Starling Bank, the mobile-only bank based in the U.K., claims it will be the first bank in the region to offer Anroid phone users the ability to setup Google Pay within the Starling app through the use of push provisioning, according to a press release.

This enables customers who are new to Starling to add their Starling debit card into their digital wallet with a single tap and start spending even before the physical card arrives in the mail. 

Existing customers can also activate Google Pay with a single tap within the Starling bank app. 

"Being the first UK bank to allow users to set up Google Pay within the bank's own app demonstrates Starling's continuing promise to deliver great customer experience and fast, easy, secure ways to pay," Julian Sawyer, chief operating officer at Starling Bank, said in the press release.