LG said it would start offering its payments service, to be called LG Pay, through its G6 smartphones that went on sale in South Korea on March 10.
Users would be able to make payments through existing credit card readers via a magnetic signal from the phone, similar to how Samsungs payments system, launched in August 2015, works.
Samsung and Apple are already operating their payments systems in more than 10 markets each, using the service to differentiate their handsets at a time of growing competition and slowing growth in the global smartphone market.
Apple charges fees on transactions made through the system, while Samsung does not.LG did not elaborate on details including whether its payments service would expand to other markets, whether it would be supported on other devices or if it would generate revenue.
The service is expected to be available in South Korea starting June 2017, reports Reuters.
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