PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

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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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Earlier this year, Huawei was able to surpass Apple in China to become the second-place handset maker globally behind Samsung Electronics. Samsung fell to eighth place. It’s a positive sign for Apple, because normally Xiaomi or Huawei has been the top brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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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MAY 2, 2018

subsidiary has signed a deal to place four of its most popular apps on millions of Samsung devices across the United States. Through the new deal, Oath’s Newsroom app, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and Go90 mobile video apps will be pre-populated on all of Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9+ devices. Samsung and Oath will share ad revenue.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Samsung on Wednesday (Feb. According to Samsung , the “Galaxy Fold opens smoothly and naturally, like a book, and closes flat and compact with a satisfying click.” Last year in California, Samsung gave a first look at its foldable phone , which has a screen similar to a small tablet. starts at $1,980.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users will have to do without their phones for a while unless they want to risk a handset exploding in their back pocket — or worse, next to their ear. It’s also poor timing because the news coincides with Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus launch and is bound to cause some Samsung users to jump ship.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Numbers from Canalys showed that the quarter’s growth was led by Apple and Samsung , which had 32 percent and 121 percent growth, respectively, at 2.9 Samsung most recently showcased these capabilities with its latest Watch Active 2 series, though other vendors are close behind.”. million and 800,000 units. Fitbit held on to its No.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It couldn’t get much worse for Samsung. Once heralded as the best smartphone ever, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has instead proven to be the most combustible smartphone ever. The situation for Samsung is reminiscent of the Irish car manufacturer DeLorean ’s short-lived celebrity in the 1980s. Compounding the agony, the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Business Wire reports that Samsung has announced a voluntary recall of specific top-load washers manufactured between March 2011 and current production. Customers who choose to purchase a new Samsung model will receive an additional $150 loyalty incentive toward the purchase.

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MARCH 25, 2019

And this isn’t a small or niche subset of consumers – according to the latest edition of the Digital Consumer Report , a PYMNTS/ Samsung Pay collaboration, 58 percent of consumers reported engaging in contextual commerce. And brands and technologists have to do a lot of work to build trust in these emerging forms, they noted.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In the wake of the headline-grabbing choice to discontinue production of its Galaxy Note phone due to seemingly intractable battery fires, Samsung’s investors want some clarity about what exactly went so wrong. The order came as Samsung shares continue their free-fall to a new one-month low.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

is expanding the Sapphire credit card brand into new areas of personal finance, including checking accounts. In late July, JPMorgan Chase announced that Chase Pay customers with Samsung Galaxy smartphones can link Chase Pay to Samsung Pay. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

With Amazon’s Alexa out ahead of the rest of the AI field, reports indicate that some of the competitor brands are contemplating joining forces to take on the task. Samsung, in its quarterly earnings call, indicated that it is working with its partner/rival Google to make a better-working AI on a wider range of devices.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

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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The Paypers

JUNE 24, 2021

Samsung Pay+ has announced a newly launched proposition allowing customers to earn from 1 to 20% cashback with major UK brands, through the use its digital card, powered by Curve.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Samsung is abandoning its Galaxy Note 7 and will not produce any more of the ill-fated smartphone. After the original models burst into flames along with Samsung’s reputation, Samsung recalled the devices only to have replacement models do the same thing. The fund and exchange program in the U.S. Users in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The numbers are in, and Apple officially outdid Samsung when it came to holiday sales this year. This means that for every Samsung device activated during the holiday season, Apple saw two. This year, 44 percent of new phone and tablet activations were Apple devices with Samsung seeing 21 percent.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

While the smartphone market is going down, Samsung appears to be one of the few companies still going up, and it appears to be largely thanks to the debut of its new Galaxy S7. Like Samsung. The Galaxy S7 is water resistant, sleeker than the iPhone and comes with an expandable memory.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Mastercard has unveiled a co-branded card in South Korea, Samsung Pay card, in partnership with Samsung Electronics and Samsung Card.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2016

