Oh they’ll take the time to find a way, just like they took the time to figure out a way to block Samsung Pay’s MST but still allow physical card swiping. None of the other contactless holdouts ever did that.
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Walmart Still Doesn't Accept Apple Pay in U.S. Despite Many Customer Requests
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Oh they’ll take the time to find a way, just like they took the time to figure out a way to block Samsung Pay’s MST but still allow physical card swiping. None of the other contactless holdouts ever did that.
It means the hardware is there, but has not been activated. Just in case anyone suspected walmart may have ordered the lane 7000s without the contactless reader or removed it themselves, we now know that’s not the case. When contactless is activated on a lane 7000 there is no blinking light when the pinpad is on standby and the contactless logo will light up to the left of the keypad, along with the leftmost of the four green lights, when the cashier activates the pinpad to process a card payment. That’s how it works.
I saw it the other day, but only because the cashier had to restart the pinpad after it froze up. Otherwise, the blinking light usually isn’t visible on the lane 7000s at walmart (hence why some people thought walmart may have ordered them without that hardware or removed it themselves).
Walmart isn’t avoiding any Apple Pay fees simply because there are no such fees, at least for merchants. Please, people, stop spreading that nonsense.
As for Whole Foods, they still accept Apple Pay even after having been bought by Amazon. Amazon did not turn it off.
Not anymore. They’ve relented and are already accepting it. So is Lowe’s. Walmart and Home Depot are getting to be the only stubborn ones left.
A lot more than you think, considering that there are now 10 generations of iphones and apple watches that support apple pay, all the way back to the iphone 6/6 plus and the original apple watch aka series 0. It’s not like apple pay is a new feature reserved only for the last 2-3 generations of apple devices, not anymore.
Wrong. Walmart uses ingenico lane 7000 pinpads. Those things do have the hardware to accept contactless payments and Walmart simply has it disabled via software.
Agreed; so what is stopping them from having ingenico write up code to add the Walmart+ condition to the use of the terminal:
Ask if the user is a Walmart+ member:
If yes, offer the contactless payment; if no, insert or swipe card.
If they add that code, they could have that added when the terminal is provisioned.
If they did that store wide, then it prevents them needing to block off self checkouts to just Walmart+ members, but they could have those terminals provisioned with the software that requires Walmart+ membership or won’t continue at all.
BL.
I think adding the walmart+ condition would be easier to do on walmart’s system than on the pinpads themselves since all the information about the walmart+ members is in their system anyway.
Walmart stores of USA have card readers that look like this with contactless payment disabled.
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Walmart stores of Canada have card readers that look like this where contactless payment is used.
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They have the exact same readers in Mexico too, and with contactless disabled just like in the US. Home Depot also has those ingenico 7000 readers with contactless disabled.
Some "fun" tidbits in the recent Visa/MC settlement that came out that might be relevant to Walmart:
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Basically, Walmart will be able to allow NFC payment with physical cards but block Apple Pay, etc. (presumably in favor of their own app). The only ones they wouldn't be able to block would be any mobile wallets that Visa or MC themselves release.
Whether Walmart would actually do this instead of just keeping NFC disabled altogether is another question, though.
Basically, Walmart will be able to allow NFC payment with physical cards but block Apple Pay, etc. (presumably in favor of their own app). The only ones they wouldn't be able to block would be any mobile wallets that Visa or MC themselves release.
Whether Walmart would actually do this instead of just keeping NFC disabled altogether is another question, though.
Some "fun" tidbits in the recent Visa/MC settlement that came out that might be relevant to Walmart:
![settlement_screenshot_1_508feb38edb44728b95e9edb835ebfa20fea1489.png]()
![settlement_screenshot_2_ad35c793cd1409b0073adc910aaf2373d98bedbc.png]()
Basically, Walmart will be able to allow NFC payment with physical cards but block Apple Pay, etc. (presumably in favor of their own app). The only ones they wouldn't be able to block would be any mobile wallets that Visa or MC themselves release.
Whether Walmart would actually do this instead of just keeping NFC disabled altogether is another question, though.
Oh they will do it if they can. Just like years ago they found a way to allow magnetic stripe payment with physical cards but block Samsung Pay.
Then again, I feel like there's some sort of partnership with Walmart & Apple, that they may come to their senses and turn it on for Apple Pay as well.Some "fun" tidbits in the recent Visa/MC settlement that came out that might be relevant to Walmart:
![settlement_screenshot_1_508feb38edb44728b95e9edb835ebfa20fea1489.png]()
![settlement_screenshot_2_ad35c793cd1409b0073adc910aaf2373d98bedbc.png]()
Basically, Walmart will be able to allow NFC payment with physical cards but block Apple Pay, etc. (presumably in favor of their own app). The only ones they wouldn't be able to block would be any mobile wallets that Visa or MC themselves release.
Whether Walmart would actually do this instead of just keeping NFC disabled altogether is another question, though.
Knowing Walmart, that would be it, no Google Pay allowed.
Knowing Walmart, they'll turn it on...
... only if you subscribe to their highest tier of Walmart+, if they can't get more of an incoming stream from Walmart Pay.
BL.
They can’t, at least not so easily. If they turn on contactless they’ll automatically accept anything that uses nfc from google pay to apple pay all the way down to contactless cards. It would be very difficult for them to allow contactless cards and block everything else, which is why they haven’t done that so far.
The networks historically haven't had the ability to block specific wallets, but the settlement will obligate the networks to add that functionality. This assumes the plaintiffs agree to the settlement, though.
It isn’t impossible to do, but it’s very difficult. Walmart, for instance, managed to find a way to block Samsung Pay’s MST without completely disabling the magnetic stripe reader, thus still allowing to swipe physical cards. It took them at least 5 years to figure it out, however.
Wal-Mart CEO said in an interview that Apple Pay may come to their stores one day, but they prefer that people use the app every time they come to the store.
www.the-sun.com
Walmart CEO breaks silence on Apple Pay during self-checkout shakeup
THE CEO of Walmart has revealed why stores don’t offer Apply Pay as the retail giant removes self-checkout machines from select locations across the country. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon shared …
www.the-sun.com
Wal-Mart CEO said in an interview that Apple Pay may come to their stores one day, but they prefer that people use the app every time they come to the store.
Walmart CEO breaks silence on Apple Pay during self-checkout shakeup
THE CEO of Walmart has revealed why stores don’t offer Apply Pay as the retail giant removes self-checkout machines from select locations across the country. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon shared …
Interesting interview. The title is a misleading clickbait, though. He doesn’t actually say why they refuse to accept apple pay.
Yes he does. They want you to use their app to pay everytime you enter the store.
If a supermarket in the UK didn’t accept contactless payments like Apple Pay (they all do), I wouldn’t bother going there. Still boggles my mind a country like America has retailers this far behind.