The holds clear pretty quickly. Usually before the end of the day at midnight. With Walmart+ and home delivery, I’m charged a higher amount to account for any item substitutions. Once my delivery is completed, the hold is released and the correct amount is charged.
As others have said, contactless terminals almost always work with ApplePay even if they’re not expressly designed to.
The only two places I have to use my card are Walmart and the doctor’s office. Almost everyone takes contactless payments.
I have yet to go to a Walmart this didn't have free wifi.
I use their Scan&Go process to shop and it will definitely work with a credit or debit card.
Wait, you actually think paying in any form other than cash is somehow not able to be tracked and simple to track back to you?
Sometimes they clear before my holds with my credit union clear. I’m happy with it and prefer to use that over my credit cards. Plus the $30+ dollars in cash back I earn every month is huge factor for me to continue using it.
Walmart still does not accept Apple Pay or other NFC payments at its more than 4,600 stores across the U.S., and it stood firm on its reasoning for that today.
A spokesperson for Walmart today informed MacRumors that its position on contactless payments has not changed since we last reached out about the matter in 2022. The big-box retailer said it remains focused on its own convenient payment technologies available in the Walmart app, including Walmart Pay and Mobile Scan & Go.
Walmart Pay allows customers to scan a QR code displayed at checkout to pay for their purchase with a payment card stored in the Walmart app. Scan & Go allows Walmart+ members to save time by scanning barcodes on items while they shop, rather than having to scan all of the items at a self-checkout register later.
The spokesperson said the following statement still stands:
Apple Pay launched more than 10 years ago, and it was accepted at more than 90 percent of U.S. retailers as of 2022, according to Apple. Some other major Apple Pay holdouts in the U.S. have reversed course and started accepting it over the past few years, including The Home Depot, Lowe's, Kroger, and Texas grocery store chain H-E-B, leaving Walmart as one of the country's only major retailers not to accept Apple Pay.
Walmart has accepted Apple Pay in Canada since 2020.
Article Link: Walmart Stands Firm on Why It Doesn't Accept Apple
You just answered your own question. They are voting with their wallets by swiping their credit cards, using the app at the register or using the app to scan and pay. If Apple Pay were a deal breaker outside the MacRumors echo chamber, then Walmart stores wouldn't be packed. But they are. I like Apple Pay but not enough to stop shopping at Walmart.
Protecting what’s yours is thuggery? The areas with someone checking every order must face major shrinkage to warrant such. Maybe if people kept taking things from my home I’d watch them at the front door.
The difference is other stores have a loyalty card which most use, so cash or not, they can track it and tie it to a person for data analytics. Walmart has no such card, so they depend on people using their app.