But Samsung and Six Flags have a project they think will be too unique to pass up — even for those roller coaster-phobes out there. Samsung announced Thursday (March 3) that it had finalized a deal with amusement park brand Six Flags to outfit several of its roller coasters with Gear VR headsets for a next-generation theme park experience.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

This time last year, battery issues in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 created a series of unfortunate problems that resulted in a ban on the devices by the FAA , an expensive recall and damage to Samsung’s share price in the aftermath. Overall, the saga of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had shaved $14.3 It’s just that Samsung grew more.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

federal air-safety regulator is singling out the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 — once reports start emerging that a small handheld device has some chance of exploding de novo, it quickly became something worth grounding. But since Samsung announced its recall of the offending Galaxy Notes, the FAA seems to be invested in extra caution.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Try being Samsung this past week, which had both a sizzle and a fizzle. Sizzle of the Week (With A Side Of Fizzle): Samsung. Every once and awhile one of the players we review manages to split the decision between a sizzle and a fizzle, and this week that player is Samsung. Not the type of news that warrants a stiff upper lip.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome, to MasterCard, one of the coolest brands in banking. And what if that payment network was launched in — gasp! — in 1966? It is when that payment network is gamely inventing internet of things payments on the fly. Read More.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Samsung May Beat Android Pay And Apple Pay In Tapping The African Market. Hot on the heels of M-Pesa, Samsung plans to initiate payment services in South Africa in the first quarter of 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

In the early days of the Internet, brands and businesses knew they wanted to get online, but they just weren’t quite sure why, or how best to do it. In the early days, brand sites were ugly, clunky and not terribly useful. In the early days, brand sites were ugly, clunky and not terribly useful. Coming Customization.

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NCR

JANUARY 9, 2018

It has now been announced that another brand is being added to the payments marketplace, albeit one that brings together existing services. Google confirmed this week that it is consolidating the various facilities it offers to enable payments – including Android Pay and Google Wallet – into a single brand: Google Pay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

The app has the potential to fit into the emerging trend of smart kitchens, particularly as manufacturers of household appliances — such as Samsung — seek to integrate smart technology into their products. Already, many American homes contain at least one smart appliance.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

12), as Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy XCover Pro, an enterprise-grade smartphone that comes pre-installed with Visa’s Tap to Phone app. The partnership with Samsung is the first time the Tap to Phone software has been integrated into a device. The mPOS landscape got more interesting today (Jan.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Most brands just talk the talk when it comes to committing to the future of experiential retail. However, Samsung is showing that it’s ready to walk the walk, right down 5th Ave if it has to. That’s the message coming out of Samsung’s brand-new Manhattan Meatpacking district location, The Verge reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Customers are paying for features, not necessarily brand names, particularly in the developing world. If a $400 phone is doing the same tasks as a $1,000 phone, only very brand-conscious customers are paying $600 for a better logo.”. Going Big on New Features: the Foldable Samsung. How Huawei Stole Apple and Samsung’s Groove.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“There are close to 100 mobile device brands sold in India, with more vendors arriving every quarter. The top five vendors ( Samsung , Xiaomi , Vivo , Oppo and Lenovo ) now account for 75 percent of total shipments in India. Samsung shipped 9.4 Growth will continue. million units.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

In the last month, a host of tech giants ranging from Uber to Samsung partnered with emerging payment solutions to get a foot up on the competition. UPI’s partnership with one of the most popular ridesharing services in India and worldwide is a major step toward building its nascent brand. The latest in the PaaS world.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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APRIL 30, 2020

a division of BBK Electronics, a technology company that designs and manufactures smartphones and smartphone accessories in China, was the only brand among the top six showing growth. Samsung, the first-quarter leader, was experiencing constrained growth this year even without the emergence of COVID-19, the report said.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In a press release , Bank of America said its corporate cards are now compatible with mobile wallets including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, citing business travelers’ mobile payment needs as a stop motivation behind the initiative. Last year, U.S.

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