{"id":21793,"date":"2018-04-16T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=21793"},"modified":"2018-04-16T18:38:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:38:21","slug":"samsung-pay-launching-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/samsung-pay-launching-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Pay Launching in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung’s own mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay, will launch in South Africa in 2018, providing Samsung<\/a> owners a quick and convenient\u00a0tap-and-go option at retail checkouts.<\/p>\n

Not unlike new tap-to-pay bank cards, the system enables users to touch their smartphone to a mobile payment machine to make a purchase, without needing to swipe or insert your physical card. This cardless payment option does indeed make life easier a whole lot easier, and safer, by not having to carry around a credit or cheque card on shopping trips.<\/p>\n

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In addition to a simple PIN code, Samsung Pay adds an additional layer of security by giving users the ability to add an iris scan, fingerprint and\/or facial recognition as a secondary precaution to confirm purchases.<\/p>\n

As for now, the payment option is only available on the Samsung Galaxy S9<\/a>, but there are plans to incorporate the system into future Samsung Galaxy models<\/a> as the technology rolls out. Samsung Pay will launch in South Africa in June 2018 and will go up against other QR-code based mobile payment systems like Zapper, SnapScan, and also tap-and-go cards that are a recent innovation in the country by some of SA’s\u00a0major banks.<\/p>\n

The brand is currently working on partnerships with different financial institutions, but they haven’t been announced yet. We\u00a0love\u00a0<\/i>the idea of not having to worry about carrying a wallet or handbag for a quick trip to the shops!<\/p>\n

And if you want to check out some more deals and sales on handy tech and gadgets,\u00a0check out what PriceCheck has to offer<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

Want More Technology News? Check Out Our\u00a0Tech<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Section For More Great Reads!<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africans can expect to use Samsung’s mobile payment system in 2018!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":21796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2865,2850],"tags":[2206,3095,361,2989,537,3099,676,3097,2442,3096,3098,1458,752],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Samsung-Pay-header.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21793"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21797,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21793\/revisions\/21797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}