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19.09.26
Mastercard Just Entered the Wallet Wars — Meet Wallet Pay
On 10 September Mastercard launched Wallet Pay, a platform built to stitch the world's fragmented digital wallets into one interoperable network across 200-plus countries. It is a direct answer to Apple's grip on the phone — and it matters for Australian travellers and the merchants who serve them.
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18.09.26
The Last Big Holdout Folds: Walmart Turns On Tap-to-Pay
After more than a decade resisting mobile wallets, Walmart began switching on contactless and tap-to-pay across its US stores on 24 August, with a full rollout to Walmart and Sam's Club by year end. It is the symbolic end of the long cold war between big merchants and the wallet giants.
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