Samsung began merging its Pay and Pass platforms earlier this summer. The result is Samsung Wallet — a new app that fulfills the functions of Pay and Pass while adding new features. In their latest launch, Samsung Wallet has gone live in Qatar and South Africa and you can find out more about it below. 

Initially, Samsung Wallet was available in eight countries, including China, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Spain, the USA, and the UK. However, the company announced last month that Samsung Wallet is coming to thirteen more countries before the end of the year, including Bahrain, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam, and UAE.

Samsung Wallet has gone live in Qatar and South Africa, enabling users to store and use their digital payment, loyalty, membership and identity cards, digital keys, boarding passes and other credentials on their compatible Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

Samsung has launched the multipurpose digital wallet app in the two countries with support for credit, debit and prepaid cards issued by banks including Commercial Bank of Qatar, Dukhan Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, Qatar International Islamic Bank and QNB in Qatar and by Absa, Capitec, Discovery Bank, First National Bank, Nedbank and Standard Bank in South Africa.

Samsung Wallet also went live in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland last month with support for cards issued by SEB in Denmark and by Swedbank, SEB, Nordea, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Eurocard, ICA Banken, SAS, Ecster, Skandia, Länsförsäkringar, Volvofinans, First Card, SVEA, Klarna, Re: member, Edenred, Circle K, Coop and Marginalen Bank in Sweden.

Support for cards issued by SEB in Denmark and Norway is “coming soon”, according to a Samsung support page. Find out all the latest Samsung wallet news.