The mobile wallet is being rolled out in an “early access phase” in the United Arab Emirates. An” early access phase” Samsung Pay test has rolled out in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This testing phase is looking into the way the mobile wallet functions through six local banks. The mobile payments app and service first launched in South Korea two years ago in August. The Samsung Pay test will show whether or not users can comfortably, safely and effectively make debit and credit card transactions by way of mobile…
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Samsung Pay platform has launched in India
The electronics giant has rolled out its mobile wallet in a country where smartphone based payments are taking off. The Samsung Pay platform has now officially launched in India. This hasn’t come as any surprise as many have expected the service to enter the country for the last several weeks. The company gave its official confirmation of the launch at the start of this week. The company has pointed out that the service remains in an Early Access form for Indian consumers and businesses. That said, the Samsung Pay platform…
Read MoreSamsung Pay officially headed to Canada before 2016 ends
After months of rumors, the consumer electronics giant has now confirmed its mobile wallet is headed to Canada. Canada has been hearing rumors that Samsung Pay was on its way for several months. However, it is only just recently that the electronics giant has given official confirmation that this is true. The company released a statement that has been published on several news outlets indicating that Canadians will have the mobile wallet in 2016. In fact, the statement said the Samsung mobile payments would arrive in Canada in early November…
Read MoreSamsung to take its mobile payments into Chinese market
The tech giant will be following Apple into that space and claims to support credit and debit cards from 9 banks. Samsung has announced that its mobile payments service has now launched for the first time within the Chinese market, where it will be joining an exceptionally crowded space that already includes its top rival, Apple. Apple Pay stepped into the second largest economy in the world almost a month and a half ago. China also happens to be the largest smartphone market in the world and Samsung has managed…
Read MoreSamsung will launch mobile payments system using fingerprint security
The technology giant will be rolling out a simple transaction system in South Korea by the end of April. Samsung Group subsidiary, Samsung SDS, which is an IT services firm, has now announced its intention to launch a mobile payments system in South Korea that uses fingerprint scanning technology. While the smartphone payments system will get started in South Korea, it will be expanding in the future. Samsung’s plans appear to be to initially launch the mobile payments service within its own home country, but to then move on to…
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