Samsung Pay Now in India: How to Use it & All You Need to Know
Samsung's mobile payment platform Samsung Pay is in India. The company's Apple Pay rival has reached Indian shores with a slew of bank tie-ups. India is the 12th country in the world to get Samsung Pay, others include South Korea, the US, China, Spain, Singapore, Australia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Russia, Thailand and Malaysia. The platform gives Samsung smartphone users another digital mode to pay for their goods and services.
What is it?
It is a mobile payment platform similar to Apple Pay. Samsung smartphone users can use it to pay for goods and services, the way they use their credit cards and other payment apps.
Comes integrated with Paytm
Samsung Pay comes with e-payment app Paytm integrated. To get Paytm enabled, users need to add Paytm through Wallet option. Then link it with your registered phone number.
Supports UPI
Samsung Pay supports the government's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment system into its app.
How is authentication done
The authentication on Samsung Pay is done via fingerprint or four-digit pin entered. According to Samsung, the platform offers three levels of security: biometric, card tokenisation and the company's in-house Knox security platform.
Supports both NFC and MST
Samsung Pay works with Samsung's patented Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology as well as with Near Field Communication (NFC). Through MST, merchants can accept payments on regular card machines. This means that Samsung Pay will also work on machines that don't support NFC.
For those wondering how to install Samsung Pay, here's a step-by-step guide
Option A:
If you have installed the Android software update and you can see the Samsung Pay icon on your device, follow the below steps:
1. Ensure that you have Samsung Account added (Settings > Accounts > Add Samsung Account)
2. Click on Samsung Pay icon to download and install the Samsung Pay app
3. Setup Samsung Pay & start using the app to pay
Option B:
This is for users who do not find the Samsung Pay icon on their devices.
1. Ensure that the device software is updated to the latest Android software
2. To check, go to Settings > About device and update the software
3. Once this is done, they should be able to see the Samsung Pay icon on their devices.
Incidentally, Samsung Pay doesn't run on on all company's smartphones as of now. The list of compatible devices comprises Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy A5 (2017), Galaxy A7 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016).
Also, the Samsung Pay comes with e-payment app Paytm integrated. To get Paytm enabled, users just need to add the mobile payment app through the Wallet option in Samsung Pay. They also need to link it to their registered phone numbers.
Cheers!!!
What is it?
It is a mobile payment platform similar to Apple Pay. Samsung smartphone users can use it to pay for goods and services, the way they use their credit cards and other payment apps.
Comes integrated with Paytm
Samsung Pay comes with e-payment app Paytm integrated. To get Paytm enabled, users need to add Paytm through Wallet option. Then link it with your registered phone number.
Supports UPI
Samsung Pay supports the government's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment system into its app.
How is authentication done
The authentication on Samsung Pay is done via fingerprint or four-digit pin entered. According to Samsung, the platform offers three levels of security: biometric, card tokenisation and the company's in-house Knox security platform.
Samsung Pay works with Samsung's patented Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology as well as with Near Field Communication (NFC). Through MST, merchants can accept payments on regular card machines. This means that Samsung Pay will also work on machines that don't support NFC.
For those wondering how to install Samsung Pay, here's a step-by-step guide
Option A:
If you have installed the Android software update and you can see the Samsung Pay icon on your device, follow the below steps:
1. Ensure that you have Samsung Account added (Settings > Accounts > Add Samsung Account)
2. Click on Samsung Pay icon to download and install the Samsung Pay app
3. Setup Samsung Pay & start using the app to pay
Option B:
This is for users who do not find the Samsung Pay icon on their devices.
1. Ensure that the device software is updated to the latest Android software
2. To check, go to Settings > About device and update the software
3. Once this is done, they should be able to see the Samsung Pay icon on their devices.
Incidentally, Samsung Pay doesn't run on on all company's smartphones as of now. The list of compatible devices comprises Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy A5 (2017), Galaxy A7 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016).
Also, the Samsung Pay comes with e-payment app Paytm integrated. To get Paytm enabled, users just need to add the mobile payment app through the Wallet option in Samsung Pay. They also need to link it to their registered phone numbers.
Cheers!!!
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