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 Samsung Eyes Blockchain Smartphone?

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Said sites including thenextweb.com , Samsung, no small player in mobile devices, submitted three trademark requests in Europe that offer up some clues into blockchain-focused phones. The bank said that fellow participants in the transaction included Region Brokerage Company and the Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD).

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Samsung Pay Adds Key Bank Partners

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Samsung Pay has bulked up its bank and financial institution list again — this time with two more major banks. Now, Samsung Pay has support from 130 banks and credit unions, which means that Samsung Pay covers 75 percent of the U.S. debit and credit card market. Using it, in this case, is not a one-shot deal.

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Samsung Pay Launches In China

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Apple Pay’s competition in China just got a bit steeper, as Samsung has officially rolled out Samsung Pay in the region. Samsung announced the launch of its mobile payments service that is now available through a deal with China UnionPay — the same method Apple used to bring its mobile payments option into market.

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India Is Now World’s Second Largest Smartphone Market

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India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys , smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country the world’s second largest smartphone market after China.

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Samsung Pay makes UK market debut

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Samsung has boosted competition in the UK mobile payments market, with Samsung Pay finally arriving in the country this month, almost two years after the launch of Apple Pay and a year after Android Pay’s rollout. The post Samsung Pay makes UK market debut appeared first on Banking.com.

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Singapore’s Mobile Payments Market Appeal

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While the goal of Apple, Samsung or Google is all about getting consumers to pay via a phone (or watch), the fact that consumers are getting familiar with the tap and pay at the POS habit — and that it’s increasingly available at the places they like to shop — is what these players hope is an important first step toward mobile payments the NFC way.

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Samsung Pay reportedly going live soon in the U.K.

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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.

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