Mobile Payments Archives

Wednesday Poll: Do You Use Mobile Payments?

Tim February 5, 2020

It's 2020, and according to science fiction, by now we should all be flying around in hover cars and paying for things using a small implant that we have located in our wrists. Obviously we're not quite there yet, but our smartphones can act as digital wallets...

LG Launches LG Pay in South Korea, Its Samsung Pay Competitor

Tim June 2, 2017 26

At long last, after almost two years of reporting on its development, LG has launched LG Pay in South Korea. First reported in 2015, but then confirmed to launch this June, LG Pay is LG's mobile payments platform. Very similar to what Samsung has with Samsung...

Monday Poll: Do You Use Mobile Payments?

Tim October 3, 2016 118

When mobile payments were first starting to become mainstream, the main issue folks had was the support or lack there of for their personal bank. For example, if you had Wells Fargo, but Android Pay didn't support it, you obviously would not be using the...

Refer Your Friends and Family to Samsung Pay, Get $5

Tim August 4, 2016 109

Samsung is kicking off the High Five Referral Program for Samsung Pay this week, granting users the ability to refer friends and family to the service. A referral that is followed by a qualifying purchase will result in the referrer getting $5 automatically...

Samsung Pay Heads to Gear S2 Watch Today

Kellen July 18, 2016 49

When Samsung introduced the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic last year, they made it clear that these devices would at some point support Samsung Pay, allowing owners of each device to make mobile payments with their wrists. As 2015 came to a close, that feature...

Fitbit Acquires Coin’s Wearable Payments Platform, Will be Used in Future Products

Tim May 18, 2016 3

This morning, Fitbit announced its acquisition of the wearable payments platform from Coin, the payments startup that released a universal credit card replacement. According to Fitbit and Coin, the acquisition will include, "key personnel and intellectual...

Samsung Pay Adds Support for 39 Additional Banks

Tim May 4, 2016 21

Samsung Pay announced the support of 39 additional banks via the application this week, continuing to bring the mobile payments solution to more Galaxy device owners in the US. For a few of the bigger names included, there is CHROME Credit Union, Corning...

Tuesday Poll: Do You Even Mobile Pay, Bro?

Kellen April 5, 2016 203

We are in the fourth month of 2016 and mobile payments still aren't really that main stream. Sure, Apple finally jumped on board with Apple Pay and adoption has picked up some, but I still don't see the majority of people at grocery stores or movies or the...