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MARCH 12, 2020

Mastercard is partnering with Samsung to bring digital technology to emerging markets and accelerate connectivity and smart devices, Mastercard said on Thursday (March 12). Mastercard Labs created the platform, which will be rolled out to the Samsung Knox team in the Middle East and Africa early this year.

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APRIL 23, 2018

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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AUGUST 22, 2018

As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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JUNE 21, 2017

Samsung has taken note. With its Family Hub smart refrigerator debut, this new Samsung Internet of Things (IoT) offering is looking to enhance the in-kitchen experience. Samsung’s senior vice president and general manager of home appliances, John Herrington, commented on this new offering and what it means for consumers.

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MARCH 18, 2016

Ally Bank will add Android Pay and Samsung Pay functionality “later this year,” Bank Innovation has learned. These additions would join Ally’s Apple Pay service, which the bank introduced this week.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

In an effort to grow adoption, Samsung Pay is rolling out international money transfers to accounts in 47 countries, the company said this week. Called Samsung Pay Cash, the capability lets customers send money via direct deposit or arrangements to pick up funds in person.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

South Korean technology company Samsung has filed a patent for a new feature of its mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, that could allow users to share their transaction history with other users.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Samsung Electronics is acquiring network services provider TeleWorld Solutions (TWS) to build out the next generation of wireless, TechCrunch reported Monday (Jan. Samsung will continue to drive innovation in communications technology while providing optimization services for network deployments that accelerate U.S.

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APRIL 21, 2017

For Samsung, the big day is here in the U.S. — Samsung has said the reddish appearance of the screen isn’t a defect, and that users can fix the issue by adjusting the color settings on their device to be less red in hue. the new flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, will hit U.S. shores today.

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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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OCTOBER 24, 2016

Today Mastercard announced that it will be partnering with Microsoft, Google, and Samsung in order to integrate its Masterpass network with those digital wallets — so users of Google Wallet, Android Pay, or Samsung Pay can shop online wherever Masterpass is accepted, starting in early 2017.

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APRIL 12, 2018

On Thursday (April 12), Samsung Pay , the digital payment unit of Samsung Electronics, debuted Samsung Rewards, which gives users reward points every time they use the Samsung Pay mobile payment service to make purchases. BGR noted that in India, Samsung Rewards works both with Samsung Pay and Samsung Pay Mini.

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JULY 31, 2019

Smartphone shipments for Samsung increased in the second quarter of 2019, the company said in its latest earnings report , thanks to retail sales of its mid-level models. In the three months that ended March, Samsung’s profits fell about 60 percent on-year to 6.2 can now accept Samsung Pay for in-app payments. and Korea.”.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The online bank introduced Android Pay and Samsung Pay integration for its debit cards, in addition to the existing Apple Pay option, Ally announced yesterday. Ally Bank belongs to the “open-wallet camp,” for now. The addition of these two mobile payment services, according to CEO Diane Morais, expands the option Read More.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Find out how retailers are enabling purchases in stores as well as through apps, smart speakers and smart watches with new and innovative payment methods: A little more than eight in 10 — or 81 percent — of consumers travel to a store to make a purchase. And if a customer uses Samsung Pay to buy those offers.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The feature, announced today, will use Samsung’s iris scanning technology, recently updated along with its other biometric capabilities, according to the company. Spanish bank BBVA will integrate a biometric authentication feature into its mobile app, allowing users to log into their app via iris scan.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Samsung has introduced a new refrigerator that’s the latest addition to its Family Hub lineup, with artificial intelligence (AI) and features that can plan meals and connect with Samsung devices around the home, according to a report by VentureBeat. It can also keep track of a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. .

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Samsung Electronics smartphone sales will increase in the holiday shopping season, with the general trend lasting into 2019, the company said when announcing its Q3 results. AI-based automation will enable Samsung to introduce new services in the 5G era, such as industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and connected cars.

