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Samsung Pay platform has launched in India

03/08/201703/06/2017 Jorge Gonzalez

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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…

Android Pay gives Japanese consumers a new mobile wallet option

12/20/201612/16/2016 Jorge Gonzalez

The payments app has now arrived in Japan and will be available at over 470,000 shopping locations. Japanese consumers with smartphones powered by Google’s mobile operating system will now have access to Android Pay. The mobile wallet will bring them access to smartphone payments at over 470,000 locations in Japan. Anywhere that already accepts Rakuten Edy e-money will now also accept Android’s mobile wallet. A Google statement pointed out that Android Pay will become an alternative to the prepaid Rakuten Edy service. This is only the most recent attempt the…

Samsung Pay officially headed to Canada before 2016 ends

10/31/201610/28/2016 L. Green

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…

Scary Samsung Pay security flaw identified

08/10/201608/08/2016 John Montgallo

A company representative has revealed that the mobile wallet may not be as safe as previously believed. A Samsung Pay security flaw has been identified. A representative of the company has released a statement to the public to help to explain the problem. The scary component of this report is that it could place the transaction details in the hands of a hacker. This has arrived at a time when mobile payments are only just starting to be accepted by consumers. Among the main barriers to the adoption of mobile…

Mobile payments trends are seeing growth held back by biometrics

06/14/201606/11/2016 Jennifer Goula

The technology to scan various body parts such as eyes and fingerprints may be too challenging to keep up. While it had looked as though mobile payments trends might have the potential to take off with rapid growth as more consumers look to their smartphones to replace their use of credit and debit cards, adoption has essentially flat-lined. This, despite the fact that industry giants such as Samsung and Apple have leapt into the market. Even with the best efforts of some of the largest tech giants in the world,…