JPMorgan Strikes Deal With Kroger for Mobile Payments
- Kroger hopes to debut Chase Pay at 600 stores next year
- Banks, retailers, tech firms, eager to win in mobile payments
An employee bags groceries for a customer at a checkout counter inside a Kroger Co. grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Wednesday, June 14, 2017.
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The mobile payment wars are making their way to a grocery store near you.
Kroger Co., the largest U.S. supermarket chain, will begin offering JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Chase Pay mobile wallet in certain markets beginning next year, the two companies said Tuesday in a statement. The partnership will be Kroger’s first venture into mobile payments as the retailer seeks to bring its shopping experience into the digital age.