Samsung Pay Arrives for Starling Bank Customers, Offering an Easy and Secure Way to Make Mobile Payments

London, May 2018. Starling Bank, the leading mobile-only bank recently voted Britain’s Best British Bank 2018, has partnered with Samsung Electronics and announced today that Samsung Pay is now available to Starling customers.

This means that Starling customers with Samsung devices will now be able to use Samsung Pay as a fast and secure way to pay almost anywhere that contactless payments are accepted and without ever having to get their card from their wallet.

Samsung Pay is easy to use. Customers launch it by swiping up from the bottom edge of their smartphone screen. They can use iris, fingerprint or PIN to prove their identity, and simply tap their device on a payment terminal to make a payment. Samsung Pay allows customers to use contactless payment for transactions over £30, subject to merchant policies. Samsung Pay also offers exclusive functionality with TfL, that allows users to set a payment card up as ‘transport card’ to use on all TfL services and most National Rail services in London, allowing them to simply tap their phone against the card reader, eliminating the need to wake their phone.

Samsung customers who do not yet have a Starling account, can open one in a matter of minutes and for free, after downloading the app from the Google Play Store.

Julian Sawyer, Chief Operating Officer for Starling, said: “The addition of Samsung Pay to our ever-expanding range of digital wallets is a sign of Starling’s commitment to deliver great customer experience and fast, easy, secure ways to pay. Samsung Pay was requested by our customers and we have delivered on our promise to provide the service and to give users a new kind of banking – one they really want.”

Kyle Brown Head of Technology, Services and Launch Management at Samsung Electronics said: “We’re delighted to be offering Starling Bank’s customers access to Samsung Pay, helping more people to transform the way they pay for day-to-day items with a service that’s very simple and incredibly secure.”

Samsung Pay is currently available on the Galaxy S9, S9+, S8, S8+ and Note 8, S7 and S7 edge, S6, S6 edge and S6 edge+^[1], A3, A5 2017, as well as the Samsung Gear S3 & Samsung Gear Sport smartwatches.

Samsung Pay Arrives for Starling Bank Customers, Offering an Easy and Secure Way to Make Mobile Payments

[1] via software update

ABOUT STARLING PAY

Starling is a completely different kind of bank, launched in May 2017. In retail banking we offer a mobile-only current account on Android and iOS that can be set up in minutes. We also have a free and straightforward business account. In addition, the Starling Marketplace allows customers to access to a wide range of financial products through our app.

Starling is a fintech business with a banking licence, fully regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. It was granted a banking licence by the Bank of England in July 2016. Starling Bank is directly connected to major payment schemes, including Faster Payments and MasterCard.

Starling Bank supports Apple Pay, Fitbit Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay

For more information please visit: www.starlingbank.com

ABOUT SAMSUNG PAY

Samsung Pay is Samsung Electronics’ digital wallet, which enables customers to make purchases directly in a safe, simple and convenient way. Its biometric security functions and NFC provide privacy and peace of mind. Additionally, Samsung’s industry-leading Knox security platform is built into the hardware and software of devices to ensures mobile information and data is secure.

In addition to Starling Bank, Samsung Pay supports American Express, Mastercard and Visa, and cards issued by the Co-operative Bank, Engage, First Direct, HSBC, John Lewis Finance, M&S Bank, MBNA, Nationwide and Santander.

Samsung has worked with Transport for London to allow Samsung Pay users to set a payment card up as ‘transport card’ to use on all TfL services and most National Rail services in London. Users are also able to upload their loyalty cards at selected merchants across the UK, to accumulate and redeem points.