Bell ID, the mobile payments specialist recently acquired by Rambus Cryptography Research, announced that it will support international issuing banks, payment schemes and processors to integrate with Android Pay.

Bell ID customers can use its Token Service Provider software to enable and secure NFC payments functionality on Android phones, the company said in a press release.

"A lot of our customers are keen to integrate with Android Pay and this support enables us to answer this demand," said Dr. Martin Scott, senior vice president and general manager of the Rambus Cryptography Research division. "With this relationship in place, Bell ID is now one of the few solution providers that can help banks to reach their full customer base, regardless of the smartphone they own. Bell ID does this by supporting the vast majority of OEM wallet, mobile operating system and secure element combinations. 2016 is going to be the biggest year yet and we're excited to be supporting the future of payments."

Bell ID offers one software platform for issuing banks, processors and payment schemes to support mobile NFC payments. EMV card credentials can be loaded and managed on a mobile device or in the cloud, using host card emulation.