Samsung Wallet Launches in South Africa

Samsung South Africa has confirmed that Samsung Wallet is now available in for local users using Samsung devices.

Samsung Wallet is a digital platform that enables Galaxy owners to organise digital keys for your home or car, access offline and online payments, membership cards, airline tickets, transportation cards, coupons and Samsung Pass – all in one, easy-to-use and secure mobile application.

The platform also incorperates Samsung Pay into it, so you can make your usual Samsung Pay mobile payments from the Samsung Wallet app. You can also store passwords, addresses and card details for easier online browsing and shopping, along with your bank and membership cards.

With privacy and security concerns at the forefront of mobile payments and information storage, Samsung has taken all of this into consideration and made sure that Samsung Wallet is protected by defence-grade security from Samsung Knox., which utilises fingerprint recognition and encryption. With Samsung Wallet – you will now have three ways to pay. You can still swipe up from your Galaxy device home screen and open the app from its icon, but you can also open Samsung Wallet by double tapping the side key.

To access Samsung Wallet, local Galaxy users will simply open Samsung Pay or Samsung Pass app from their eligible Galaxy devices and follow the prompts to update and migrate to Samsung Wallet, alternatively, you can visit the Samsung Wallet site to learn more.