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Samsung Pay is a convenient and simple way to make mobile payments with compatible Samsung Galaxy smartphones, and it works at virtually any retailer where you can tap or swipe. Retailers still reserves the right to accept or decline contactless phone payments.
Samsung Pay offers a simple and convenient payment experience that is quicker than searching through your wallet or purse for your payment card. Additionally, Samsung Pay adds a level of security to your payment information that physical cards do not have.
Samsung Pay uses proprietary Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) and Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies to make contactless mobile payments.
Samsung Pay is now available on the following devices:
Galaxy S9/S9+, Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy S7/S7 edge, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy A8, Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy A5 (2017). Galaxy A5/A7 (2017 Edition) will be available during the month on August.
Please visit http://www.samsung.com/za/samsung-pay for a full list of supported devices.
Unfortunately this feature is not yet available in South Africa.
Please check your banks policies for transacting in foreign countries. If you can use your current plastic card in the country you are travelling to, you should be able to use the same enrolled card in Samsung Pay to make a payment as long as the country you are visiting supports Samsung Pay.
The use of Samsung Pay in each country is subject to the laws and regulations of the service territory and any other rules determined by the relevant merchant, payment processor, payment network, regulator, and government authority.
Samsung Pay is currently available in South Korea, United States, China, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Russia, Canada, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Belarus, Mexico and Italy.
Samsung Pay can be used almost anywhere. With our propriety Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology a merchant that does not have a contactless payment terminal can still accept Samsung Pay. Merchants can at their sole discretionary choose to accept or decline a Samsung Pay transaction.
Please contact your Bank for confirmation.
Samsung Pay enables users to make in-store contactless payments using the Galaxy S9/S9+, Note8, S8/S8+, S7/S7 edge, A8 2018, A7 2017, A5 2017. Samsung Pay’s main features are its proprietary MST technology and its NFC payments capability which makes it the most accepted mobile payment solution.
Cancelling a payment made with Samsung Pay is the same as a physical card. The process would depend on the policies of the bank/merchant.
There is not a "default" card in Samsung Pay. When you open the Samsung Pay app or activate the favourite cards by swiping up from the Home Key on supported screens, the first card displayed is either the last card you registered or the last card you viewed or used.
In some cases, the merchant may ask you for the last four digits or random digits from the card number.
You will need to provide the last four or the random digits from the 16 digit card number displayed in Samsung Pay, instead of the last four or random digits of the physical plastic card. For ease of use, it is located on the left side of the card when making a payment.
The last 10 transactions made with Samsung Pay in the past 30 days are viewable in the Samsung Pay app. Simply tap on a registered card in the app to see the Samsung Pay transactions made with that card. Additionally, a real-time push notifications with transaction details will be sent after each Samsung Pay purchase.
Transaction information might not be provided for all cards
Real-time push notifications require an active internet connection.
Yes. When you disable Samsung Pay or remove a registered card, you are only suspending or deleting the digital card that has been assigned to your device for that card. Your physical plastic card will still work as expected.
The payment cards on Samsung Pay are digital versions of your physical payment cards. If you lose your original payment card and then receive a replacement card, you need to remove the original digital card from Samsung Pay and register the replacement card.
Verify that you are running the latest version of firmware on your Samsung smartphone. If you see a Samsung Pay icon, select it and follow the onscreen prompts alternately you can download Samsung Pay from either Galaxy Apps or Google Play store.
The cashier will ask you to enter your PIN code in the payment terminal only when prompted to do so, this is based on the transaction value or payment technology that was used. This PIN will be the actual PIN of your plastic card.
When paying with Samsung Pay you will receive a merchant receipt for your purchases just as you would with a physical card.
All purchases made with Samsung Pay can be returned according to the store’s policies. If you return an item paid for with Samsung Pay, the store will require you to tap your Samsung Galaxy smartphone onto either the magnetic card reader or the NFC reader on the payment terminal to complete the return.
Samsung Pay requires an active internet connection for card registration and activation. Most cards will allow you to make up to 10 transactions before you will need to connect to the internet and refresh the Samsung Pay information. It is recommended that your Samsung Galaxy smartphone should connect to the internet once per day to ensure that Samsung Pay stays up to date.
No. Transaction history may not be available for selected card types from certain banks. Samsung Pay may not show your transaction history depending on the policies set by your bank.
In these cases, you can open your bank app if installed on your device; or use the online banking services provided by your bank to check your transaction history.
No, the card displayed in Samsung Pay might not always exactly match your physical card.
The key points to look for are:
Samsung Pay FAQs (Part 2)
Samsung Pay allows most merchants to accept mobile payments without upgrading their existing payment terminals.
The user can make 5 attempts to unlock the application by authenticating with their fingerprint and/or Iris. After 5 failed attempts Samsung Pay will no longer accept a Fingerprint or Iris for authentication. The user will have 20 attempts to enter the correct PIN, thereafter all Samsung Pay data will be deleted and all linked cards will be deregistered.
This will vary from bank to bank, but generally not longer than 15 minutes.
