Samsung Pay expands support for more credit and debit cards

Similar to Apple Pay or Android Pay, those with any of Samsung’s flagship smartphones released in 2015 can make payments for goods in the United States simply by using their smartphone. A mobile payment service also needs to support a variety of cards to be useful, though, and today Samsung Pay is gaining support for more card issuers. She said that Samsung looks “forward to building even more momentum around Samsung Pay” and with this expansion “Samsung Pay users will be able to take advantage of the most widely accepted mobile payment solution”.

Tech Times reported that Samsung Electronics vice president Injong Rhee welcomes the new partnership.

Ease of Use: Consumers just swipe up on their phones and scan their fingerprint to pay. You can find more details on the promotion through the Samsung Promotion website. But that leg up requires that your cards actually work with the service. (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.4 trillion and operations worldwide. This includes Chase credit, debit, and Liquid cards. For more information, go to Chase.com. To encourage more to try it out, Samsung is giving away a $100 gift card to spend at its online store if you active the service on a Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, or Note 5 by November 30. Samsung continues to strategically expand its partnership ecosystem for Samsung Pay to provide greater flexibility, access, and choice for customers while enabling an easy and safe payment experience. As far as technology is concerned, Samsung Pay is wide-spread with its Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) utilization and merchants have compatible terminals.