Samsung follows Apple into Chinese mobile payment market
Days after Apple extended its mobile payment service to China, Samsung Electronics has said it will follow suit.
Samsung Pay, already available in the U.S. and South Korea, and will open in China next month. It will open for business in the U.K., Australia, Brazil, Singapore and Spain later this year, with Canada to follow at a later stage, Samsung said Saturday.
Apple Pay is available in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and, since Thursday, China.
Samsung's payment service has about five million registered users, who have spent an average of US$100 each through the service in its first six months, according to company figures.
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