As our readers well know, Apple's contactless payment system is currently available in Spain, however, its variety is quite reduced., so much so that we can only use Apple Pay through Banco Santander or taking advantage of the features of the Carrefour Pass, a contract credit card. However, Banco Santander has decided not to close to a single system.
From today Samsung Pay is fully compatible with Baco Santander credit cards, which will significantly boost the number of users in national territory. More specifically, starting today, June 27, the contactless payment system Samsung Pay will start working with this credit institution.
With the latest addition These are all the credit institutions compatible with Samsung Pay:
- CaixaBank
- ImaginBank (by CaixaBank)
- Abanca
- Banco Sabadell
In this way, you can take advantage of more than 2.000 Banco Santander ATMs with contactless capabilities, as well as carrying out any type of operation, either paying in stores with a compatible dataphone or withdrawing money directly at the aforementioned ATMs.
However, Samsung Pay is not available on all devices of the South Korean firm, These are the phones compatible with the contactless payment system:
- Galaxy S8
- Galaxy S8+
- Galaxy S7
- Galaxy Edge S7
- Galaxy S6
- Galaxy Edge S6
- Galaxy S6 Edge +
- Galaxy A5 2016
- Galaxy A5 2017
To make payments, the NFC chip will be used as well as the fingerprint reading. You will only have to bring your device to the POS at the ideal time, authorize the purchase using the fingerprint sensor, and the payment will be made. A fantastic way to save time that is advancing at excessively slow steps in Spanish territory, where Apple Pay has a testimonial presence. Perhaps this move by Samsung will push other brands to give free rein to negotiations.