LG电子宣布开发自家移动支付系统LG Pay

 　　Nov 19 LG Electronics Inc said on Thursday it signed an agreement to develop its own mobile payment service called LG Pay.

　　LG电子在11月19日表示已签署一份协议，将研发自己的移动支付服务系统，名为“LG Pay”。

　　LG, which signed the agreement with South Korea's largest and second-largest credit card firms Shinhan Card Co Ltd and KB Kookmin Card Co Ltd, did not give a timetable or description of its planned technology.

　　LG电子与韩国前两大信用卡公司Shinhan Card与KBKookmin Card签订协议，不过并未就计划中的这项技术提供时间表或描述。

　　The mobile payment market is getting crowded as smartphone makers¹ like Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have launched their own mobile payment services.

　　由于苹果与三星电子业已推出他们的移动支付服务，移动支付市场已渐趋拥挤。

　　LG Electronics' mobile payment system will be able to be used in all LG smartphones, unlike Samsung Pay which is available only in the recent Samsung smartphone models, South Korean wire service Yonhap reported on Thursday, without citing a specific source.

　　根据韩国联合通讯社周四报导，只要是LG电子的智能手机，就能使用LG的移动支付系统；这与三星电子的“Samsung Pay”不同，三星的移动支付只适用于自家新近推出的智能手机。不过报导并未点明消息来源。

　　An LG spokesman declined to comment on the report.

　　LG电子发言人对此项报道拒绝做出评论。

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