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Update: Samsung has fixed the issue with Samsung Pay on the Galaxy Watch 4 series in India after the One UI 5 Watch update. The feature is now working as intended. Earlier today, Samsung released the One UI 5 Watch update to the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. Apart from Wear […]
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 […]
Google is bringing its mobile payment platform to Wear OS in more countries, which means Galaxy Watch 4 users now have an alternative to Samsung Pay. Even better, Google Pay just went live for Wear OS in several countries where Samsung Pay has yet to be released. Following the recent update (via Android Police), Google […]
At its MWC 2015 event Samsung confirmed something that we had all been expecting, Samsung Pay, a new payments service that will go up against Apple Pay this year. Both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge support this service. Samsung has a demo booth set up at MWC 2015 and the folks at […]
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 Wallet is getting support for credit and debit cards issued by Ila Bank in Bahrain. This will allow Ila Bank customers who own Samsung smartphones or smartwatches a seamless mobile payment experience, whether they're shopping locally in offline stores or across the world. Ila Bank customers can add their cards to Samsung Wallet in […]
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 […]
In an official newsroom post, Samsung announced that it will hold special affiliate marketing events in South Korea. These marketing events will be for Samsung Pay, and they will focus on expanding the user experience with various brands. The aim of this event is to make users comfortable using Samsung Pay quickly and easily with […]
Samsung has announced that it has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Bank of Korea to collaborate on technical research for offline CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency). This research aims to bring secure wire transfers and payments to Samsung Galaxy smartphones and smartwatches through a form of digital currency issued by the country's […]
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 […]
The FSC revealed last week that Apple Pay meets regulations and could come to South Korea if the US-based company decides to compete in this market. And today, Hyundai Card and Apple confirmed that the mobile payment solution is on its way. The two companies have reportedly worked together for the past few months to […]
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 […]
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, […]
Starting today, March 4, Samsung Pay customers in Germany can make mobile payments using their Galaxy smartwatches, with the list of supported models including the Galaxy Watch, the Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Watch Active 2, as well as the latest Galaxy Watch 3 model. A beta program for Samsung Pay was released in Germany […]
It was revealed earlier this week that the Galaxy S21 series is missing Samsung Pay's MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) functionality in the US. However, it looks like MST could be missing from the Galaxy S21 in more markets than we initially thought. We can now confirm that the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and the Galaxy […]