Coinbase Allows Connecting Its Visa Debit Card to Google Pay

Coinbase Card, the Visa debit card which allows users to conduct cryptocurrency payments directly from their Coinbase accounts, can now be linked with Google Pay.

On March 17, Coinbase posted an announcement, stating that Google Pay allows to quickly pay for everything, from daily travel to end-of-year gateways, using crypto “in the safest possible way.”

Coinbase states that it is the first company which lets users make mobile payments with crypto.

The new option is now available in 14 European countries: the U.K, Ireland, Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

The exchange adds: “We are working to expand to other European countries later this year.”

Notably, Coinbase Card still does not support Apple Pay.

Coinbase originally introduced its Visa debit card in April 2019 in the U.K. “Making crypto easier to use and spend is central to our mission to create a more open financial system,” Coinbase UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz explained at the time.

Since then, the exchange gradually brought the card to 29 European countries. However, it is not available in the U.S. yet.

Now the card supports ten cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP and DAI. Crypto may be spent as cash where Visa is accepted.

Last month, Coinbase also got a Visa principal membership, which will allow it to offer more features for its debit card. Though the features are yet to be revealed, Coinbase hinted that they would “enrich the cryptocurrency payment experience” for users.