Rapyd rolled out PromptPay on the Google Play Store, enabling Thailand’s national payment method to support app downloads and in-app purchases for games, music, movies, video streaming, books, magazines, and other content purchases from Google Play Store.
Rapyd, a global Fintech as a Service platform supports local payments for Google in Thailand through its collaboration with GB Prime Pay, a leading Thai payment solution provider.
The full range of premium content available in Google Play in Thailand will support PromptPay payments starting from August 2021.
PromptPay is one of the most commonly used payment methods in Thailand. It allows its users to make real-time interbank mobile payments or transfer funds by linking the user’s bank account to the mobile number or national ID.
“With the continued growth in mobile smartphone payments in Thailand, we are excited to support Google in rolling out PromptPay acceptance on Google Play Thailand. Google is known for always putting consumers front and center, and for driving innovation through convenience and superior technology. We believe Thai consumers will appreciate the ease of buying their favourite digital products on Google Play with PromptPay,” said Joel Yarbrough, Vice President for Asia Pacific, Rapyd.