The “retry” button appears when the countdown timer has reached its end and the device has not detected an NFC payment or has not received a notification of a successful payment. The “retry” button allows you to begin the payment process, one additional time, without reauthorizing using your fingerprint, iris or PIN.
Note: When an NFC transaction is completed, the retry button will not be shown. Additionally, if a payment success notification is received, the retry button will not be shown.
Bank cards can be added to Samsung Pay by scanning your actual card, Tapping your contactless card on the back of your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or entering the card information manually. Then, depending on the policies set by your bank, Samsung Pay will verify your identity through a One time PIN or a phone call to the bank.
If you previously used Samsung Pay, you will be able to import your previously enrolled cards, so you don't need to enter the card details again. You will however be required to re-activate these cards via a One time PIN or by calling the bank.
The average time between the completion of the application to activation should be within minutes, but can take up to 10 minutes if any additional verification requirements are needed.
If this amount of time has been exceeded, remove the card from Samsung Pay and add it again. Contact your bank for assistance if you continue to encounter delays.
You can register up to 10 payment cards in Samsung Pay. (Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and Cheque Cards from our supported banking partners.)
Yes. The total number of devices you can add a card may vary depending on your bank. Please contact your bank for more details.
Yes. However, for the best experience, the device should have a SIM card installed. If you encounter any issues when adding the payment card over Wi-Fi, we suggest switching to a mobile data connection.
Please contact your bank and verify that you bank card is eligible for Samsung Pay. Some cards from participating banks may not currently be supported in Samsung Pay.
Samsung Pay also requires an active internet connection when adding each card. Verify that you are connected to the internet via a Wi-Fi network or your mobile data connection. For mobile data, data charges may apply.
We suggest contacting your bank for further information. Not all card types are eligible to be used with Samsung Pay. Additionally, there may be other items required prior to adding a card with the Samsung Pay service. Only your bank will have these details.
Yes. However, attempting to register and activate a card while you are outside South Africa may require you to contact your bank during the registration process.
Cards can be either automatically registered by scanning your card with Samsung Pay, manually inputting the card information or holding your contactless payment card to the back of your Galaxy Smartphone.
Then, depending on the policies set by your bank, Samsung Pay will prompt you to verify your identity via a SMSOTP (One Time PIN) or a phone call.
For the security of your cards, each time you log in to Samsung Pay on a new device, you will be required to activate your cards. This way, if your Samsung Account is compromised for any reason, your payment cards remain safe. Even if you are using Samsung Pay on the same device, if the app was re-installed or reset prior to using it, it is treated as a new device and hence requires activation of your cards.
No. Samsung Pay does not save your personal information in order to import cards.
If you log in to Samsung Pay on a new device or after re-installing or resetting the app, you will notice that the cards that you previously added to Samsung Pay are available in the Credit/Debit section of the app. These are your imported cards and they are imported for your convenience. For security reasons, you will need to activate your cards before you can use them.
When you add a bank card to Samsung Pay, a device specific digital card number that is completely different to your actual card number is generated by Visa or MasterCard through tokenization that represents your physical card. The digital card is stored in a Secure Environment using Samsung Knox technology to protect your payment information. Your physical card details are not stored by Samsung Pay. This means that every time you make a Samsung Pay transaction your physical card information is never used which makes it more secure than transactions with your plastic card.
The Samsung Pay app verifies your identity with your Iris, Fingerprint or 4 digit Samsung Pay specific PIN, to ensure each payment is authorised by you.
Tokenization is a method of replacing your sensitive payment card information (Card Number, Expiration Date, Security code, etc.) with a device-specific digital card number, or ‘Token’ which acts as a surrogate card number. In mobile payments, Tokens are used to protect your payment information and to reduce the security risks inherent to plastic cards.
A Secure Environment is a physically segregated environment in the phone which carries out secure operations such as iris and fingerprint authentication and storing payment information. Normal applications have no access to the information in the Secure Environment.
Samsung KNOX scans to see if your phone is secure, and disables Samsung Pay if your phone is compromised in order to protect your payment information. Samsung Knox also includes a security design whereby highly sensitive operations and information, such as fingerprint and payment information, are kept on a separate computer area known as a “secure environment.” Normal applications or malware have no access to the information inside it.
No. Samsung Pay does not have access to your bank accounts.
Samsung Pay FAQs (Part 3)
No. Samsung does not store your payment information on a Samsung server or your smartphone.
Samsung Pay does not change the way your payment information is stored or handled when you make purchases. Your payment information will continue to be managed by Visa or Mastercard and your bank.
Only a device-specific digital card, which is used to replace your sensitive payment information from your plastic card, is stored on the device.
No. Formatting your device will remove all bank cards registered to your device.
When you log into Samsung Pay again with your Samsung Account, it will retrieve the card information of your previously enrolled cards so you can re-activate these cards with ease.
