How to Use Samsung Pay to Make a Payment with Your Phone

It’s the blue icon that says “Pay.” You’ll usually find it on the home screen or in the app drawer.
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Tap Start on the welcome screen.
- If you’ve already set up a Samsung account, it should appear on this screen. If not, you’ll be asked to sign in now.
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Create a Samsung Pay PIN. You will use this PIN for payment authentication and app protection.
- If supported by your phone, you can elect to use your fingerprint for Samsung Pay. You’ll still have to create a PIN as a backup.
Select the option that describes the type of payment method you’re adding. For this method, we’ll assume you’re adding a credit or debit card.
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Align your credit or debit card into the camera frame. Place the card face-up on a table and make sure it’s aligned within the frame. The app will capture the card number and details automatically.
- If the app doesn’t capture the card information properly, tap Enter card manually and enter it yourself.
This includes the card’s security code and expiration date, and your postal code.
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Verify the card. You can choose to do this by SMS, Email, or CALL BACK. Here’s how:
- Enter a phone number or email address as required by the method you selected.
- Write down or remember the code you receive from Samsung Pay.
- Enter the code into Samsung Pay. If the code is automatically detected, just move to the next step.
- Tap Submit.
The card you added will be set as your favorite payment method. If you don’t want this to happen, remove the check mark from “Add to favorite” before tapping Done.

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Making a Payment

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It’s the blue icon that says “Pay.” You’ll usually find it on the home screen or in the app drawer.
This opens the Favorites menu.
If you set up your fingerprint or iris scanning for Samsung Pay, scan your finger or eye now as per the on-screen instructions.
Skip this step if you scanned your fingerprint or iris.
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Tap the back of your phone to the NFC/Card reader. Your purchase will be deducted from your default payment method.
- Tap RETRY if it doesn’t work the first time.

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Adding a Card

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It’s the blue icon that says “Pay.” You’ll usually find it on the home screen or in the app drawer.
It’s in the top row of icons.
It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Line up your card in the camera frame. This will capture the number on the card.
- If the number is not captured, tap Enter card manually and then enter the numbers yourself.
This includes the card’s security code and expiration date, and your postal code.
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Verify the card. You can choose to do this by SMS, Email, or CALL BACK. Here’s how:
- Enter a phone number or email address as required by the method you selected.
- Write down or remember the code you receive from Samsung Pay.
- Enter the code into Samsung Pay. If the code is automatically detected, just move to the next step.
- Tap Submit.
The card you added will be set as your favorite payment method. If you don’t want this to happen, remove the check mark from “Add to favorite” before tapping Done.

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Removing a Card

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It’s the blue icon that says “Pay.” You’ll usually find it on the home screen or in the app drawer.
It’s in the top row of icons.
It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
A confirmation message will appear.
A verification screen will appear.
Once your identity is verified, the card will be removed from Samsung Pay.