Samsung has confirmed it will join the re-boot of the digital wallet race in Australia in 2016, becoming the fourth country to get Samsung Pay after South Korea, the US and China.

Like Apple Pay, Samsung will be going with American Express first and add other cards later.

Samsung will offer Samsung Pay later in 2016 on some of its existing and new Galaxy models. Credit:Hannah Francis

American Express payments have been available on Apple Pay since November. Bank issued Visa and MasterCard will initially only work on Android Pay, which is understood to be launching here in April.

The tech giant announced the next roll out of Samsung Pay at Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona at the moment.