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Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Walmart announced it will begin accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations starting August 24, with plans to expand the feature nationwide by the end of 2024 and to fuel stations by mid-2027.
- This marks a significant shift for Walmart, which previously rejected popular tap-to-pay options in favor of its own payment systems like Walmart Pay and Scan-and-Go.
- Walmart had even collaborated with other retailers on an alternative mobile payment system, CurrentC, which was discontinued in 2016 after failing to gain traction.
- The move comes after years of customer demand for modern mobile payment options, which are now accepted by 85% of U.S. retailers, highlighting Walmart’s previous disadvantage in payment convenience.
- Walmart frames the adoption of Tap to Pay as an effort to provide customers with more payment choices and make managing money easier at checkout.
