Walmart Embraces Apple Pay and Google Pay, Monzo Resolves Service Outage

In a significant shift for retail payments, Walmart has announced it will begin accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay, ending its long-standing refusal to support these popular mobile payment platforms. This move is expected to broaden payment options for millions of Walmart shoppers across the country.

Meanwhile, digital bank Monzo has confirmed that an issue affecting its card payments and transfers has been resolved, restoring full service to its customers. The bank stated that all services are now operational. Additionally, Stripe has acquired OpenRouter, a startup specializing in routing prompts between AI models, a move that signals a strategic expansion for the payments giant into the burgeoning AI infrastructure space.