.
Kathmandu — NIC Asia Bank has launched Nepal's first service to accept Apple Pay and Google Pay payments through its e-commerce payment gateway. With this, the bank's e-commerce merchant customers can easily receive payments from Visa and Mastercard users worldwide.
This facility is available to business customers connected to the bank's CyberSource payment gateway. Launched with the aim of making digital payments more modern, convenient, and secure, this service frees customers from the hassle of using physical cards. Users can tokenize their card details on Apple or Google Android mobile devices and make payments in a simple manner.
Merchant customers, especially in the following sectors, can use this facility:
- Hotels and hospitality
- Tours and travel
- Handicrafts
- Airlines
- E-commerce
- IT sector
Businesses in these sectors can connect to the bank's e-commerce payment gateway CyberSource and receive payments from international customers via Apple Pay and Google Pay.
This service will help Nepali businesses provide a more convenient and familiar payment experience for international customers. It is expected to help expand cross-border trade and increase the potential for foreign currency earnings, particularly for businesses in tourism and hospitality, travel, e-commerce, IT, and exports that receive payments from international customers.
Launched for the first time in Nepal, this payment service will make payments more convenient, simple, and secure, while supporting merchant customers' businesses, the bank believes. The bank stated that it will also contribute positively to Nepal's tourism promotion and add a new dimension to the country's economy and cross-border payments.