Walmart begins rolling out tap-to-pay, adding Apple Pay and Google Pay nationwide

The retailer will finally allow the tap-to-pay options at select Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, with plans to roll out to all locations by the end of the year.

Walmart will begin to support contactless payment methods at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations

The new payment methods will be integrated across all of Walmart's physical stores by the end of the year, as well as on its websites and mobile applications.

Walmart and Sam's Club stores will soon accept contactless "Tap to Pay" payment methods, including Apple Pay.

Walmart is finally embracing Apple Pay and Google Pay, with tap-to-pay rolling out August 24 and reaching all U.S. stores by the end of 2026.

Walmart will let shoppers use tap-to-pay methods, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, beginning later this month.

Walmart: When we think about convenience, we think about a lot of things, but making shopping feel simpler and more seamless from start to finish is a big part. And one of the moments where that matters most is at checkout. 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. Now, beginning Aug. 24, we will be adding Tap to Pay to our payment options at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations, with plans to roll it out to all U.S. stores and clubs by the end of 2026 and to fuel stations by mid-2027. When I think about convenience, I think about CurrentC, scanning stupid-ass QR codes, and waiting 12 years to adopt Apple Pay.  ★ 

Walmart announced that Tap to Pay is coming to its stores, which is actually kind of nuts in 2026. Its one of this country’s largest retailers, so the fact that it’s taken this long is pretty wild. Regardless, it’s coming and Google Pay will be very much supported. Tap to Pay will begin its rollout... Read the original post: Finally: Walmart Gets Tap to Pay, Google Pay Supported

Walmart was one of the last big retailers to not accept tap-to-pay. Now what happens to Walmart Pay?

Apple Pay is one of the most popular mobile payment methods in the world. You can use it nearly anywhere where there is a mobile payment terminal. But for well over a decade, one major retailer—Walmart—would not support Apple Pay. Now that’s changing. Here’s what you need to know. Walmart announces tap-to-pay support When Apple launched Apple Pay in 2014, it kicked off the mobile payment boom. For the first time since the smartphone era began in 2007 with the launch of the iPhone, users could finally use their device to easily pay for goods at any properly equipped contactless payment terminal. But with Apple Pay’s launch and its popularity, other tech companies quickly entered the mobile payments arena. This included Samsung’s Samsung Pay and Google’s Android Pay, now known as Google Pay.  But while the tech giants all quickly adopted tap-to-pay technology in their phones—and many retailers quickly moved to support the tech- there were some big holdouts. The most notable of those was Walmart. For America’s big box retail giant, and other retailers who initially held out, the fact that Apple Pay went to great lengths to protect users’ privacy and payment data hindered the retailers’ ability to build profiles around their customers. As an alternative, several retailers, initially including Walmart, tried to launch a competing Apple Pay service known as CurrentC. That payment service was plagued by technical difficulties and used QR codes instead of NFC to process payments. Walmart ultimately left the CurrentC consortium and launched its own mobile payments platform, Walmart Pay, in 2016. (CurrentC shut down that same year.) But since the launch of Walmart Pay, which allows the company to track spending data around its customers, Walmart has not adopted tap-to-pay solutions like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Until now. Apple Pay and Google Pay coming to Walmart stores Today, Walmart announced that it will begin rolling out tap-to-pay in select stores and Sam’s Club locations next week.  The payment solution, which encompasses most NFC-enabled payment platforms like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, will be available in all Walmart and Sam’s Club stores by the end of 2026, according to the company. Fast Company has reached out to Walmart for comment. Is Walmart Pay being discontinued? No. While Walmart will finally support Apple Pay and Google Pay, it is not retiring its own proprietary payment solution. “Tap to Pay is a great addition to the other payment options already offered like cash, credit card or Walmart Pay—where customers can use the Walmart app to pay, view purchases and receipts, as well as access Walmart+ fuel savings,” Walmart said in a press release. Why is Walmart finally supporting Apple Pay? In its announcement, which did not mention Apple Pay by name, Walmart said the “Tap to Pay gives customers and members another familiar and convenient way to pay at checkout using contactless payment methods.” The company added, “It all comes back to giving customers and members more choice and making everyday shopping a little easier—from how they manage their money to how they pay at checkout.” Of course, another likely big driver behind the decision is the fact that the company’s customers have been very vocal about their unhappiness with America’s largest physical retailer’s refusal to support a payment technology now built into nearly every smartphone sold in the country.

