Walmart Makes New Credit Cards Usable Immediately
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» The Capital One® Walmart Rewards™ Mastercard® is no longer available.
In May 2024, Capital One and Walmart announced they were ending their partnership, and later that summer, Capital One closed applications for both the Capital One® Walmart Rewards™ Mastercard® and the closed-loop, store-only Walmart Rewards Card. Existing cardholders were to be transitioned to the Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards Credit Card.
Customers approved for a Walmart credit card can use their card before it even arrives in the mail. The Walmart Pay feature of the company's mobile app allows you to use your new credit card both online and in stores as soon as you're approved.
Here's how it works:
Apply for the Walmart card. Upon approval, you'll receive credentials for a temporary shopping pass. Those credentials are good for 10 days.
Set up a Walmart online account, if haven't done it already.
Add your temporary shopping pass to Walmart Pay. Once you've added the pass, you can start shopping.
Update Walmart Pay with your "permanent" information after your physical card arrives in the mail.
The app works with iOS or Android phones. You can load all major credit, debit, prepaid or Walmart gift cards onto Walmart Pay. To make a purchase in a store, you use your phone to scan a QR code that appears at the register.
About the Walmart credit card
The Capital One® Walmart Rewards™ Mastercard® has no annual fee and earns:
5% back on purchases at Walmart.com and items purchased through the Walmart app (including items purchases online for in-store pickup).
2% back on in-store Walmart purchases and at Murphy USA and Walmart gas stations.
2% back on travel and restaurants.
1% back on all other purchases.
New cardholders also get 5% back on in-store purchases made with Walmart Pay in the first 12 months.
Rewards on the card are earned as points that can be redeemed for 1 cent apiece. A purchase at Walmart.com, for example, earns 5 points, or the equivalent of 5% cash back. You can cash in points to reduce your balance with a credit, apply them during online checkout to make purchases, redeem them for gift cards, or use them to book travel through Capital One.
Other cards you can use instantly
The Walmart card is one of a number of credit cards that allow you to start using them as soon as you're approved. See our roundup of credit cards you can use instantly for other options.
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