There are a few troubling reports on Flyertalk and Reddit about a new system coming to Walmart registers which could potentially affect debit card money transactions with such as buying money orders or bill-payments. Oddly, it seems the even places that have the new system can still process transactions under the old system which allows business as usual.
It’s not clear if the “new system” will change things for debit cards, for gift cards, for any split-tender, or none of the above. The changes might be rolling out more broadly on January 1, 2018.
This is all highly speculative – there have been many similar rumors in the past that either amounted to nothing or were just minor changes without much impact. Main thing is to be aware of the possibility that changes might be coming at Walmart. Keep that in mind when going about your gift card purchases.
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