The retailer will begin adding tap-to-pay options at select stores on Aug. 24, with full rollout expected by end of 2026

Walmart will soon allow you to pay for your items with Google Pay or Apple Pay. In an announcement on Friday, Walmart says it's going to bring tap-to-pay capabilities to "select" Walmart and Sam's Club locations starting August 24th, before rolling out support to all US stores by the end of 2026 and gas stations […]

Walmart will soon begin accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay nationwide. The announcement reverses a longstanding position by the retailer.

Walmart is adding tap to pay at its checkouts from Monday, ending more than a decade of refusing the technology. The retailer will not say so in those terms. Its announcement does not use the word Apple once. The rollout starts at selected Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations on 24 August, the company said. […] This story continues at The Next Web

Walmart, America's retail giant, is finally giving in to Apple Pay. Customers will soon be able to easily pay with an iPhone or Apple Watch. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

After years of refusing to adopt tap-to-pay technology in its stores, retail giant Walmart announced today that it is finally accepting payments via both Apple Pay and Google Pay. The rollout begins August 24 at select Walmart and Sam's Club locations and is expected to reach all stores by year-end. It will then expand to fuel stations by mid-2027. TechCrunch reports: The news is a surprise, as Walmart has long refused to adopt the ubiquitous payment technology to instead promote its own in-house solutions, like Walmart Pay and Scan-and-Go. In years past, Walmart even teamed up with other big retailers in an attempt to take down Apple Pay entirely with an alternative mobile payment system of their own, called CurrentC. The effort failed and was shut down back in 2016. All the while, Walmart customers have begged the company to support modern tap-and-pay technology, like Apple Pay, which is now accepted at 85% of retailers across the U.S., including most larger stores. For Walmart, the decision reads as a defeat. As one of the world's largest retailers, it believed it could push customers to its own payment solutions despite the growing adoption of Apple Pay and others of its kind. Ultimately, it had to admit that it was disadvantaging its own customers in the process. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Walmart said it is adding tap-to-pay to its checkout stations starting this week, allowing contactless cards, as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay.

By the end of this year, shoppers will finally be able to use Apple Pay and Google Pay in Walmart stores, ending years of frustration that the retailer didn't support what is now a nearly ubiquitous payment option.

Starting August 24, WalMart is expanding its payment options with tap to pay, after years of not allowing payment services like Apple Pay and Google Pay.Walmart would much rather you use Walmart PayWalmart quietly announced the news in a press release on Friday, going out of its way to not name services that the new tap to pay system will allow. We have confirmed that Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Wallet will all work with the new system.In it, the company says that the initiative will be complete in Walmart and Sam's Club stores by the end of 2026. Gas stations will get the service in 2027. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

After years of holding out, Walmart today announced that it will finally begin accepting tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay in some of its Walmart and Sam's Club stores in the U.S. starting Monday, August 24. The retailer plans to roll out tap-to-pay support to all of its U.S. stores by the end of 2026 and to its gas stations by mid-2027. "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, in a press release. Other major U.S. retailers like The Home Depot, Lowe's, Kroger, and Texas-based grocery store chain H-E-B already reversed course and rolled out tap-to-pay support in recent years, leaving Walmart as one of the most notable remaining holdouts until now. Before this, Walmart prioritized its own Walmart Pay system that involves scanning a QR code at checkout, but it has finally listened to customer feedback and decided to accept NFC-based tap-to-pay options like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay at its U.S. stores. Tap-to-pay support extends to physical credit and debit cards. With Apple Pay, launched in 2014, you can simply hold your iPhone or Apple Watch near the payment terminal to pay with a digital version of an eligible credit or debit card stored in the Apple Wallet app. Apple Pay has a lot of privacy protections, including hiding a customer's actual credit card number during the payment process. Walmart has already accepted Apple Pay in its Canadian stores since 2020.Related Roundup: Apple PayTag: WalmartRelated Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+This article, "Walmart to Begin Accepting Apple Pay in U.S. Stores" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums