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THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electronics’ mobile payment tool -- Samsung Pay -- boasted 6.44 million monthly users in September, data showed on Oct. 18.
According to the data compiled by industry tracker WiseApp on Android users, the number of Samsung Pay users in September was double the 3.22 million users posted a year earlier.
The figure is based on the number of people who used the application at least once a month.
The survey involved 2,300 Korean users of Android-powered phones, the industry tracker said. The combined number of Android users in Korea is estimated at 37 million.
ISP/Paybooc followed with 3.99 million users, while Shinhan Fan posted 2.64 million users. Toss had 2.2 million users.
By Alex Lee and newswires (
alexlee@heraldcorp.com)