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[MWC 2014] It was some time last week when we brought you word that Samsung might unveil a working partnership of sorts with PayPal at this week’s Mobile World Congress, and it seemed that such a rumor was right on the money. In fact, PayPal has made an announcement that the recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy S5 will have the honor of being the first smartphone from the South Korean manufacturer to be able to login and shop at any merchant that accepts PayPal on mobile, as well as in stores, using not one’s signature, but rather, a fingerprint. Such a new secure biometric feature could translate to the Galaxy S5 not requiring its users to remember passwords or login details whenever one wants to pay using one’s PayPal account.

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PayPal To Support Fingerprint Authorization For Payments Via Samsung Galaxy S5 original content from Ubergizmo.

PayPal is one of the leaders in the mobile payments space, so it won’t surprise anyone if it teams up with one of the largest mobile vendors in the world. Recently it was rumored that Apple is working on a payments solution of its own, that it was said that PayPal wants in on that service, even if its just allowed to handle the backend. While that partnership is yet to materialize, its possible that at the Samsung MWC 2014 event, a partnership between PayPal and the Korean juggernaut may be announced.

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Samsung MWC 2014 Event May Unveil Partnership With PayPal original content from Ubergizmo.

Not too long ago it was rumored that Apple is working on a new mobile payments service that will facilitate the purchase of physical goods through millions of its mobile devices. It was also said that Apple executives have already met with several key players in the industry to discuss plans, concrete proof of its mobile payment service plans is yet to surface though. According to a new report by re/code, apparently eBay owned mobile payments juggernaut PayPal is interested in joining forces with Cupertino on this project.

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PayPal Wants In On Apple’s Rumored Mobile Payments Service [Report] original content from Ubergizmo.

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PayPal is one of the most well known and widely used solutions for online payments. The service is used by millions of people around the world who wish to shop online. Users might find it irritating to be redirected to PayPal’s website from the online store they’re checking out from. Users are redirected so that they can punch in their credentials and authorize the transaction. The payments company is now working on a new solution called In-Context Checkout which will make the entire process seamless. Users won’t have to leave the online store, rather they’ll authorize the transaction through a pop-up window.

Billing and shipping information is entered in the pop-up, thus eliminating the need to visit PayPal’s website to do just that. Only a few online stores are currently testing out this new method, but the company confirms that larger retailers will start using it in the first half of this year. Those who don’t want to checkout altogether can opt for PayPal’s Beacon payment system. It is also being testing at a small scale right now. PayPal has expanded Beacon to retailers in Canada, Germany, France and the UK. If tests work out fine, this service is expected to launch within the next few months.

PayPal Working To Make Online Payments Seamless original content from Ubergizmo.