Welcome to The Axis your late look at payments news from around the world Coverage includes Australias ANZ Google Pay wallet In addition the National Bank of Oman NBO is teaming up with Oman National Engineering Investment Company ONEIC for real-time payments while Klarna and OXID eSales are working together to bring expanded payment methods to more than 12 000 merchants in Europe Australias ANZ is rolling out Google Pay for its personal Visa credit and debit card customers the company said in an announcement Through the system customers can make payments online in stores and within mobile apps by using their Android smartphones ANZ Head of Digital and Transformation Liz Maguire said in the announcement Google Pay is a great addition to our mobile payment options ANZ customers can pay with Google Pay everywhere contactless payments are accepted both in New Zealand and around the world The offering takes the place of ANZs goMoney Wallet which is the companys current Android mobile wallet that launched in 2015 In other news the National Bank of Oman NBO and the Oman National Engineering Investment Company ONEIC are teaming up to speed up Public Authority for Social Insurance PASI payments according to reports The report also noted that real-time payments can be made by corporate customers for the utility firms of Nama Holding and the Public Authority for Electricity and Water PAEW In addition payments can also be made for Indian School Darsait In Europe Klarna and OXID eSales are teaming up to bring Klarnas suite of payment methods to over 12 000 merchants the companies said in an announcement Klarna is included in the core integration of OXID eShop software As a result merchants in the UK Germany the Nordics Austria and the Netherlands can integrate Klarnas payment methods into their online shops In the announcement Klarna Vice President of Global Partnerships Rogier Schoute said the tie-up enables merchants to compete more effectively in key European markets YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Related Items digital payment Global Payments Google Pay international payments mobile payment News Payment Methods real time payments The Axis