A quick hunt connected Twitter reveals that Walmart faces galore requests to judge Apple Pay connected a regular basis, but the big-box retailer inactive does not judge the iPhone's tap-to-pay work astatine its implicit 4,700 stores crossed the United States.
Walmart has alternatively committed to its ain payments work called Walmart Pay, disposable done the Walmart app connected the iPhone. Instead of utilizing NFC exertion similar Apple Pay and galore different mobile wallets, Walmart Pay allows customers to scan a QR codification displayed astatine checkout to wage for their acquisition with a outgo paper stored successful the app.
"We bash not judge NFC and alternatively person implemented convenient solutions, specified arsenic Walmart Pay, that supply our customers easy, touchless payments connected immoderate smartphone," a Walmart spokesperson told MacRumors this week. "We person besides invested successful innovative technologies that spell beyond payments, specified arsenic Scan & Go, which let Sam's Club and Walmart+ members to bypass the checkout altogether."
There are surely immoderate benefits for Walmart successful pushing its ain mobile payments service, including getting much customers to download the Walmart app, being capable to way a customer's acquisition history, and avoiding Apple Pay fees, but it's wide that Walmart is ignoring 1 of its customers' astir predominant requests arsenic a result.
Apple Pay launched conscionable implicit 8 years ago, connected October 20, 2014. In a property merchandise earlier this year, Apple said that Apple Pay is accepted astatine much than 90 percent of U.S. retailers, with immoderate large holdouts including Walmart, The Home Depot, Lowe's, and Kroger. Walmart did commencement accepting Apple Pay successful Canada successful precocious 2020.
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