You Can Soon Use the Tap-to-Pay Option at Walmart and Sam’s Club
The contactless payment method will be available starting Aug. 24 at select stores and clubs.
Walmart and Sam's Club are set to introduce tap-to-pay capabilities, enabling customers to make contactless payments at checkout. This move comes after years of shoppers being limited to inserting or swiping physical credit cards or paying in cash. The announcement, made on Friday, states that Tap to Pay will be available in select stores on Aug.
24, 2021, and will eventually be offered at all US-based locations by year's end. Gas stations at some large Walmart Supercenters and most Sam's Club warehouse locations will have the payment option by mid-2027. Eligible Sam's Club, OnePay, and Walmart cards can also be added to digital wallets. Walmart has been hesitant to implement Tap to Pay, despite other retailers like Target offering the feature since 2019.
The retailer's decision may be due to customer frustration over the lack of mobile payment support and a desire to push customers toward its own Walmart Pay app, which collects shopping data. Walmart announced the news on Instagram, alongside a video of complaints about the missing Tap to Pay option. Many social media users are enthusiastic about the impending change, expressing their appreciation for the retailer's responsiveness to feedback.
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