Samsung pay in Ireland when will it be available

[TM01]

Hi does anyone know when Samsung pay will be available in Ireland.Apple I phone have it available is there a reason why Samsung can't do it. 

[BandOfBrothers]

Isn't Samsung Pay availability governed by your own Bank letting you use the service ?

That's how it is in the UK @TM01

[TM01]

I will give it a go thanks BOB

[galaxywatchirl]

Any luck getting the Samsung Pay to work in Ireland? Thanks

[loughrey101]

No, in this case the banks have nothing to do with it. Samsung simply haven't made the service available to any bank in Ireland yet and I don't see it ever happening as they don't have a big enough of a consumer base in Ireland to make it worthwhile. Google Pay is the only option for Android users. For me, it makes their smartwatches practically worthless in Ireland as it's missing a major hardware and software feature. 

[Duckofdeath]

It does smell like one bank signed up for an exclusive deal with Samung and then just tucked the project away in a forgotten archive to never be opened again. I'm not pointing any fingers, but there is one prominent bank in Ireland that doesn't do anything mobile pay related.