Walmart is the giant name in the retail industry. It is running its operations in about 27 countries through thousands of its stores. We all shop at Walmart almost daily either visiting their store or the website. Being such a giant, does Walmart accept Samsung Pay too?
They accept multiple payment options, you can pay via your credit card, debit card, cash at the store, or through gift cards.
They have launched their own mode of digital payment back in 2015 known as Walmart Pay. Since then, they accept online wallet payments through Walmart Pay only.
Samsung Pay, Google Pay, or Apple Pay are not accepted as a form of payment at Walmart as they have their own online wallet – Walmart Pay.
How does Walmart Pay Work?
In 2015, since they launched their digital wallet to ease the process of paying digitally, Walmart Pay has become so handy that now almost 40 million people use it to pay at Walmart daily!
It is compatible with both the platforms – Android as well as IOS.
What Walmart Pay can’t do?
It does fall short in some circumstances though. You won’t be able to use it at the Walmart Fuel pumps and gas stations at Murphy USA. This is where all other digital payment gateways come into handy like Samsung or Google Pay.
Samsung Pay
Samsung Pay is a digital payment and wallet service launched by Samsung Electronics in 2015. Samsung Pay is the brainchild of the company that is aimed at competing Apple Pay and other digital wallets in the market.
Samsung Pay is based on using contactless payments using NFC, but also supports magnetic stripe–only payment services by using MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) technology. In countries like India, it also supports bill payments.
Samsung states that Samsung Pay is much safer than Google Pay and Apple Pay since it stores an encrypted version of the card instead of the actual card number.
How Samsung Pay competes with Apple Pay and Google Pay?
Samsung Pay takes very less time in completing the transaction as compared with Apple Pay and Google Pay, due to MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) technology. Other payment apps such as Google Pay and Apple Pay only use NFC technology.
Which devices support Samsung Pay?
| Galaxy S6 (only in some countries) | Galaxy S20 Plus | Galaxy A71 |
| Galaxy S6 edge (only in some countries) | Galaxy S20 Ultra | Galaxy A80 |
| Galaxy S6 edge+ (only in some countries) | Galaxy Note 8 | Galaxy J5 Pro |
| Galaxy S6 Active | Galaxy Note 9 | Galaxy J7 Pro |
| Galaxy S7 | Galaxy Note 10 | Galaxy C5 |
| Galaxy S7 edge | Galaxy Note 10+ | Galaxy C7 |
| Galaxy S7 Active | Galaxy A5 (2016) | Galaxy C5 Pro |
| Galaxy Note 5 | Galaxy A7 (2016) | Galaxy C7 Pro |
| Galaxy Note 7 Fan Edition | Galaxy A3 (2017) | Galaxy A8 Star |
| Galaxy S8 | Galaxy A5 (2017) | Galaxy C9 Pro |
| Galaxy S8+ | Galaxy A7 (2017) | Samsung W2017 (only in China) |
| Galaxy S8 Active | Galaxy A8 (2016) | Samsung W2018 (only in China) |
| Galaxy S9 | Galaxy A9 (2016) | Galaxy Fold |
| Galaxy S9+ | Galaxy A9 Pro | Galaxy Z Flip |
| Galaxy S10e | Galaxy A8 (2018) | |
| Galaxy S10 | Galaxy A8 Plus (2018) | |
| Galaxy S10+ | Galaxy A70 | |
| Galaxy S20 | Galaxy A51 |
How to setup Samsung Pay?
These following steps can be used to set up Samsung Pay in your device:
- Firstly, install Samsung Pay app at your device and if you already have the device, then update it.
- Once you will open the app, you will be prompted to download the full version.
- Next, you need to sign in to your account tap start button and hit the next button.
- Use any verification method such as PIN, Password or fingerprint.
- Click on add button and add your card.
- Next, your card will be validated by the company and you are ready to go.
Conclusion
Walmart has integrated all its contactless payments on its Walmart Pay and it does not accept Google Pay, Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay at its stores.
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We understand that you had a lot of the questions before and a lot more of your doubts must be cleared by now. We hope that you liked the article and got answers to your questions related to Walmart Pay. You can share your experiences in the comment section below.
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