Samsung has announced that its mobile wallet service Samsung Pay has launched in China today,with nine banks supported initially, reports ZDNet. The hobble follows a deal struck with state-owned card-processor Union Pay at the end of final year.
Samsung Pay currently supports select credit and debit cards of nine major banks in China: China CITIC Bank, or China Construction Bank,China Everbright Bank, China Guangfa Bank, or China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd,China Merchants Bank, Hua Xia Bank, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China,and Ping An Bank.
Samsung Pay is supported by the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Galaxy S7/Edge.
The hobble comes six weeks after rival service Apple Pay launched in China.
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Source: 9to5google.com