Suzette May wrote:
...in any form. Their checkout process isn't accessible either. I was
told by an employee that Apple ...
If you mean their website checkout page, I just ordered some stuff for
my wife earlier this evening. It is a bit clunky, but usable. I am using
NVDA with latest updates and Windows 11 latest updates and Firefox
browser latest updates.
On 2/27/2026 10:49 PM, Suzette May wrote:
I refuse to put my credit card and debit card information into
Walmart's app specifically because of security issues with their app.
I personally know at least 10 people locally who do use the app and
had their accounts hacked into and used to buy hundreds of dollars of
groceries or items delivered to an address and picked up by the
perpetrators before the account owner was even aware of it. One was a
previous owner of our house and he still had the old address on his
Walmart account. Five hundred dollars of groceries showed up at our
front gate and we called the sheriff who called the account owner who
was completely unaware this even happened. He took the groceries back
to Walmart. Hopefully Walmart made it right.
I travel frequently, using Apple Pay all over the U.S. and love it. I
will never use Walmart's app in any form. Their checkout process
isn't accessible either. I was told by an employee that Apple Pay is
their competitor so they won't use it. I had to laugh because Walmart
Pay isn't even in the same league with Apple Pay. It's their loss.
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On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
Your banking has nothing to do with Apple just because you want
the convenience of Apple pay.
I know in the States you can I believe get a credit card from
Apple, but you don't have to do this if you don't want to. I am in
Canada and I bank with RBC Royal Bank for both my business account
and my personal accounts. I also have RBC Visa credit cards and I
have added my personal RBC Visa to my Apple wallet because here in
Canada pretty much every merchant who accepts credit and debit
card payments has contactless payments which include support for
apple Pay. As far as I know here in Canada this includes WWalmart,
I personally don't shop thee much because I live in a small town
and the closest Walmart is in the next larger town which is 200
Km away. I rarely even have my wallet with me, but I usually have
my Apple Watch on my wrist so all it takes is a double press of
the side button and to hold it up to the terminal and the payment
on my RBC Visa is done.
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Behalf Of *Manan Trivedi
*Sent:* Sunday, February 1, 2026 4:38 PM
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*Subject:* Re: Here’s why Walmart still doesn’t support Apple Pay:
9 to 5 Mac
Because there was a question included in the below email so I am
answering it with no intention to create a discussion on this
issue on this list.
I don’t go to Walmart because of their flawed business model. The
service is not upto the mark and they under-pay their employees.
apple card is not the reason at all. One should not put all their
eggs in one apple basket. So, I Keep my banking separate from the
apple eco system.
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On Jan 18, 2026, at 9:30 PM, VIPhone
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9to5Mac - Sunday, January 18, 2026
Here’s why Walmart still doesn’t support Apple Pay
The year is 2026 and Walmart still doesn’t accept Apple Pay at
any of its stores in the United States. This makes it one of
the last remaining major retailers to not support Apple’s
contactless payment platform. It’s a limitation that’s once
again going viral on social media.
Here are a few reasons why Walmart doesn’t support Apple Pay …
No, Walmart doesn’t accept Apple Pay
There’s one important thing to note: Walmart doesn’t accept
any form of NFC payment in the United States. It’s not just a
limitation on Apple Pay. The retailer doesn’t take Google Pay,
Samsung Pay, or even let you tap your contactless physical
card to pay. This story also focuses on the United States.
Most Walmart locations in Canada, for example, do accept Apple
Pay.
Walmart Pay
First, Walmart has its own contactless payment platform called
Walmart Pay, which it launched in 2016. Walmart Pay, however,
isn’t an NFC-based tap-to-pay platform like Apple Pay.
Instead, it’s based on a QR code infrastructure.
To use Walmart Pay, you have to add a debit or credit card to
the Walmart app on your iPhone, then scan a QR code at
checkout to pay with your iPhone. It’s not nearly as
convenient as Apple Pay.
Scan and Go
Walmart also has its Scan and Go platform for Walmart+
subscribers. This allows people to use the Walmart or Sam’s
Club app to scan items as they shop, then go to self-checkout
to finalize their purchase without having scan all their items
at once. Apple Pay also isn’t supported when using Scan and Go.
Data collection
This might be the biggest reason Walmart doesn’t support Apple
Pay. Walmart relies on collecting your data to build profiles
on your purchasing patterns and trends. Tracking this type of
purchase history is something Walmart does for targeting
advertising, marketing, and more.
When you use Walmart Pay, it’s incredibly easy for Walmart to
build that customer profile on you. When you use Scan and Go,
all of that same information is handed over.
When you use Apple Pay or other payment methods, it’s much
harder for Walmart (and other retailers) to do this. Apple
Pay’s privacy and security protections, like not sharing any
information about your actual card with the retailer, makes
this type of tracking trickier.
This is why Walmart wants people to use Walmart Pay if they
want to pay from their phone. If you check out with Walmart
Pay or Scan and Go, everything is linked to your Walmart
account. If you had the option to pay with Apple Pay, you’d
share a lot less information with Walmart.
Apple Pay fees
One common theory is that Walmart doesn’t support Apple Pay
because it doesn’t want to pay fees to Apple. This isn’t true.
There are no additional fees for a business to accept Apple
Pay. They only pay the standard card processing fees
regardless of whether the transaction is contactless or not.
Apple’s fee is typically charged to issuing banks.
Retailers do need to upgrade payment terminals to newer models
that support contactless transactions. Walmart has actually
updated payment terminals in many of its stores to these newer
models. However, they manually disable all NFC features of
those terminals to try and force people to use Walmart Pay
instead.
Walmart’s response
In a statement last year, Walmart emphasized that it believes
Walmart Pay is a more convenient solution for shoppers than
Apple Pay:
We do not accept NFC and instead have implemented convenient
solutions, such as Walmart Pay, that provide our customers
easy, touchless payments on any smartphone. We have also
invested in innovative technologies that go beyond payments,
such as Scan & Go, which allow Sam’s Club and Walmart+ members
to bypass the checkout altogether, providing a truly touchless
shopping experience.
9to5Mac’s Take
None of these reasons are valid.
The fact that Walmart still doesn’t accept Apple Pay is
nothing short of user hostile. It boils down to data
collection and control, even if it comes at the major expense
of customer convenience. I don’t go to Walmart often, and
while there are a lot of reasons for that, the lack of Apple
Pay support is one of those reasons.
A quick search on social media shows that Walmart shoppers are
growing increasingly frustrated by the company’s lack of Apple
Pay support. It’s a limitation that’s once again going viral
for all the wrong reasons.
Walmart has shown no signs of changing its mind. Many
long-time Apple Pay holdouts have caved, including Kroger,
Home Depot, and H-E-B. Walmart, however, has only dug its
heels in.
Does Walmart’s lack of Apple Pay support affect your shopping
habits? Do you use Walmart Pay? Let us know down in the comments.
Original Article at:
https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/18/heres-why-walmart-still-doesnt-support-apple-pay/
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