Global Payments Announces Full Support for Samsung Pay in Hong Kong

Hong Kong merchants can soon offer their customers the convenience of Samsung Pay, a simple card payment service, offered by Global Payments.

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology services, is pleased to offer merchants in Hong Kong the ability to accept Samsung Pay, a simple and safe mobile payment service that works almost anywhere you can swipe or tap your card. As a Samsung Pay-qualified payment provider, Global Payments’ robust suite of payment solutions is fully enabled for acceptance, allowing merchants to offer their customers the convenience of Samsung Pay.

o make a payment on Samsung Pay, users can simply swipe up, scan their fingerprint and pay. Samsung Pay uses tokenization, Samsung Knox, and biometric authentication to provide secure payments and reduce the security risks inherent to plastic cards. With Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) and Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies, Samsung Pay works with most existing point-of-sale (POS) terminals.

“Following successful launches for Samsung Pay in the Asia-Pacific region including Singapore and China, Global Payments is pleased to bring innovative commerce to merchants in Hong Kong,” said Frank T. Young, SVP, Global Product and Innovation. “This mobile payment solution further strengthens our continued commitment to leading payments technology across the globe.”