Walmart nonetheless doesn’t settle for Apple Pay at its greater than 4,600 shops throughout the U.S., and it stood agency on its reasoning for that as we speak.
A spokesperson for Walmart as we speak knowledgeable MacRumors that its place on contactless funds has not modified since we final reached out in regards to the matter in 2022. The massive-box retailer mentioned it stays targeted by itself handy fee applied sciences out there within the Walmart app, together with Walmart Pay and Cell Scan & Go.
Walmart Pay permits clients to scan a QR code displayed at checkout to pay for his or her buy with a fee card saved within the Walmart app. Scan & Go permits Walmart+ members to avoid wasting time by scanning barcodes on gadgets whereas they store, reasonably than having to scan all the gadgets at a self-checkout register later.
The spokesperson mentioned the next assertion nonetheless stands:
We don’t settle for NFC and as an alternative have applied handy options, equivalent to Walmart Pay, that present our clients straightforward, touchless funds on any smartphone. We now have additionally invested in progressive applied sciences that transcend funds, equivalent to Scan & Go, which permit Sam’s Membership and Walmart+ members to bypass the checkout altogether, offering a really touchless procuring expertise.
Apple Pay launched greater than 10 years in the past, and it was accepted at greater than 90 p.c of U.S. retailers as of 2022, in keeping with Apple. Another main Apple Pay holdouts within the U.S. have reversed course and began accepting it over the previous few years, together with The House Depot, Lowe’s, Kroger, and Texas grocery retailer chain H-E-B, leaving Walmart as one of many nation’s solely main retailers to not settle for Apple Pay.
Walmart has accepted Apple Pay in Canada since 2020.
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