Samsung, Visa deal adds payWave mobile payments to phones
02/25, 4:55pm
Future NFC-enabled Samsung devices to have app preloaded
Visa and Samsung has inked a deal that could help speed up the adoption of mobile payments globally. The initiative will see the phone manufacturer preload the Visa payWave applet onto future devices that use NFC technology, as well as helping financial institutions to push payment information to the mobile devices as an over-the-air update, for storage directly on the device.