After picking up US support for various membership and loyalty cards back in May, Samsung Pay further beefs up its efforts of one-upping arch-rival digital wallet service Apple Pay in the latter’s home court by launching a new rewards program this week.

This one’s an internal customer-incentivizing plan, giving you points for each and every Samsung Pay purchase, and encouraging you to spend more rather than aiming to reduce physical wallet clutter.

Of course, you’re still encouraged to slim down and maybe even leave that at home once you store everything in the all-accommodating mobile payment resource compatible with select high-end Galaxy phones.

The aptly named Samsung Rewards scheme works “just like a points-based credit card rewards program”, even letting you “double dip” on points, as long as your card’s issuer operates a similar loyalty program.

Depending on how often you make NFC or MST-enabled smartphone payments, you can qualify for one of three loyalty tiers, with support for double, triple and quadruple point gains respectively. Your actual benefits then include various Samsung products, Samsung.com vouchers, Samsung Rewards Visa Prepaid card value, and gift cards to “some of the country’s leading retailers.”

Remember, in-app payments are now also integrated on the fast-rising e-money platform, with online transactions coming soon, and therefore, more chances for Samsung Rewards accumulation.

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