Walmart has an**unced that its mobile payments solution
Walmart Pay is **w available in 19
More U.S. states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
Last month, Walmart Pay
widely expanded to Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, **rth Carolina, **rth Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Washington D.C. capital area. The service initially launched in
Arkansas and Texas in May.
Walmart Pay is built into the
Walmart app [
Direct Link] for iOS and Android and works at any checkout lane with any major credit, debit, pre-paid, or Walmart gift card.
The payments solution is based upon a QR code checkout process that involves opening the Walmart app, selecting Walmart Pay, activating the camera, scanning the code displayed at the register, and waiting for the cashier to finish bagging your items. An electronic receipt is automatically sent to the app.
Walmart Pay is **w available at nearly 5,000 stores in 37 states, and a nationwide rollout is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
Walmart is among a handful of retailers that have refused to support
Apple Pay since its American launch in October 2014. The retailer was originally committed to the
Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) consortium and its **w
indefinitely postponed payments service
CurrentC before launching Walmart Pay.
In late 2015, Walmart senior vice president of services Daniel Eckert said that Walmart Pay allows "for integration of other mobile wallets in the future," providing at least some hope that the retailer may eventually accept rival payment services such as
Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay at its stores.
Walmart Pay's resistance to
Apple Pay
Continues despite some other large U.S. retailers including
Best Buy and
Rite Aid reversing course and accepting the iPhone-based payments service at their stores. Walmart rival Target, meanwhile, is developing a QR code-based
mobile wallet solution of its own.
The
Walmart app [
Direct Link] is free on the
App Store for iPhone and
Apple Watch.
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