Android Pay tops the list of the most popular mobile payment services used by US consumers with 19% saying they have made an in-store payment via the service, research from Walker Sands reveals. More
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Samsung Pay to begin rolling out across Singapore in June
Samsung Pay is to begin rolling out across Singapore on June 16, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to get the mobile payment service. It will launch with support from American Express, MasterCard and Visa and major banks. More
Samsung Pay to launch in Australia next week
Samsung Pay is expected to launch in Australia next week, an invitation to a press conference scheduled for June 15 reveals... More
HDFC Bank to launch mobile payments in India
India’s HDFC Bank is to launch a mobile payment service that will support NFC, host card emulation (HCE) and QR code based payments in order to compete with other mobile payment services that are expected to roll out in the country, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay... More
Samsung Pay makes European debut in Spain
Samsung Pay has begun rolling out across Spain, making it the first European market where the mobile payment service is available. The service has launched with support from CaixaBank and ImaginBank and will also be available for customers of Abanca and Banco Sabadell “soon”. More
Survey reports on use of Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay in the US
More than a quarter of US consumers (27%) with an eligible smartphone have used Apple Pay, Android Pay or Samsung Pay, according to research released by Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG)... More
Samsung Pay to begin beta test in Singapore
Samsung Pay has invited a “select group of consumers” in Singapore to begin beta testing the mobile payment service ahead of an anticipated launch in Q2 2016... More
Samsung to ease online payments with new app
Samsung is to launch a smartphone app in South Korea that will make it easier for consumers to make online payments using Samsung Pay, ETNews reports... More
Samsung Pay to launch in Spain next week
Samsung Pay will launch in Spain next week, marking the mobile payment service’s first expansion into Europe, City A.M... More
Wells Fargo to add NFC-based mobile payments to banking app
Customers of Wells Fargo Bank across the US will soon be able to make NFC-based mobile payments and ATM withdrawals with a tap of their phone using the Wells Fargo Wallet, a mobile payment service expected to launch “later this summer”... More
Alipay users in China can now make payments through Samsung Pay
Alipay users across China will now be able to make in store payments by scanning QR codes through the mobile payment platform using Samsung Pay, as a result of a partnership between Samsung and Alipay parent company Ant Financial... More
Samsung Pay expected to enable support for Alipay
Samsung and Chinese internet giant Alibaba are to announce a collaboration on mobile payment systems this week, according to Yonhap News Agency... More
Samsung Pay adds membership and loyalty cards in the US
Samsung Pay users across the US can now add their merchant membership and loyalty cards to the mobile payment service and receive savings, rewards and other offers by having a card’s barcode scanned by the cashier at the point of sale. More
Samsung Pay adds support from 39 US banks
Samsung Pay has added 39 more banks to its list of supporting financial institutions in the US... More
Samsung Pay goes live at Woori Bank ATMs
Samsung Pay has enabled ATM withdrawals for customers of Woori Bank in South Korea, the company confirmed at the Samsung Developer Conference 2016... More
Samsung Pay to launch in Australia “very soon”
American Express is gearing up to support the launch of Samsung Pay in Australia “very soon”, American Express Australia’s director of digital commerce Rob Bourne has revealed... More
Samsung Pay teams with POS makers to boost adoption
Samsung Pay has teamed up with global point of sale providers Verifone, Ingenico, First Data and Clover, PAX Technology, Equinox, ID Tech, MagTek, USA ePay and OTI Global to accelerate the adoption of the mobile payment service... More
Samsung Pay to launch in Singapore in Q2 this year
Samsung Pay will launch in Singapore in the second quarter of this year, the company has announced, adding it to South Korea, the US and China on the list of Samsung’s “priority markets”... More
Samsung Pay adds major banks in US
Samsung Pay will soon support eligible credit and debit cards from TD Bank and Regions Bank, taking the total number of supporting banks and credit unions in the US to 130 — more than 75% of the country’s credit and debit card market... More
Samsung Pay looks to “next generation” biometric security
Samsung is developing new biometric sensors for mobile phones with the aim of adding additional security to Samsung Pay... More