Wal-Mart and allies in face-off with Apple Pay over mobile payments


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 30 Oct 2014

CLASH: Apple goes up against Wal-Mart in the fight for shoppers' digital wallets. This file photo shows shoppers outside a Walmart store in Rosemead, California. US

Suddenly it's Apple versus Wal-Mart in the fight for shoppers' digital wallets.

With the development of a new mobile payment system, a group of retailers led by Wal-Mart Stores  is aiming to upend the US$4.5tril (RM14.8tril) credit card market and control the precious transaction data generated at the checkout line.

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