BENTONVILLE, Ark.—Is one of the nation’s largest retailers asking customers to use debit and credit cards instead of cash?
FOX 23 News cited “multiple reports” that Walmart stores are requesting customers to use either a debit or credit card to complete their in-person purchases. The reason: according to KXTV in Sacramento, Calif., Walmart stores are being hit hard by a nation-wide coin shortage.
“Like most retailers, we’re experiencing the effects of the nation-wide coin shortage. We’re asking customers to pay with card or use correct change when possible if they need to pay with cash,” Walmart told KXTV.
Cash can still be used at the stores, but some self-checkouts have been changed to card only.
The same is being seen at Walmart locations in Council Bluffs, Iowa, FOX 23 said.