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Looking to push beyond its modest retail efforts so far, Apple rival Samsung is planning to open three full-scale U.S. stores on Feb. 20, the same day it announces the Galaxy S10 and its first foldable phone.
After a 10 month pilot, Google is ditching its Hands Free payments app, which let users leave their wallets and phones in their pockets and pay jus
In the first major deployment of contactless technology on bus services outside London, Stagecoach has announced plans to bring tap-and-go payments t
Samsung has secured the support of Citibank as it readies the release of its mobile payments service in Singapore.
Samsung is piggy-backing on the vast user base of Alibaba's Alipay network to expand its mobile payments service in China.
Chinese handset maker Huawei Technologies Co. is beefing up its mobile-payment service in China, creating yet another local competitor to Apple Pay in the world’s largest smartphone market.
Apple Pay is set to make its debut in China later this week, while rival platform LG Pay delays its lunch until later this year.
ANZ has followed in the footsteps of compatriot NAB with the launch of a new mobile payment service for Android smartphones, ANZ Mobile Pay, as the country's biggest banks continue their boycott of iOS rival Apple Pay.
This article contains news on Bank of America and Wells Fargo, both of which are working to integrate Apple Pay into their ATMs.
Finextra: CaixaBank and its newly-launched mobile subsidiary imaginBank are to be the first in Spain to roll out mobile payments services on Samsung Pay.
South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will launch its mobile payments service in three additional countries, as well as introducing the system on its Gear S2 smartwatches.
Finextra: MasterCard and Samsung have partnered to develop an app that enables consumers to order groceries direct from the Korean electronics firm's new range of smart refrigerators.
Samsung Pay had an average of eight transactions per U.S. user within the first four weeks of its launch
Apple Pay is looking overseas in 2016.
The retailer unveiled Walmart Pay, a new mobile payments system that allows shoppers to pay for in-store purchases via Walmart's iOS and Android app.
Apple Pay will be switched on in Australia on Thursday, but only American Express card holders will be able to use it.
Walgreens First to Launch Loyalty Program Integration with Apple Pay- Balance® Rewards members can now seamlessly use their account through Apple
Finextra: Apple Pay is coming to Canada and Australia later this year thanks to a tie-up with American Express.
Finextra: JPMorgan Chase has signed up retailer consortium MCX as a partner for Chase Pay, its new digital wallet leading the fight back against tech giants Apple, Google and Samsung in the increasingly crowded mobile money arena.
Finextra: Rumours are swirling that LG is preparing to take on Apple, Google and Samsung in the mobile payments arena after it emerged that the South Korean electronics giant has filed trademarks for 'GPay'.
Finextra: Apple Pay will soon be accepted at Starbucks coffee stores, with support from fast food chains KFC and Chilis in the wings.
Finextra: Over $30 million has been spent using Samsung Pay in the first month since its launch in South Korea.
Finextra: Google has begun rolling out Android Pay in the US, enabling users to make instore mobile NFC payments at more than a million locations across the country.
Australia's largest bank is fending off the arrival of the world's biggest technology company in the hotly contested area of payments.
Finextra: Samsung will introduce its mobile payments service in South Korea later this month, with Visa, MasterCard and several major banks onboard for a US launch in September.
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Samsung to launch 3 full-scale stores in US on 2/20 along with the Galaxy S10 launch!