Walmart to Begin Accepting Apple Pay in U.S. Stores
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…
In a notable shift, Walmart has announced that it will now accept tap-to-pay methods such as Apple Pay in select U.S. locations. Starting on August 24, the retail giant will begin implementing this feature, with plans to expand to all U.S. stores by the end of 2026 and to gas stations by mid-2027. Walmart's decision to embrace this technology comes after years of resisting similar options, leaving the company as a prominent outlier among major U.S. retailers.
Competitors like The Home Depot, Lowe's, Kroger, and H-E-B have already embraced tap-to-pay, prompting Walmart to reassess its own Walmart Pay system, which relies on QR code scanning. The new support will encompass traditional credit and debit cards, along with NFC-based tap options like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. Apple Pay, introduced in 2014, enables users to make payments by holding their iPhone or Apple Watch near a payment terminal, utilizing a digital version of their stored credit or debit card within the Apple Wallet app.
Known for its privacy features, Apple Pay safeguards customer information by masking their actual credit card numbers during transactions. Walmart has already integrated Apple Pay in its Canadian outlets since 2020.
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