FEED THE WORLD: Samsung Pay Joins with Mastercard to Help the World Food Programme Combat World Hunger

London, UK – 11 December, 2018 – Today marks the launch of a world hunger initiative between Samsung and Mastercard in support of the World Food Programme.

From now until 3^rd January 2019, the value of one school meal^[1] will be donated to the World Food Programme each time a payment transaction is made by a Samsung Pay user in the UK with Mastercard. Donations will support the World Food Programme’s school meals project, which provides daily hot meals to school children in developing countries around the world so they have the energy necessary to focus on their education.

Mark Barnett, president of Mastercard in the UK, said: “We want to reinforce Mastercard’s global commitment of delivering 100 million meals, and we are grateful to Samsung and the critical role they are playing in helping us reach this target and raise awareness of the critical issue of hunger.”

Samsung Pay enables users to make faster and smarter purchases directly via a number of Samsung devices^[2]. The service is currently available with Mastercard through HSBC UK, Santander, John Lewis Partnership Card, M&S Bank, Starling Bank, Danske Bank and Cornercard UK^[3].

Kyle Brown Head of Technology, Services and Launch Management at Samsung Electronics said, “we’ve developed a simple, yet secure service with Samsung Pay and it’s an honour to see our technology contributing towards such an important cause. We encourage all customers with the appropriate device to download the app and get on board the journey.”

About World Food Programme

The United Nations World Food Programme – saving lives in emergencies and changing lives for millions through sustainable development. WFP works in more than 80 countries around the world, feeding people caught in conflict and disasters, and laying the foundations for a better future.

About Mastercard

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[1] The global average cost of a WFP school meal is 20 pence

[2] Samsung Pay is currently available on the Galaxy Note9, Galaxy S9/S9+, Note8, S8/S8+, S7/S7 edge, S6/S6 edge and S6 edge+ (with Android Nougat 7.0 software update), A3 2017, A5 2016 and 2017 devices, J5 2017, Samsung Gear S3, Galaxy Watch and Gear Sport smartwatches (when paired with compatible smartphones running Android 4.4 KitKat and above). Users with a Galaxy Note9, Galaxy S9, S9+, Note8, S8 and S8+ users can use the iris scanner technology to authorise secure payments, providing a new level of biometric security

[3] For further details on compatibility, please contact your card issuer