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Spain's largest department store El Corte Inglés has added support for Samsung Pay to its Financiera El Corte Inglés payment card. Financiera El Corte Inglés is now the first private label card provider in the country to have support for Samsung Pay. Customers of the department store can now integrate their private label cards with […]
Samsung Pay started out with an early access program in India and was made available to everyone just a couple of weeks later. Samsung Pay has worked out effortlessly for the most part here in India, as you will read in my first impressions post. Quite a few of you probably have Samsung Pay running on your […]
“No sir, there is no Paytm support.” “Sorry sir, it won't work.” “Sir, this machine doesn't support phone payment.” Those are some of the reactions I have received ever since I started using Samsung Pay at stores here in India following the launch of the payment service in an early access program. The first week […]
After teasing the launch of Samsung Pay in India last month and then letting users sign up for an early access program last week, Samsung has launched its mobile payment service in the country today. If you signed up for the early access program, you should now be able to set up your Samsung Pay account […]
With the Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, Samsung officially confirmed that Samsung Pay would soon be coming to India. There has been no specific date for when the service would actually launch, but Samsung is now letting users sign up for early access to Samsung Pay. Supported devices include the Galaxy Note […]
Samsung started teasing Samsung Pay for India several weeks ago. Recent firmware updates for some of the compatible devices like the Galaxy Note 5 include the Samsung Pay app which is a big indication that the official launch is not that far off. A recent report claimed that American Express will be Samsung Pay's launch […]
Samsung is rolling out a new update for Samsung Pay today. The Samsung Pay app version 2.3 has been released and it brings a couple of new features included but not limited to support for iris scanning. It will enable users to take advantage of the iris scanner when they are prompted for authentication, however, this […]
Samsung Pay was launched in Singapore a couple of months ago and the company is now expanding its partnerships with local banks to open up the service to as many people as possible. Starting August 31, all Maybank credit and debit card customers will be able to use Samsung Pay to make payments at merchant locations on the […]
You might have read yesterday that a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in Samsung Pay which enables hackers to wirelessly steal credit cards. Samsung has taken its time to come up with a detailed response to the claims made by the security researcher and has also provided details about how the tokenization process […]
When Samsung took the wraps off the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic back in October 2015, it promised customers that it would bring a dedicated version of its mobile payment platform to the devices in the not-too-distant future. Unfortunately, chatter surrounding the matter quickly died down following the smartwatches official launch, but now, almost […]
Samsung Pay and Apple Pay have been around for a year and both compete with each other in the United States. Samsung's mobile payment service fares better because it can work with conventional credit card machines as well while Apple Pay can not. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why the Auriemma Consulting Group finds […]
Samsung has kicked off a nifty promotion for all new and existing users of its mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay, in the United States where it's offering a free $10 Amazon gift card to customers who make three qualifying purchases between today and August 1. That's all there is to it. No catches. You can […]
If you recently purchased a Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 Active, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S7 Active or Galaxy Note 5, you may want to listen up as Samsung has kicked off a relatively nifty promotion targeted at you. If you make a purchase using Samsung Pay between […]
Samsung has announced that the company's mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, is now available in Australia. Samsung Pay will be available in the country starting today on compatible Samsung smartphones including the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, and Galaxy Note 5. Samsung Pay works almost anywhere credit […]
Samsung has today announced that it will launch its mobile payment platform in Singapore on Thursday, June 16. This news comes just one month after the South Korean company opened a beta testing scheme in the region, which enabled a small selection of eager customers to sign up for the opportunity to test Samsung Pay […]