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A sign hangs outside a Wal-Mart store in East Peoria, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, projected first-quarter profit that trailed analysts’ estimates as an increase in the payroll tax and delayed refunds curtail spending by its lower-income shoppers. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Wal-Mart is both a powerhouse in retail and a pioneer in financial services. The company has championed numerous initiatives in prepaid and mobile payments, and it has also been quick to push back on technologies it does not like. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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GoBank

Wal-Mart is the exclusive distributor Green Dot's GoBank mobile checking account in its stores. The companies are trying to reach consumers who want more than a prepaid account but would still consider Wal-Mart as an alternative to a bank.
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Reload @ the Register

Wal-Mart also helped Green Dot test "Reload @ the Register," a technology that allows prepaid card users to add funds to their accounts without buying a separate reload card. Green Dot is phasing out its reload cards, which were being misused as a tool for fraudsters. (Image: Shutterstock)
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Bluebird

Wal-Mart developed the Bluebird prepaid card with American Express, built on Amex's Serve digital wallet platform. The card's low fees make it a strong contender against other prepaid marketers and traditional banks.
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Merchant Customer Exchange

Wal-Mart is one of the most active backers of the Merchant Customer Exchange, a consortium of retailers developing a mobile wallet called CurrentC. (Image: Shutterstock)
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Customers compare an Apple Inc. iPhone 6, left, and iPhone 6 plus during the sales launch at an Apple store in Palo Alto, California, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Apple Inc.'s stores attracted long lines of shoppers for the debut of the latest iPhones, indicating healthy demand for the bigger-screen smartphones. The larger iPhone 6 Plus is already selling out at some stores across the U.S. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Anti-Apple Pay, PayPal

Wal-Mart has pushed back against other emerging wallets. The retailer has stated it will not upgrade its terminals for Apple Pay or for PayPal's cardless digital wallet. (Image: Bloomberg News)
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Pro EMV

Despite Wal-Mart's stance against upgrading for certain mobile wallets, the company is a longtime advocate of EMV-chip technology at the point of sale. (Image: Shutterstock)
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A shopping cart sits in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is scheduled to release earnings data on Nov. 15. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Walmart-2-Walmart

The "Walmart-2-Walmart" service, launched this year with Ria Money Transfer, lets U.S. shoppers send domestic transfers to one another for a fee. The service targets unbanked consumers, but is more limited than services from MoneyGram, which also operates in Wal-Mart stores. (Image: Bloomberg News)

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