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Samsung Expands Beyond Pop-Ups With Full-Scale Stores

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In a potential challenge to Apple at brick-and-mortar retail, Samsung Electronics is looking to move beyond pop-up shops with its own full-scale U.S. 20, which is the day that the brand is expected to announce a foldable phone and the Galaxy S10, Apple Insider reported. The company will reportedly open three stores on Feb.

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Samsung Pay And PayPal Power In-Store Payments

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Sang Ahn, VP and general manager of Samsung Pay U.S. Samsung Pay Inc. tells PYMNTS that this is Samsung Pay’s vision — not only with its own mobile wallet (which uses both NFC and backward-compatible MST technologies), but also with strategic partners as it unlocks these omnichannel opportunities.

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PFS Cardholders Can Now Make Purchases With Samsung Pay

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Samsung, the South Korean consumer electronics giant, announced Thursday (March 20) a partnership with Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) to launch Samsung Pay for its branded cards. In a press release , Samsung said cardholders on specific programs issued and managed by PFS in the U.K. can now enable Samsung Pay.

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Samsung Pay: From Mobile Payment Method To Commerce Enabler

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Two years ago, when Samsung Pay entered the mobile payments scene, it did what Apple and Android a year before it had not: It made mobile payment capabilities at the physical point of sale (POS) more or less ubiquitous right out of the gate. That’s where Ahn said Samsung Pay’s more than 1,500 U.S. s VP and GM for the U.S.

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Samsung Unveils Foldable Phone At Developer Event

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Samsung Electronics gave a first look at a foldable phone that has a screen similar to a small tablet on Wednesday (November 7) in California. While the newswire reported that reporters weren’t able to get a close look at the new phone, it did say that a Samsung executive noted that the prototype phone had a diagonal screen size of 7.3

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Samsung Refreshes Image With New Galaxy S8 Smartphone

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Eager to move on from its disastrous 2016 with the Galaxy Note 7’s now infamous recall, it’s no surprise Samsung is planning to up its game this year. To help alter its image, Samsung is releasing its next phone next month in New York. To help alter its image, Samsung is releasing its next phone next month in New York.

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Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar

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Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .