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).
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Lowe's home improvement stores across the United States have finally started accepting Apple Pay. Apple Pay has been available in the Lowe's...The Home Depot and H-E-B Finally Rolling Out Apple Pay in Stores
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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 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.
Lowe's Retail Stores Now Accept Apple Pay
Lowe's home improvement stores across the United States have finally started accepting Apple Pay. Apple Pay has been available in the Lowe's...The Home Depot and H-E-B Finally Rolling Out Apple Pay in Stores
The Home Depot has finally caved and started rolling out the ability to pay with Apple Pay and other tap-to-pay payment methods at some of its U.S....
Maybe a test location? The one closest to me doesn't mention anything about Apple Pay etc.
Another datapoint is that Apple Pay is working with debit only here in Arizona.
Did you go to this location https://www.wincofoods.com/stores/win-co-foods-chandler-129/4689 or another one shows it but the rest in AZ don't. If you did then it's likely enabled at all stores if you didn't then it's probably either being tested at certain locations or is being rolled out soon.
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.
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.