If your device is lost or stolen, you can use Samsung’s Find My Mobile service to Lock Samsung Pay or to Wipe Samsung Pay (remove all the payment cards registered onto your device). For more details please visit https://findmymobile.samsung.com. An internet connection is required to use Samsung’s Find My Mobile service.
You can also contact your bank to terminate or suspend the digital tokens in Samsung Pay.
No. Samsung does not store your personal/payment information on a Samsung server or the device. Samsung Pay does not change the way your payment information is stored or handled when you make purchases. Your payment information will continue to be managed by your card network (VISA and Mastercard) and your bank. Only a device-specific Token, which is used to replace your sensitive payment information, is stored on the device.
Magnetic Secure Transmission™ or MST, is a ground breaking method of sending data using magnetic waves. MST replicates a card swipe by wirelessly transmitting magnetic waves from the supported Samsung Galaxy smartphone to a standard payment terminal. MST turns almost every payment terminal into a contactless payment receiver.
However some card reader may not be able to accept a MST based transaction due to software and/or hardware limitations.
Near Field Communication or NFC is a method of wirelessly transmitting data using radio waves. Samsung Pay uses NFC to wirelessly transmit payment data to payment terminals with NFC readers that have been activated for use.
For Samsung Pay, either MST or NFC technology can be used to make secure, contactless transactions. The key difference is that almost all merchants can accept MST, which makes Samsung Pay the most accepted mobile payment service in the market.
In the context of Samsung Pay, MST and NFC have the same level of security. The payment information transmitted by both MST and NFC is protected using tokenization from Visa and MasterCard.
The Fingerprint scanner is very accurate with a “False-Acceptance Rate” less than .002%.
The Iris scanner is very accurate with a “False-Acceptance Rate” less than .00001%
The device must be placed no more than 5cm from the payment terminal in order for MST to work.
Yes. You can choose the authentication methods that you wish to use in the settings menu. You can then use any of the selected methods to authenticate a transaction.
You can enter the Samsung Pay PIN you created as a backup option. Samsung Pay will remove the data from the app and deregister all linked cards, if the fingerprint is not recognized after 20 consecutive attempts and the Samsung Pay PIN has not been entered.
In Samsung Pay, select “Add” on the top right-hand corner in Samsung Pay and tap on “Add Loyalty cards”. Search and select a merchant from the merchant list. You can scan your loyalty card or manually enter the respective card number.
Alternatively, if the merchant is not in the pre-populated list you can click on "Loyalty" and add your loyalty card manually. Please be reminded while Samsung Pay provides you with the convenience of storing your loyalty cards electronically, use of the loyalty cards is subject to the terms and conditions of the loyalty program. Merchants can at their sole discretionary choose to accept or decline a digital loyalty card.
You can add a loyalty card manually by selecting “Add a card that is not in the list.”
You can add as many loyalty cards as you wish; however, only a total of 12 cards (loyalty, credit, cheque or debit cards) can be added as Favourite Cards. You may select which payment card and loyalty cards you would like to access within the Favourite Card section by selecting “Settings”, then “Manage Favourite Cards”.
Open Samsung Pay by Swiping up from the bottom of the phone, or by clicking on the Samsung Pay icon. Swipe left or right to select the loyalty card if it is in your favourite card list, if not select your card from the banner towards the upper right hand corner of the Favourite Cards screen. Tap on the card and show its barcode (top of screen) to the cashier.
Alternatively, you can select your card from the loyalty card list. Tap on "Tap to use card" and present the barcode/card number to the cashier. Merchants can at their sole discretionary choose to accept or decline a digital loyalty card.
If you no longer wish to shop at that merchant or use their loyalty card, simply delete the loyalty card in the loyalty tab and it will no longer appear in Samsung Pay.
In most cases the answer is No, unless the Merchant is using an integrated system. In these cases we would normally test Samsung Pay on their systems first to check compatibility. Failures could occur if the software on the PED is too old.
Card Present
Yes, PASA has approved Samsung Pay (NFC and MST)
Samsung does not charge anything for offline transactions, and we do not take any of the interchange rate either. Therefore the customer will not pay anything more for paying with Samsung Pay.
There is quite a bit of material available from Samsung (Videos, documents, whitepapers).
Security, Ease of payment, faster checkout, customer convenience, promotional opportunities through our Samsung Pay platform, Frictionless experience to the customer, opportunity to get your loyalty card into Samsung pay, Seen as a tech adopter.
Why are Visa cards not supported on this app? I have been trying to link my card but it constantly says its bot supportes
Hello @Dmangera86,
Both Visa & Mastercard are supported by Samsung Pay. Please share the error message with us so that we can address it with our Samsung pay team: [email protected].
Let us know should you need further assistance on this.
Regards,
Boitumelo
Same issue my check card is visa and it says not supported, help or provide a way forward Samsung pay doesn't support screen shorts so I can share the picture
It says here it can take up to 10 minutes to activate a card on Samsung Pay, I've been waiting 2 months!!
Is it just my card, or is there a reason Standard Bank is not activating cards recently? Perhaps to promote Tap & Pay in their own mobile app?
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