Samsung Pay

Canadian consumers using Samsung Pay can now make Interac debit payments through their mobile devices using a tokenization service from Interac and digital security provider Rambus Inc.

The increased availability of the technology serves to further encourage consumer adoption rates, writes John Mitchell, CEO of Episode Six.

PNC is approaching corporate clients with new non-plastic card options including Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay.

LG is officially throwing its hat into the mobile payments arena with the launch of LG Pay in Korea. Available only on the flagship LG G6 handset, its technology has a lot in common with Samsung Pay, but may not be much of a challenge to its rival if it should come to the U.S.

Samsung Electronics Co. has made its Android and Apple Pay competitor available in the U.K. Tuesday, as it attempts to play catch-up in one of the major markets for contactless payments.

Samsung Pay last week went live in four more regions—Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland and the UAE—but despite reaching 14 major global markets, it’s still not officially available in the U.K., one of the world’s most active zones for contactless payments.

One of Australia’s largest banks, Westpac, is the first of the country’s biggest four banks to adopt Samsung Pay, expanding customers’ contactless mobile payment options.

Samsung Pay will join the online payment options for Visa Checkout users through a new partnership between the South Korean company and U.S.-based Visa, underscoring the fluidity of mobile wallets.

Mastercard and Samsung India have partnered to roll out Samsung Pay to millions of customers of Indian banks.

U.S Bank’s commercial Visa card customers can now use their smartphones to make corporate payments via Apple Pay, Android Pay or Samsung Pay.