Payments processing company, Vantiv, has announced support for developers to design products that are intended to make it easier for customers to purchase goods and services using Android Pay, according to a company press release.

Vantiv has enhanced its Android Pay support for in-app payments based on eProtect, an end-to-end payment security product that is intended to help merchants simplify integrations.

"Integrating Android Pay with Vantiv's solution, eProtect, will make it easier for even more businesses of all sizes, to further streamline their checkout experience by offering their customer a simpler, faster in-app payment experience," said Spencer Spinnell, director of  business development at Google.

"We're excited about our enhanced Android Pay support and close working relationship with Google," said Bill Cohn, head of ecommerce products at Vantiv. "By leveraging eProtect, Vantiv reduces the integration effort for merchants, who get the highest level of security while avoiding the need to handle or decrypt the Android Pay Network Token issued by the card networks. Merchants using Android Pay with our eCommerce platform can also take advantage of Vantiv iQ, our reporting and analytic solution, as well as our other value-added services."

Vantiv also unveiled additional Android Pay offerings tailored to mobile application developers: 

• The Mobile Accelerator Program for Android Pay from Vantiv is a fast-track program aimed at helping merchants and ISVs already processing with Vantiv to deploy Android Pay.
• The Vantiv O.N.E. Developer Community for Google’s mobile payment products — a comprehensive set of technical and support resources making it easier for all developers to build mobile-friendly payment applications. This is part of the TechTribe feature on Vantiv O.N.E.
• Vantiv O.N.E. TechLift – dedicated personalized payments expertise which is now extended to include services specific to Android Pay.