Walmart to Begin Accepting Apple Pay in U.S. Stores

[CookeeTim]

On the one hand, cool I guess.

On the other, another place where I will see annoying people using their phone for everything, thinking thats the end for all means.

 

[mwhite]

Who stays in Walmart long enough to charge ⚡️ their car? 🚘 ⚡️💡🔋🔌

WalMart doesn't exist where I live. They tried, but were run out of town before they could even set foot here.

 

[turbineseaplane]

WalMart doesn't exist where I live. They tried, but were run out of town before they could even set foot here.

I'm jealous. That really should be the reaction everywhere.

If you let them in, they nuke your town (particularly if it's small, where they then put everything out of business and impoverish the entire area)

 

[mwhite]

On the one hand, cool I guess.

On the other, another place where I will see annoying people using their phone for everything, thinking thats the end for all means.

What do you care if people use their phone to pay?

 

[surferfb]

You could always use your phone. Just with their app.

I use scan and go at Walmart, I'm missing out on that "drama" I feel cheated 🥲

Good to know - I don't have the app - the closest Walmart to me is 30 minutes away without traffic (and there's always traffic); only go a few times a year when visiting my wife's mom. But literally every time I pull out my phone and try to use Apple Pay.

Watch next time I go, I'll forget they've changed, finally remember they "don't accept Apple Pay," and pull out a credit card 🤣

 

[mwhite]

I'm jealous. That really should be the reaction everywhere.

If you let them in, they nuke your town (particularly if it's small, where they then put everything out of business and impoverish the entire area)

Walmart isn't powerful enough to nuke this town. Even Amazon couldn't get what they wanted.

 

[RavynArcadia]

About damn time. Took them long enough.

 

[jooish]

Better late than never. I grocery shop primarily at Aldi, but Walmart does have a few things I need from time to time, so this is good news.

My go-to grocers for "foods" with bio-engineered ingredients.

 

[RavynArcadia]

You could always use your phone. Just with their app.

Why would I want to use Walmart's crappy app?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Why would I want to use Walmart's crappy app?

Nobody wanted to, but it was the only way to pay with your phone.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Who stays in Walmart long enough to charge ⚡️ their car? 🚘 ⚡️💡🔋🔌

Who cares? It's just more spots for non-EV cars to park! Hopefully they're up-front so I don't have to walk so far... 🙂

 

[gmanist1000]

We want customers and members to have choice in how they pay, so they can check out in the way that works best for them," said Walmart

That’s hilarious considering they could have provided “choice” since Apple Pay launched 12 years ago

 

[turbineseaplane]

Who stays in Walmart long enough to charge ⚡️ their car? 🚘 ⚡️💡🔋🔌

I do. I usually shop a bit and use the restroom.

 

[rjp1]

Who stays in Walmart long enough to charge ⚡️ their car? 🚘 ⚡️💡🔋🔌

People buying groceries. A lot of grocery stores have added charging stations for this very reason.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

On the one hand, cool I guess.

On the other, another place where I will see annoying people using their phone for everything, thinking thats the end for all means.

I pay with my Apple Watch practically everywhere. It's very convenient as it's already on my arm, and takes 5 seconds.

 

[benroberts3]

Jennifer Bailey can retire with a massive win. Walmart was the last holdout in the retail space.

Would love to hear if there are any obscure retail locations globally that still don’t take Apple Pay.

 

[fatTribble]

The checkout people at the Walmart near my mother in-law will be so happy they no longer have to remind me "can't use your phone" literally every single time I go to pay. 🤣

Maybe those checkout people got so tired of you trying to pay with your iPhone that they complained to the executives. Well done! 👏
🤭

 

[ignatius345]

I wonder what made them change their mind? Everyone assumed that Walmart loved cherished that data they were getting from people’s credit cards 💳 and now with Apple 🍎 Pay that will of course be irrelevant and customers card info will be Private.

Maybe they're hoovering up enough data from Vizio to make up for it 🙂

 

[gmajumdar0096]

It will now accept tap to pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay because of Walmart’s strong drop in the stock market recently in USA in order to satisfy their customers and workers.

Corporate rule does not work.

So, in USA, expect tap to pay to be turned on for their card readers in all Walmart stores and Sam's Club stores in November when it starts doing Christmas sales.

 

[sziehr]

Please we WON, the war is finally over,

 

[bniu]

Goes well with the quarterly earnings statement by Walmart the other day that showed slowing growth. Execs think best way to get more people is give them payment options.

Number 1 rule of business: Don’t get in the way when your customers are trying to hand you money!

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Thank god. There's been at least two times where I almost had to abandon a $100+ cart because I only had my phone on me. Luckily my wife had an emergency card somewhere we were able to use.

 

[DocMultimedia]

Finally. Now the 1 time a year I stumble into Walmart I can use Apple Pay haha.

Same. But more like once every three years for me. Usually when I need cleaning supplies after I’ve fixed something in my house that made a giant mess.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

Jennifer Bailey can retire with a massive win. Walmart was the last holdout in the retail space.

Would love to hear if there are any obscure retail locations globally that still don’t take Apple Pay.

Apple Pay is also launching in India in October, the month she is retiring.

Walmart and India were easily the top two "Apple Pay when?" things online.

 

[fatTribble]

Who stays in Walmart long enough to charge ⚡️ their car? 🚘 ⚡️💡🔋🔌

People who are charging their car