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Walmart is finally bringing tap to pay to checkouts

Walmart is rolling out tap-to-pay at stores and Sam’s Club locations across the U.S. ©Image Credit: Unsplash / KDavid Montero

Walmart has finally decided to join the modern payment party. After years of making shoppers reach for cards, the chain is rolling out Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and contactless cards across its U.S. stores.

Tap-to-pay is being rolled out at all Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations across the U.S., giving shoppers another way to pay for their groceries and other purchases.

Your phone can finally do the job

Walmart’s new system supports Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, along with contactless credit and debit cards and compatible smartwatches. So instead of inserting a card and waiting for the payment terminal to do its little electronic ritual, shoppers can simply hold their phone, watch, or contactless card near the reader.

The rollout first reached select Walmart stores in Arkansas. Now, it is expanding to more states, with the retailer working toward making tap-to-pay available at every U.S. Walmart and Sam’s Club location by October 12.

How the rollout is spreading

The schedule is rolling out in stages. It first reached select Walmart stores in Arkansas between August 24 and 31. On September 10, it expanded to California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii. Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma are scheduled to get it on September 14, followed by Texas on September 17.

The rollout continues across the country throughout September and October. Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming are scheduled for September 21, while Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa follow on September 24. Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky get the feature on September 28.

The adoption of tap-to-pay then moves through the Southeast and East Coast. Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi are scheduled for October 1, Florida for October 5 and North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, West Virginia and Puerto Rico for October 8. By October 12, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, D.C. are expected to have access too.

The schedule could still change as the rollout progresses, according to Walmart.

Shoppers should have a choice

Walmart has framed the change as a matter of giving customers more flexibility at checkout. “We want customers and members to have choice in how they pay,” the retailer said.

Source: The U.S. Sun

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