Samsung Pay has existed for a few years, but the company has been slow to roll out support in Canada. Only one bank has had Samsung Pay in Canada so far, but now a handful of others are joining the fun. This expansion also brings support for debit cards in addition to credit cards.

Samsung Pay came to Canada just shy of one year ago with support for CIBC bank. That's been the entirety of Samsung Pay support in Canada all this time. Today, Samsung Pay is adding Interac Debit, Scotiabank, American Express Canada, ATB Financial, Visa Canada, and Mastercard. Customers of Tangerine and Peoples Card Services will get support soon as well.

This batch of banks includes support for debit cards, which has not been an option for Samsung Pay in Canada this last year. CIBC has also announced that its debit cards are supported in Samsung Pay now.

Samsung Pay is supported on all recent Samsung phones, but only the high-end devices have MST technology that allows users to pay at almost any store. NFC is also an option, but it's not available in as many places.

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