That’s because Walmart is using Walmart Pay as a vehicle to track you and your shopping purchases. They can’t track your habits the same way with just a card.
Kroger finally gave up on Kroger Pay if only because they realized customers were still entering their alternate ID/phone number during checkout so they could still link your data together.
The funny part is Walmart in Canada fully allows contactless… almost as if they don’t care they aren’t getting that customer data up there.
>The funny part is Walmart in Canada fully allows contactless… almost as if they don’t care they aren’t getting that customer data up there.
No it's because our banking system is dramatically different in Canada and the expectations of the average shopper and the POS options available to them here are all working to force that issue.
Canada had chip and pin and contactless LONG LONG before the US did - and it's easier for us to make these pivots and changes due to fewer banks and pre-defined co-operation agreements.
They still track it a fair bit. For example. Put a card in the walmart app and after a bit of time all your past purchases will show up in your history.
Kroger finally gave up on Kroger Pay if only because they realized customers were still entering their alternate ID/phone number during checkout so they could still link your data together.
The funny part is Walmart in Canada fully allows contactless… almost as if they don’t care they aren’t getting that customer data up there.