Overview
- Walmart said it will begin enabling Tap to Pay at select Walmart and Sam’s Club locations on Monday, Aug. 24, and aims to have the feature in all U.S. stores by the end of 2026.
- Google and other partners have confirmed support for Google Pay and reporting indicates Apple Pay and Samsung Wallet will also work with the new Tap to Pay rollout.
- Customers will be able to add eligible Walmart, Sam’s Club, and OnePay cards to digital wallets and use contactless cards, phones, or smartwatches at updated terminals.
- Walmart will keep existing options such as cash, chip cards, Walmart Pay and Sam’s Club Scan & Go, but it has not published a store‑by‑store schedule so local availability will vary during the phased upgrade.
- The change ends a long holdout that favored Walmart Pay and the defunct CurrentC effort, and it could speed checkout and reduce friction for customers while forcing competitors and payment partners to adapt to a larger unified rollout.