“Over the past several months, we’ve worked hard to rapidly expand the availability of Samsung Wallet, bringing the platform to more potential users. We look forward to sharing exciting new developments in the year ahead,” said Samsung Electronics executive vice president and head of digital wallet team at mobile experience business Jeanie Han.

Last year, Samsung launched the Samsung Wallet platform and expanded its services in 21 countries — Bahrain, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam, UAE, the UK and the US.

Samsung Wallet is planning to collaborate with trusted partners and developers to expand the app further.

Samsung says the app goes beyond to safeguard consumers’ data by storing it in a secure environment where it’s protected from malware and other potential threats.

This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 24 January 2023.