Walmart Pay spreads nationwide to 4,600 stores

No one needs a reminder of how many mobile payment apps we have in this world. For some, like those on Windows 10 Mobile, they only have one they can even use. For others, the options just get plain ridiculous.But as promised, it seems that big box retailer Walmart has followed up on its promise to spread its QR-based ...

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Why don’t more companies understand smartphones and technology?

Here’s a fun fact for you. Up until today, I didn’t know what a “Twitter canoe” is. I’ve been on Twitter since before 2009, so I may not be “old school” by some standards, and I didn’t even set my computer on fire in protest when Twitter wanted to break chronological order of tweets. So maybe I’m just not awesome enough to know what a Twitter canoe is. Apparently it’s an ongoing conversation on Twitter with more than three people. ...

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Walmart Pay debuts in 600 stores across two states ahead of nationwide spread

What can a single retailer do to compete against mobile payment services from tech industry leaders with widespread support across many stores and even many countries around the world? Well, if said retailer is Walmart or

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Walmart Pay launches using not NFC, but QR codes

Walmart apparently sees no sense in touching your phone to a little sales terminal and having people on their way with groceries in hand. In fact, the big box retailer theoretically doesn’t even need new point-of-sales hardware with its new Walmart Pay system.Going against Android Pay,

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Apple Pay? Samsung Pay? How about Walmart Pay?

Is the mobile payment world big enough for an iOS-restricted service, an Android-dedicated app, a digital wallet product that functions only on select Samsung Galaxy phones, and a cross-platform checkout service exclusive to Walmart stores?Probably not, or at least not yet, judging from Apple Pay usage statistics during the ...

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