Samsung Wallet adds Scan to Pay QR payments in South Africa
Galaxy owners in South Africa can now pay by scanning a QR code from inside Samsung Wallet, using the Scan to Pay network operated by EFT Corp. It works in store and online at participating merchants.
What changed
Galaxy owners in South Africa can now pay by scanning a QR code from inside Samsung Wallet, using the Scan to Pay network operated by EFT Corp. It works in store and online at participating merchants.
What changed
Samsung has added Scan to Pay, the South African QR payment scheme provided by EFT Corp, as a payment feature inside Samsung Wallet. The flow is to open the wallet, scan the merchant's QR code and confirm, with Samsung Knox and biometric authentication handling approval, so no physical card is presented. Samsung puts the existing Scan to Pay footprint at more than 600,000 acceptance locations and over 19 million app inclusions across banking and fintech apps, meaning the change is a new consumer entry point into an established acceptance network rather than a new acceptance network. Availability is limited to participating merchants.
What merchants must do
South African merchants already displaying Scan to Pay QR codes need no integration work, but should brief store staff that customers may now present the code from Samsung Wallet rather than a bank app. Merchants not yet on the Scan to Pay network should treat this as a reason to check acceptance coverage with their acquirer.