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Manitoba was "most ready" for not accepting Visa cards, he said,
without elaborating on why the province was chosen.
In a rare example of talks between a major retailer and credit
card company spilling out in public, Walmart said in June it had
been unable to agree with Visa on an "acceptable fee" and would
no longer accept the company's credit cards unless it got a
better deal.
Visa cards may be banned in more stores if the companies cannot
reach an agreement, the Walmart spokesman said, though he did
not say which ones.
"We're committed to continuing negotiations with Visa, and we
are still hopeful to reach an agreement."
The rejection of Visa in Manitoba would follow the retailer's
decision in July to stop accepting Visa cards in three Ontario
stores - a step that would be mirrored across the country,
Walmart had said at the time.
Walmart has over 400 stores in Canada.
The negotiations do not affect the U.S. stores of parent
Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N>.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru and Ethan Lou in
Toronto; Editing by Sunil Nair)
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