Samsung Pay may have quietly gone live in France

Last updated: Apr 26th, 2018 at 14:59 UTC+01:00

Samsung seems to take made Samsung Pay available for some users in French republic without an official announcement. One of our readers has sent in screenshots showing Samsung Pay working for a Caisse d'Epargne menu, and Google Play is plain letting users in the land download the Samsung Pay app instead of saying information technology's incompatible. Caisse d'Epargne is one of two banks (the other is Banque Populaire) Samsung said would be supported when Samsung Pay launches in France sometime before summertime, and it looks like the company has made good on its promise.

Samsung Pay comes to France

It'south unclear at this point if everyone in France can use Samsung Pay. It'southward possible the initial rollout is a exam run for some users, although fifty-fifty if that is the instance, information technology shouldn't exist long earlier availability spreads across the state. The all-time fashion to check if you lot're residing in France is to open the Play Store on your phone and see if the Samsung Pay app is downloadable. If Samsung Pay is already installed on your device, open the app and see if it lets you register and commencement adding your cards (you might need to download an update earlier it can be used). The timing is right for Samsung's promise of launching Samsung Pay in France earlier the summer, so an official announcement from the company is probable to arrive before long.

Samsung Pay for France comes with the Samsung Pay Rewards program enabled, and support for more banks will go far in the second half of 2018.