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In recent years, all major U.S. retailers implemented NFC payments except Walmart during the pandemic due to high customer demand.
Not exactly true. Many US retailers besides walmart did not enable NFC during the pandemic and even afterwards for a couple of years. Examples of this were Kroger, Lowe’s and HEB, which didn’t enable it until 2023 or Home Depot which didn’t enable it until 2024 (and still has some stores in the US and all its stores in Mexico without it even now).
 
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I think you’re misunderstanding the sign. It means because of fraud as in the card skimmer they have doesn’t work on tap to pay. I remember a recent story where the store clerks were putting skimmers on card readers. If I saw a place like that, I would walk away or pay cash. I definitely wouldn’t trust them with my card.
I would just leave my stuff. Why would I reward a business with cash for that? I would save the cash for actual small businesses that care about their customers.
 
Not exactly true. Many US retailers besides walmart did not enable NFC during the pandemic and even afterwards for a couple of years. Examples of this were Kroger, Lowe’s and HEB, which didn’t enable it until 2023 or Home Depot which didn’t enable it until 2024 (and still has some stores in the US and all its stores in Mexico without it even now).
You are slightly off. Lowes was in 2024, both Home Depot and HEB were in late 2025, in fact they started enabling them a few days apart in late October.
 
You are slightly off. Lowes was in 2024, both Home Depot and HEB were in late 2025, in fact they started enabling them a few days apart in late October.
I think you have your years mixed up. We're only halfway into 2025 and haven't gotten to October yet. ;)

Lowe's was 2023; Home Depot and H-E-B were 2024.

 
You are slightly off. Lowes was in 2024, both Home Depot and HEB were in late 2025, in fact they started enabling them a few days apart in late October.
Thanks for the correction, but that can’t be: late 2025 is still coming, we’re in may 2025. Either way, my point remains valid that those retailers only enabled apple pay/contactless several years after the covid emergency and never turned it on during the emergency in 2020 when it was needed the most.
 
I think you have your years mixed up. We're only halfway into 2025 and haven't gotten to October yet. ;)

Lowe's was 2023; Home Depot and H-E-B were 2024.

And kroger was 2023 too if I’m not mistaken. My point was that all those retailers did not enable apple pay/contactless in 2020 during the pandemic when it was needed the most, and that remains true regardless of any confusion with the exact dates when those retailers enabled it.
 
I think you have your years mixed up. We're only halfway into 2025 and haven't gotten to October yet. ;)

Lowe's was 2023; Home Depot and H-E-B were 2024.

it was a typo. I meant 2023 for Lowes and Kroger and 2024 for HEB and HD. they did launch the same week though, sometime in October.

I also went to one Fuzzy's Taco location recently and they had finally gotten customer facing pin pads with NFC enabled.
 
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Maybe a test location? The one closest to me doesn't mention anything about Apple Pay etc.


It is very possible to be released in all Winco Food supermarkets for tap to pay and Apple Pay during the fall.

This is what HEB did last year.
 
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I changed the list back. I think that it is testing.

Very possible to be released in all Winco Food supermarkets for tap to pay and Apple Pay during the fall.

This is what HEB did last year.
Another datapoint is that Apple Pay is working with debit only here in Arizona.

They’ll never accept credit but hey Apple Pay works and works great.
 
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I've looked at the payment details for many stores on their store locator, and out of 40 stores that I looked at only 2 had contactless listed, so it is probably a test or very slow rollout.
 
Maybe a test location? The one closest to me doesn't mention anything about Apple Pay etc.
Nonetheless they might have it enabled. Next time you go check the card reader to see if it’s enabled. Sometimes they enable it but don’t put up any signs or stickers to advertise it. That was the case at Randalls (owned by Albertson’s) in 2017, for example.
 
I've looked at the payment details for many stores on their store locator, and out of 40 stores that I looked at only 2 had contactless listed, so it is probably a test or very slow rollout.
Or maybe they’re just slow to update the store locator. I wouldn’t trust it (nor apple maps or google maps), I would go check at my closest location instead.
 
Nonetheless they might have it enabled. Next time you go check the card reader to see if it’s enabled. Sometimes they enable it but don’t put up any signs or stickers to advertise it. That was the case at Randalls (owned by Albertson’s) in 2017, for example.

My closest WinCo is actually pretty far from me so I'm not going to go test it unless it's confirmed that it's rolled out wider than being claimed (and even then...)

Anyway, hopefully they stick with it (versus that one test they did of accepting credit that seemingly never went anywhere).
 
I've actually never been to a Winco, but there is one near my now, that I just moved to this new city, so I'll check one out next time I see one.
 
I am not sure if this was reported before but zappos.com now accepts Apple Pay. I wonder if amazon.com will eventually follow and also offer Apple Pay since amazon owns zappos?
 
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