Tag: Samsung

Grab and Samsung Collaborate to Drive Digital in Southeast Asia

Grab and Samsung have partnered together to enhance digital inclusion efforts across Southeast Asia. And according to the press release, this collaboration benefits everyone from the customer to the driver.

MasterCard’s Payments-Integrated Fridge Leaves Futurists Cold

When MasterCard used the Consumer Electronic Show on Tuesday (Jan. 5) to unveil its Groceries By MasterCard program, it was an all-too-common payments trend: the introduction of an interesting product with long-term potential, but with the initial version being so limited as to be almost pointless.

The idea behind the Groceries introduction is compelling. The concept is that the card brand would integrate payments deep within Samsung’s new Family Hub refrigerator, a first-class example of the Internet Of Things becoming reality. That is until you start asking questions.