Samsung opened up its new Wallet app at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Wednesday, joining Apple and Google in the market for electronic storage and scanning of tickets, memberships and discounts via smartphones. The company’s announcement comes two days after it said it had entered a worldwide agreement with Visa to offer the latter’s PayWave near field communication payment system. Wallet, however, does not support NFC, unlike Google Wallet — which Samsung offers in some of its smartphones.
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Samsung Adds Its 2 Cents to the Digital Wallet Market
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 27, 2013 02:48 PMSamsung opened up its new Wallet app at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Wednesday, joining Apple and Google in the market for electronic storage and scanning of tickets, memberships and discounts via smartphones. The company’s announcement comes two days after it said it had entered a worldwide agreement with Visa to offer the latter’s PayWave near field communication payment system. Wallet, however, does not support NFC, unlike Google Wallet — which Samsung offers in some of its smartphones.