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Walmart Pay now available in Texas and Arkansas stores

05/18/201605/16/2016 Jesse Collins

The largest retailer in the world is expanding its mobile payments system into more states and locations. The biggest retailer on the planet has already launched its Walmart Pay mobile payments system but now the company is starting to roll it out in an increasingly large number of different locations, the latest of which have included the stores in Arkansas and Texas. With every new store location, the retailer makes itself larger mobile wallet competition for other large players. The goal of Walmart Pay currently appears to be to compete…

Apple Pay in Canada gets a huge boost as all Big 5 banks prepare for launch

05/12/201605/11/2016 Julie Campbell

Mobile payments are on the rise among Canadian consumers and they’re about to gain access to a large player. The entry of Apple Pay in Canada has now been announced and consumers in that country will be able to take advantage of that mobile payments service, as long as they have a compatible iPhone and an account with one of the Big 5 banks in the country. All five of the largest Canadian financial institutions have announced that they were preparing for the service. As of Tuesday, all major credit…

Walmart Pay mobile payments app has finally arrived

04/25/201604/24/2016 Jennifer Goula

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After hinting, testing and piloting for a long time, the retail giant has finally rolled out the application. The fact that Walmart had a mobile payments app up its sleeve is coming as a surprise to absolutely nobody as it has been talking about it, testing it and running pilot programs for some time now, but what is making headlines is the final rollout of the application and the way competitors in this sphere are being treated. This is the largest effort the retailer has made to try to bump…

Mobile payments interest about 50 percent of consumers

12/30/201512/29/2015 L. Green

New Gartner research shows that about half of all consumers will be interested in the transactions by 2018. Gartner Inc. has now released data that indicates that by the year 2018, approximately 50 percent of consumers within mature markets will be interested in using their smartphones or wearable technology devices in order to complete mobile payments when purchasing products and services. Consumers living in countries such as Japan, the United States, Canada and those in Western Europe are showing interest. According to Gartner, mobile payments technology is starting to gain…

Mobile apps now work with Android Pay

12/22/201512/20/2015 Jesse Collins

Though Google’s mobile payments service has been out for a while, it just stepped into a new market. Though Android Pay was originally launched earlier this fall, it’s only very recently that it has now become available for use within mobile apps to pay for purchases as an alternative transaction method. Google has stated that people will be able to use the option in several Android apps selling goods and services. This means that when someone reaches the checkout and is ready to pay for his or her purchases within…