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MARCH 14, 2019

When it comes to innovation, banks in 2019 should look to partner first, buy second and lastly build, Jeremy Balkin, head of innovation at HSBC Bank USA said at BI Ignite 2019 in Seattle earlier this week. It makes more sense for banks to make a strategic investment in fintech companies than to try and build […].

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

To offer a new way to shop and spend, the new virtual Samsung Pay Cash account is letting users add money and shop online as well in stores with the Samsung Pay app. Shopping is fun, and Samsung Pay Cash is one way we can help empower people to be knowledgeable about where their money is going.”. Ahn said in the announcement.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

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. The outlet reported that the first Samsung stores will be at Roosevelt Field on Long Island, The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles and The Galleria in Houston.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Macy’s and Samsung announced the launch of a unique Samsung experience at the retailer’s flagship location in New York City. The experience is set up as an integrated Samsung ecosystem designed to simplify daily life.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Said sites including thenextweb.com , Samsung, no small player in mobile devices, submitted three trademark requests in Europe that offer up some clues into blockchain-focused phones. In the world of blockchain phones, another name may crowd the pantheon.

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MAY 1, 2017

It’s no secret that mobile wallets, although well-intended, haven’t gained much traction among consumers. In fact, a recent Accenture study suggests that 56% of North American consumers are aware of mobile payment services, but only 19% use their mobile wallet regularly.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Samsung Pay became the latest mobile payments platform to enter China, the South Korean tech giant announced today. The move was made in partnership with China UnionPay, the sole interbank ATM network and primary card issuer in China. If you’re doing card business in China, in other words, you’re doing it Read More.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

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 .

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Not to be outdone by Apple, which recently acquired Tuplejump to advance its artificial intelligence work, Samsung Electronics has subsumed some of the engineering activity in Israel. This latest move by Samsung shows the race for innovation between the two rivals. Discussions on free trade and the $1.7

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JUNE 13, 2017

Diebold Nixdorf , the connected commerce technology company and Samsung SDS America announced they are teaming up to show how integrating advanced mobile technology — such as facial recognition — and the self-service channel can result in enhanced security and an improved consumer experience.

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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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MARCH 17, 2017

And, as America found out what actually happens when the wrong name gets read on stage, PwC found out what happens when Twitter decides to rename your firm — as our CEO (and former PwC employee) Karen Webster told those assembled at the Innovation Project’s annual awards dinner last night. And the winners are… Best POS Innovation.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Mastercard announced Tuesday (April 4) that Mastercard cardholders from select banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will now be able use the Samsung Pay service to make payments in a quick and secure way. Mastercard said it has been actively driving contactless payments in the market.

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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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JULY 10, 2019

Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC) announced on Wednesday (July 10) an $8.5 The tech firms backed by the investment include systems app company OSLabs, speech technology startup Gnani.ai, IoT solutions provider Silvan Innovation Labs and a computer vision startup in its early stages.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Given the virtual avalanche of troubles Samsung has endured of late, the investigation by its home government was the last shoe to drop. The investigation is actually ruled by analysts to be critical for Samsung at this point, as the firm is already taking a $5.3 billion hit to its operating profit over the next two quarters.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Samsung Electronics , the South Korean consumer electronics company, is expanding in India, opening on Tuesday (Sept. According to a report in Reuters , citing Samsung Electronics, the 33,000-square-foot store is located in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru. But how can I deliver meaningful innovation to our millennials?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Samsung is looking to introduce biometric authentication capabilities to mobile devices, a move that could have significant implications for the enterprise world. But Samsung added that the technology could also be used to fuse together both voice and facial recognition technology simultaneously for a one-step authentication approach.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Samsung Electronics announced on Thursday (Aug. 9) the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Watch, a smartwatch aiming to take on Apple and the Apple Watch. The watch is also designed to help users track food and water intake by enabling them to input meals and get personalized alerts from Samsung Health. for a 42mm version and $349.99

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