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title: Paying via Apple, Samsung phones?
date: "2016-02-05T06:56:16-07:00"
modified: "2016-02-05T06:56:16-07:00"
author: Blog @ Domino Research
url: "https://dominoresearch.com/paying-via-apple-samsung-phones"
categories: √ The World of Mobile Wallet Marketing, iOooohhhEssss, News & Views, The Big G(oogle)
tags: android pay, apple pay, mobile pay apps, mobile payments, paypal, samsung pay
description: New year, old news…  Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Paypal, Android Pay, bank initiated mobile apps, they are all here to help! Apple Pay, launched in the US in October 2014, has about a year’s headstart over Samsung Pay, which hit the US this past September. In the US, Apple Pay supports all the major credit cards […]
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site_name: DominoResearch.com
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# Paying via Apple, Samsung phones?

**New year, old news…  Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Paypal, Android Pay, bank initiated mobile apps, they are all here to help!**

[Apple Pay](http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-pay-mobile-payment-service-to-launch-on-monday/), launched in the US in October 2014, has about a year’s headstart over Samsung Pay, which [hit the US this past September](http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-pay-goes-live-in-the-us/). In the US, Apple Pay supports all the major credit cards through more than 850 card issuers, while [Samsung Pay](http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00043884/997408820/Y/) supports American Express, MasterCard and Visa cards from around 32 issuers.

## [Paying via Apple, Samsung phones? More banks are ready to serve you](http://www.cnet.com/news/paying-via-apple-samsung-phones-more-banks-are-ready-to-serve-you/)

CNet article detailing the proliferation of mobile payment apps and opportunities into the mainstream with the start of the new year.