Months after Apple CEO Tim Cook said CVS would be accepting Apple Pay the retailer has brought support for the mobile wallet to stores across the country The retailer had reportedly slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores and the rollout has now been publicized MacRumors reported Get your essentials in a flash Apple said in a marketing email according to the outlet Buying snacks vitamins personal care and prescriptions from CVS Pharmacy just got faster and more secure Following Apple Pay s 2014 launch CVS reportedly disabled near-field communication NFC terminals The pharmacy retailer then rolled out CVS Pay which enabled customers to make payments using their smartphones With CVS launch of Apple Pay only a few large retailers do not accept it including Target The companys iOS app does have a Wallet feature however that lets customers use their smartphones at checkout Walmart too reportedly doesnt have plans to accept Apple Pay and offers a Walmart Pay function The news comes as 7-Eleven now takes Google Pay and Apple Pay at most of its US locations to speed up shopping trips for its customers The new options are in addition to other mobile payment choices the chain offers such as Samsung Pay Chain Store Age reported in September Frictionless experiences are the future and digital payments are key to such experiences Consumers prefer shopping at retailers that offer digital payment capabilities said 7-Eleven CDO and CIO Gurmeet Singh according to the outlet The ability to pay with their smart devices gives consumers one more reason to shop at 7-Eleven There are lot of 7-Eleven locations nearly 70 000 worldwide and over 10 000 in the United States alone By some estimates about a quarter of the US population lives within one mile of a 7-Eleven Theyre nearly universally recognizable as the brand behind the twin cultural forces of the Slurpee and the Big Gulp