Tips for Samsung Pay

New Tips and guide for Samsung Pay

Samsung's mobile payment system Samsung Pay is now available in the United States after an earlier deployment in the electronic giant's home country of South Korea.

It works in almost all stores -- including those that use older magnetic stripe point-of-sale terminals -- without merchants needing to opt-in to any program or update hardware.

What phone/bank/card/carrier do I need?

Samsung Pay works with higher-end Samsung phones: the Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S6 Edge+, S6, S6 Edge, S6 Active and Galaxy Note 5. It is also available on the Gear S2 smartwatch, but only for transactions on NFC terminals.

The phone also needs to be on one of the following carriers in the United States: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular or Verizon.

You will need a Visa, MasterCard or American Express issued by Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, PNC, Synchrony Financial, US Bank or Wells Fargo.

For Australia, there's no information about which carriers Samsung Pay will be partnered with and so far the only financial institution partnership that has been announced is American Express.

Where can I use Samsung Pay?

Samsung claims that its system will work with almost all point of sale systems: NFC, magnetic stripe and EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) terminals for chip-based cards.

However, it won't work with readers where you need to physically insert your card into a slot such as those found at gas stations and on an ATM.

In two weeks of using Samsung Pay in stores around San Francisco, I found that it was accepted almost everywhere. These included vendors using Square readers; NFC terminals in major chain retailers like Trader Joe's and Walgreens; and magnetic stripe readers in smaller stores. Merchants may still require you to sign a receipt for the transaction.

One point-of-sale system that did not work with Samsung Pay was an iPad-based payment terminal called Shopkeep. It recognized that I was trying to make a payment but it said that Samsung Pay wasn't a valid credit card. A Samsung spokesperson said that "We are constantly updating Samsung Pay to work with the vast majority of card readers -- unlike every other mobile payment option which only work with a limited number."

What does the setup process involve?

Once the Samsung Pay app is installed, register your fingerprint on the device if you haven't done so already. The camera will launch so you can scan your credit or debit card. Check that the number, name and expiration date are all correct. Finally, the app will need to verify the card by sending you an SMS or email from your bank.

A total of 10 cards can be added to Samsung Pay.

Security has been built into every step of Samsung Pay app. Rather than sharing your details with the store's credit card reader every time you make a payment, the Samsung Pay contactless payment system instead sends along an encrypted digital token. Your Samsung Pay purchase isn't vulnerable to anyone accessing the information within the terminal.

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