“Introduced first back in 2013 as Samsung’s mobile wallet system, Samsung Wallet became Samsung Pay in 2015, and then bounced back in early 2022. After being announced at the Samsung Unpacked event in February 2022, Samsung Wallet rolled out in June. Today, the platform is available in essential markets such as China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. According to Samsung, “the platform will be even more widely available for users in Bahrain, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam and UAE” by the end of the year. Jeanie Han, EVP and Head of Digital Life Team at Mobile eXperience Business, Samsung  Electronics, revealed that the company aims to bring Samsung Wallet “to as many markets as possible, as soon as possible.”

“Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics company, and Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, have partnered to launch an exclusive co- branded credit card, powered by Visa. With the Samsung Axis Bank Credit Card, consumers will get 10% cashback across all Samsung products and services round the year. As an additional point of delight for consumers, the 10% cashback offer through Samsung Axis Bank Credit Card will be over and above existing Samsung offers, on both EMI and non-EMI transactions.”

“Curve , the London-based “over-the-top banking platform,” has added support for Samsung Pay in the U.K., making it easy for Samsung smartphone owners to pay using their mobile phone, regardless of who they bank with. The new feature is enabled by Curve’s ability to consolidate all of your bank cards into a single Curve card. This means that once you register your Curve card with the Samsung Pay app, you can link any of your other Mastercard and Visa debit or credit cards too.”

“In a new Cash Back section of the Samsung Pay app’s home screen, users will find a range of exclusive offers from retailers. When they click on the offer they want and complete a purchase through the participating merchant, the user will receive a percentage back which they can then spend toward a purchase anywhere they use Samsung Pay.”

“Several months after the original announcement, Samsung seems to have finally enabled support for PayPal payments with Samsung Pay through its various smartphones. Many users, including WinDroidGuy on Twitter, have noted over the past few days that support for adding PayPal has been added to the Samsung Pay application on their smartphones. The update changelog for the Samsung Pay app mirrors this.”