Samsung Pay now available in Spanish gas stations, retail shops

Samsung Electronics’ mobile payment Samsung Pay has landed in Europe, with Spain as the first country in the continent to introduce the service.

This secure and simple mobile payments service that works with a contactless credit or debit card is now accepted in business establishments equipped with contactless terminals such as retail, food and service stations, parking services sectors and even in Spain’s premier museum Museo Nacional del Prado.

According to the company’s news release, Samsung Pay can now be used in gas stations such as Cepsa and Repsol, Saba parking services, food outlets such as Cervecería La Sureña, Domino’s Pizza, Fridays, Ginos, Rodilla, Starbucks, The Good Burger, The Wok, VIPS, VIPSmart, 100 Montaditos, and retail stores and supermarkets such as El Corte Inglés, Grupo DIA, MediaMarkt, Mercadona, and Phone House, with more to follow in due course.

The service is already available for customers of CaixaBank and imaginBank, and soon for Abanca and Banco Sabadell clients. It is compatible with payments networks, including Visa and Mastercard.

NFC-enabled, Samsung Pay-ready devices include the Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S6, S6 edge and S6 edge+, with specific availability varying by local operator. The Galaxy A5 2016 will also support Samsung Pay in the coming weeks.

“The opportunity for Samsung Pay in Spain is significant, due to the high smartphone penetration rate and the digitalisation of the banking sector. Moreover, according to recent research commissioned by Samsung, nearly six in 10 Spaniards are interested in incorporating a secure, simple and widely accepted payments service like Samsung Pay into their lives,” said Celestino García, Corporate Vice President, Samsung Spain.

Samsung Pay was previously launched in South Korea, United States, and China, and is set to expand in Australia, Singapore, Brazil, and the United Kingdom later in the year.