Samsung is to run a seven city tour to promote the launch of Samsung Pay in the US... More
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Rio Olympics to get NFC wristbands?
Visa has shown off a proof of concept NFC wristband in San Francisco, demonstrating how it could be used for making payments at the Rio 2016 Olympics next year... More
PayPal to launch contactless reader in US
PayPal is to introduce its PayPal Here contactless card reader in the US on September 30, following its launch in the UK in August 2015... More
Samsung Pay goes live in the US
Samsung Pay has launched in the US today after going live in Korea in August 2015, where it racked up a total 1.5m transactions in its first month... More
US carriers push Samsung Pay to phones
T-Mobile has reportedly begun pushing software updates to Samsung Pay supporting devices ahead of the mobile payment service’s launch in the US, expected today... More
Samsung Pay adds new features
Samsung Pay has updated its app for Android devices for those currently using the service in a beta test in the US... More
Korean Samsung Pay users spend $30m in first month of launch
More than US$30m has been spent through Samsung Pay since the mobile payment service’s launch in Korea one month ago, Samsung has revealed... More
500,000 Koreans sign up for Samsung Pay
Samsung Pay has signed up more than 500,000 users since its introduction in Korea in August 2015... More
86% of TMG members to offer both Samsung Pay and Android Pay
Some 86% of the financial institution clients of payment solutions provider The Members Group (TMG) are planning to make Samsung Pay and Android Pay available to cardholders... More
Ask the Expert: HCE pioneer Doug Yeager — See it now on NFC World
NFC World’s ‘Ask the Expert: HCE pioneer Doug Yeager’ webinar is now available to view online... More
Samsung Pay averages 25,000 new users daily
Samsung Pay is averaging 25,000 new users and more than US$620,000 in transactions per day since its launch in Korea last month... More
Google and Samsung sign up to MasterCard Digital Enablement Express
Google and Samsung are among the first digital partners to join MasterCard’s newly launched Digital Enablement Express program which aims to speed up the process of digitizing and tokenizing MasterCard accounts through the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) that was launched in September 2014... More
Woori Bank adds Samsung Pay to ATMs
South Korea’s Woori Bank has begun accepting Samsung Pay... More
200m NFC mobile wallets in 2016
The number of NFC mobile wallets is expected to reach 200m by the end of 2016, up more than 100% from the end of 2014, research from Juniper Research reveals... More
Samsung Pay coming to Gear S2 in November
Samsung has confirmed its mobile payment service Samsung Pay will be made available on its recently unveiled Gear S2 smartwatch from November, Droid Life reports... More
Gemalto partners with Samsung for the launch of Samsung Pay in Europe
PARTNER NEWS: Digital security giant Gemalto has partnered with Samsung to drive the deployment of Samsung Pay across Europe, utilising its Allynis Trusted Service Hub (TSH)... More
Samsung Pay opens US beta test
Samsung has begun inviting those eligible to take part in a Samsung Pay beta test in the US ahead of the mobile payment service’s launch next month... More
80,000 cards added to Samsung Pay in Korea
More than 80,000 credit or debit cards have been registered on Samsung Pay in Korea since its launch last week... More
Verizon Wireless cool on Samsung Pay support
Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the US, may not support Samsung Pay when it launches there next month... More
Synchrony Financial offers Samsung Pay support
Consumer financial services provider Synchrony Financial will offer its private label credit card holders the ability to access their cards through Samsung Pay when it launches in the US in September... More
