Samsung Pay

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Samsung Pay
Developer(s)Samsung Electronics
Initial releaseAugust 20, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-20)
Operating systemAndroid
PlatformSelected Samsung Galaxy smartphones and Gear smartwatches
LicenseProprietary
Websitesamsung.com/sec/samsung-pay/ (South Korea)

samsung.com/us/samsung-pay/ (US

Samsung Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Samsung Electronics that lets users make payments using compatible phones and other Samsung-produced devices. The service supports contactless payments using near-field communications, but also incorporates magnetic secure transmission that allows contactless payments to be used on payment terminals that only support magnetic stripe and normal contactless cards.[1]

The service was launched in South Korea on August 20, 2015 and in the United States on September 28 of the same year. In 2016 at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2016), the telecommunications company announced that Samsung Pay would be coming soon to a variety of banks in Australia, Brazil, Spain and Singapore.[2]

Service

Samsung Pay was developed from the intellectual property of LoopPay, a crowdfunded startup company that Samsung acquired in February 2015. The service supports both NFC-based mobile payment systems (which are prioritized when support is detected),[3] as well as those that only support magnetic stripes. This is accomplished via technology known as "Magnetic Secure Transmission" (MST), which transmits card data to a payment terminal's swipe slot using an electromagnetic field, causing the terminal to register it as if it were a normal magnetic stripe. LoopPay's developers stated that because of this design, the technology would work with "nearly 90%" of all point-of-sale units in the United States (which excludes terminals that require the card to be physically inserted into a slot in order to function).[1]

On phones, the Samsung Pay menu is launched by swiping from the bottom of the screen. Different credit, debit and loyalty cards can be loaded into the app, and selected by swiping between them on-screen.[3]

In South Korea, Samsung Pay can be used for online store payments[4] and to withdraw money on selected banks' ATMs.[5]

Security

Samsung Pay's security measures are based on Samsung Knox and ARM TrustZone technologies; credit card information is stored in a secure token.[3] Payments must be authenticated using a fingerprint scan.[6][7]

In August 2016, security researcher Salvador Mendoza disclosed a potential flaw with Samsung Pay, arguing that its security tokens were not sufficiently randomized and could become predictable. He also designed a handheld device that could be used to skim magnetic secure transmission tokens, and another which could spoof magnetic stripes on actual card readers using the token. Samsung responded to the report, stating that "If at any time there is a potential vulnerability, we will act promptly to investigate and resolve the issue".[8]

Availability

Release dates
Date Support for payment cards issued in
August 20, 2015 South Korea South Korea[9]
September 28, 2015 United States United States[9][10]
March 29, 2016 China China[11]
June 2, 2016 Spain Spain[12]
June 15, 2016 Australia Australia[13]
June 16, 2016 Singapore Singapore[14]
July 13, 2016 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico[15]
July 19, 2016 Brazil Brazil [16]
September 28, 2016 Russia Russia[17]
November 8, 2016 Canada Canada[2][18]
February 8, 2017 Thailand Thailand[19]
February 24, 2017 Malaysia Malaysia[20]
March 22, 2017 India India[21]
April 27, 2017 Sweden Sweden[22]
April 27, 2017 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates [23]
May 16, 2017 United Kingdom United Kingdom [citation needed]
May 23, 2017 Switzerland Switzerland [citation needed]
May 23, 2017 Taiwan Taiwan [citation needed]
May 25, 2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong [24]

In May 2016, it was reported that Samsung was developing a spin-off of the service known as Samsung Pay Mini. This service will be used for online payments only, and is also being targeted as a multi-platform service.[25]

In January 2017, Samsung has confirmed that Samsung Pay Mini will not only work on its Galaxy devices, but on other Android phones as well, as long as they are running Android Lollipop or above and have a screen resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels or higher.[26][27]

In June 2017, Samsung launched Samsung Pay Mini and currently available on Galaxy J7 Max (in India).

Compatible devices

Flagship smartphones

Galaxy S

Galaxy Note

Mid-range smartphones

Galaxy A

Galaxy J

Galaxy C and others

Available to Samsung Pay users within China.

Smartwatches

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Samsung Pay: What you need to know (FAQ)". CNET. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. ^ a b http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-pay-news/
  3. ^ a b c d "Samsung Pay: What is it, how does it work, when is it coming to the UK?". Pocket-lint. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  4. ^ http://www.techtimes.com/articles/154500/20160429/samsung-pay-atm-cash-withdrawals-go-live-but-with-limited-availability-for-now.htm
  5. ^ J Yeo (August 21, 2015), 삼성페이로 우리은행ATM에서 인출하기 How to withdraw from Wooribank ATM, retrieved May 21, 2016
  6. ^ "First Look: Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge Finally Gets a Premium Design". Re/code. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  7. ^ "Loop turns almost any point-of-sale system into a mobile payment machine (hands-on)". Engadget. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  8. ^ "Flaw in Samsung Pay lets hackers wirelessly skim credit cards". ZDNet. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  9. ^ a b https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-announces-launch-dates-for-groundbreaking-mobile-payment-service-samsung-pay
  10. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-mobile-payment-service-samsung-pay-available-starting-today-in-the-u-s
  11. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-is-now-available-in-china-with-china-union-pay
  12. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-is-now-available-in-spain
  13. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-is-now-available-in-australia
  14. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-launches-in-singapore
  15. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-launches-in-puerto-rico
  16. ^ https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-pay-launches-in-brazil
  17. ^ http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/09/samsung-pays-global-footprint-now-includes-russia.html
  18. ^ "Samsung Pay Launch in Canada: CIBC Gets Beta Access". iPhone in Canada. November 8, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  19. ^ http://www.samsung.com/th/samsungpay/
  20. ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2017/02/22/electronics-giant-holding-roadshow-on-new-payment-method/
  21. ^ http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_pay_launched_in_india-blog-23792.php
  22. ^ https://www.nfcworld.com/2017/03/09/350800/sweden-becomes-first-nordic-country-get-samsung-pay
  23. ^ https://www.sammobile.com/2017/04/27/samsung-pay-expands-to-hong-kong-sweden-switzerland-and-the-uae/
  24. ^ http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2095670/late-comer-samsung-pay-goes-live-hong-kong/
  25. ^ "Samsung Pay Mini coming to other Androids, iPhone and desktop". GSMArena. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  26. ^ http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-pay-mini-now-official-south-korea-will-be-coming-all-android-phones
  27. ^ http://www.zdnet.com/article/samsung-pay-mini-to-launch-for-android/
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