Author: Joe Rossignol
After years of holding out, Walmart today announced that it will finally begin accepting tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay and Google Pay in some of its Walmart and Sam's Club stores in the U.S. starting Monday, August 24. The retailer plans to roll out tap-to-pay support to all of its U.S. stores by the end of 2026 and to its gas stations by mid-2027.
"We want customers and members to have choice in how they pay, so they can check out in the way that works best for them," said Walmart, in a press release.
Other major U.S. retailers like The Home Depot, Lowe's, Kroger, and Texas grocery store chain H-E-B already reversed course and rolled out tap-to-pay support in recent years, leaving Walmart as one of the most notable remaining holdouts until now.
Last year, a Walmart spokesperson informed MacRumors that the retailer was focused on its own payment technologies in the Walmart app, including QR code-based Walmart Pay, but inevitably it has finally listened to customer feedback and decided to accept tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay at its U.S. stores.
Launched in 2014, Apple Pay has a lot of privacy protections, including hiding a customer's actual credit card number during the payment process.
Walmart has already accepted Apple Pay in its Canadian stores since 2020.
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After years of holding out, Walmart today announced that it will finally begin accepting tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay and Google Pay in some of its Walmart and Sam's Club stores in the U.S. starting Monday, August 24. The retailer plans to roll out tap-to-pay support to all of its U.S. stores by the end of 2026 and to its gas stations by mid-2027.
"We want customers and members to have choice in how they pay, so they can check out in the way that works best for them," said Walmart, in a press release.
Other major U.S. retailers like The Home Depot, Lowe's, Kroger, and Texas grocery store chain H-E-B already reversed course and rolled out tap-to-pay support in recent years, leaving Walmart as one of the most notable remaining holdouts until now.
Last year, a Walmart spokesperson informed MacRumors that the retailer was focused on its own payment technologies in the Walmart app, including QR code-based Walmart Pay, but inevitably it has finally listened to customer feedback and decided to accept tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay at its U.S. stores.
Launched in 2014, Apple Pay has a lot of privacy protections, including hiding a customer's actual credit card number during the payment process.
Walmart has already accepted Apple Pay in its Canadian stores since 2020.
Related Roundup: Apple Pay
Tag: Walmart
Related Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
This article, "Walmart to Begin Accepting Apple Pay in U.S. Stores" first appeared on MacRumors.com
Discuss this article in our forums
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