Samsung Pay will have 50 percent market share in Asia

Maybe Samsung isn’t doing all that great in the smartphones department, but it has high expectations from its mobile payment service that will be introduced in China early next year.

So high, in fact, that Hyundai Securities is predicting a 50 percent market share in China, and a significant share globally, too. The news was first reported on by ETNews.

Samsung is expected to achieve this goal with the help of UnionPay and Alibaba. According to SamMobile, UnionPay controls 73 percent of the Asian markets, and all the debit and credit cards issued by the company can be used in 150 countries and at 26 million affiliated stores.

Alibaba, on the other hand, controls 75 percent of the Chinese e-commerce market.

Hyundai Securities estimates that some 200 million Samsung smartphones will come with Samsung Pay preloaded next year.

"Because Samsung Pay has quickly settled itself in South Korea, it is expected that it will expand towards Chinese and the U.S. markets", said Kim Chul-young who is a researcher for Hyundai Securities Co., Ltd. "Cellphone payment service businesses and module businesses will also benefit from this".

This year, Samsung Pay was available on just four models: Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge Plus, and Galaxy Note 5. However Samsung Electronics is planning to apply Samsung Pay to inexpensive models too next year to quickly expand influence of Samsung Pay.

Those will include the Galaxy A5 (2016), and the Galaxy A7 (2016).