How to Set Up Samsung Pay on Your Phone
Before you can pay for goods and services using Samsung Pay, you must sign-up through the app and add a payment card or account. Be sure you have the credit or debit card handy that you want to use before starting this process.
How to Make a Payment with Your Phone Using Samsung Pay
If you have an accepted form of payment within the Samsung Pay app, you can then use that account to pay for goods and services via your phone.
Which Phones Are Samsung Pay Compatible?
Samsung Pay is available exclusively on the company’s smartphones. It works with most budget to mid-range to flagship phones, including the Galaxy S series. Samsung keeps an up-to-date list of phones compatible with Samsung Pay.
Where Is Samsung Pay Accepted?
Unlike some of its rivals—Apple Pay and Google Pay, for instance—Samsung Pay is purported to work just about anywhere. Most mobile contactless systems require a modern register that supports NFC or Bluetooth. According to Samsung, however, Pay should work even with older magnetic-stripe terminals like the standalone payment devices independent vendors tend to use. Samsung Pay is compatible with NFC magnetic-stripe and EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) terminals, including chip-based cards. The exception is readers that require you to insert a card like the dated readers on gas pumps and ATMs. Samsung Pay supports all major carriers and works in 25 countries around the world, including the United States, UK, China, Franca, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and more. If you need even more information, you can visit the official Samsung Pay support page.
What is Samsung Pay?
Samsung Pay is a contactless mobile payment system, available across all of the brand’s newer smartphones—from Galaxy Note 5 and up. The purpose of the app is pretty simple. It’s a digital wallet designed to store payment options, including credit, debit, and various rewards cards. Provided you’re at a retailer or store that accepts contactless payments; you can tap or swipe your phone quickly to pay for goods. It’s a super convenient and relatively quick way to pay for goods and services, negating the need to pull out your wallet or remove payment cards from a handbag. It’s not the only mobile payment system you can use, however. Similar apps include Google Pay, Apple Pay on Apple’s smartphones, Paypal and Venmo.
