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Walmart Sticks to Walmart Pay, Rejects Apple Pay

1/19/2026

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Story summary
  • Walmart continues to reject Apple Pay at its U.S. stores, making it one of the last major retailers not to support the platform.
  • Walmart promotes Walmart Pay, its own payment system, which uses QR codes instead of NFC.
  • The approach helps Walmart collect customer data more effectively.
  • Customers express frustration on social media over the absence of Apple Pay.
  • Walmart has not indicated any plans to change its policy.