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. *Suzette May* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *512-564-0152* *"The chief cause of disappointment is giving up what you want MOST for what you want at the MOMENT."* *"Never fear failure. Fear being in the exact same place next year as you are today." * 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. > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of > *Manan Trivedi > *Sent:* Sunday, February 1, 2026 4:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jan 18, 2026, at 9:30 PM, VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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? 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