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As I'm sure you're aware, last week Samsung Pay celebrated its one-year anniversary. To honor this achievement, Samsung published an infographic consisting of some of the platform's usage statistics. From this, we learned that the service has been used to process nearly 100 million unique transactions and store over 4 million registered membership cards. However, […]
Samsung Pay had enjoyed a clear field in the company's home country of South Korea for many years until Apple decided to ruin the party. The company launched its mobile payments service, Apple Pay, in South Korea last year. It was encouraged by the rising market share of iPhones in the country, so it was […]
Samsung is running a promotional offer for students who use Samsung Wallet to make payments in South Korea. Starting today, Samsung Wallet users aged from 7 to 19 can get various benefits when they use Samsung Wallet to buy things at stores. Samsung Wallet promotion for students in South Korea comes with discounts and other […]
Samsung has announced it will bring the ability to save electronic certificates and IDs issued by the South Korean government in Samsung Wallet. Starting today, users can save their digital certificates on their Galaxy smartphones via the Samsung Wallet app for added convenience. Samsung Wallet integration with Government24 service in South Korea Galaxy smartphone users […]
Samsung has reportedly announced that it will not charge any commission to card companies for Samsung Pay transactions. Over the past few weeks, it has been reported that Samsung may start charging commissions to card companies, similar to Apple Pay. However, the company has denied that it will do something like that. Samsung Pay remains […]
Samsung Pay was launched in 2015, and it has been close to eight years. Over the years, Samsung partnered with dozens of banks and card providers worldwide to bring easy mobile payments to consumers. However, the company has decided to drastically change its strategy over the past few months after the launch of Apple Pay […]
To counter Apple Pay's entry in South Korea, Samsung launched the integration of Samsung Pay with Naver Pay two months ago. It allows Samsung Pay users to make payments for products and services inside smartphone apps and other online shopping services. Since the integration, Naver Pay has seen a massive surge in users. A report […]
After the launch of Apple Pay in South Korea, Samsung is changing its whole strategy around Samsung Pay. The company's mobile payment service was free for consumers and credit card companies. However, the South Korean firm plans to charge credit card companies in a fashion similar to Apple. Samsung Electronics has reportedly notified all credit […]
As lame as it sounds, Galaxy Watch users in South Korea can't make mobile payments using Samsung Pay on their smartwatch. Although those smartwatches feature NFC, Samsung Pay isn't available to them in Samsung's home country. However, that could change soon, thanks to Apple. Apparently, Samsung is thinking of activating the Samsung Pay feature on […]
Samsung Pay, which is among the top three mobile payment services in South Korea, now has a new rival. As expected, Apple has launched Apple Pay in the country and will now compete with Samsung Pay, Kakao Pay, and Naver Pay, among others. However, Apple has been quite slow in rolling out its mobile payment […]
Update: Samsung has confirmed to us that this issue has now been fixed through a patch, and Samsung Pay should now work as intended on non-Samsung phones. Original story Samsung Pay is usually associated with Galaxy smartphones. But even non-Samsung phone users can use the mobile payments app, especially those who use a Galaxy Watch […]
In a surprise announcement, Samsung said earlier today that it will merge Samsung Pass and its features into the Samsung Pay app. The merger will start today in South Korea, and it will expand to other markets in the coming months. The new app will house all your credit cards, debit cards, passwords, digital keys, […]
The European Commission isn't happy with Apple's monopolistic views regarding its mobile payment platform “Apple Pay.” The European Commission argues that Apple shouldn't lock the NFC chip inside iPhones to work exclusively with its mobile payment platform. The Commission sent a Statement of Objections to Apple over its practices regarding Apple Pay earlier today. It […]
Samsung Pay is expanding its capabilities for customers in Brazil. The mobile payment platform has been around in Brazil since 2016. And beginning today, Pay customers can link their C6 Bank cards to make fast and secure payments using their Galaxy smartphones and smartwatches. C6 Bank customers can register their C6, C6 Platinum, C6 Carbon, […]
Samsung can rest easy knowing that its mobile business in Russia won't be brought to its knees by a recent lawsuit. Last October, Swiss company SQWIN SA filed a lawsuit against Samsung in Russia in an attempt to ban the company from selling its products in the country and ultimately earn a profit off of […]