You'll soon be able to shop online using Samsung Pay

Samsung Pay, Samsung's mobile payment service, is going to become a lot more useful to U.S users in the new year.

A report from Reuters says Samsung will expand Samsung Pay with online payment support, putting it in direct competition with the likes of PayPal and Visa Checkout.

Letting users pay for online purchases using Samsung Pay would also give Samsung's service an edge over Apple Pay, which lets users pay for things within apps, but not directly online.

Thomas Ko, Samsung Pay's global co-general manager, told Reuters, "wider handset availability of Samsung Pay as well as online payment support is coming soon." Read more...