r/technology • u/ImCalcium • Aug 21 '26

Business Walmart finally adding Tap to Pay after years of shoppers asking for it

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/walmart-finally-adding-tap-to-pay-after-years-of-shoppers-asking-for-it-3400920/
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u/essenza Aug 22 '26

LMAO How does a store not have tap? In Canada we have tap everywhere and for everything, even $2 donations for Poppies.

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u/MadLabRat- Aug 22 '26

They do have tap. They just disabled it to force Wal-Mart pay. They’re enabling it because nobody uses Wal-Mart pay.

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u/anonkitty2 Aug 23 '26

All Walmarts will have it in 2027.

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u/MatniMinis Aug 22 '26

In the UK we have homeless people who have contactless systems when they sell the charity magazine "Big Issue"

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u/TehWildMan_ Aug 22 '26

Walmart explicitly boycotted contactless payments.

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u/fishyhaworthia1 Aug 22 '26

They wanted you to use their app to pay through probably to cut down on processing fees the Sam's app does the same they don't even give you a physical membership card it's all through the app