FTC mails $9.8 million to 65,000 Walmart wire transfer customers — here's how to check if you're owed a refund

Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Anyone who used Walmart's money transfer services might notice a check from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in their mailbox. These refunds are part of a nearly $10-million settlement Walmart [NASDAQ:WMT] paid the FTC in 2025 over wire transfer fraud allegations. Back in 2022, the FTC sued Walmart over what it alleged were major security failures that allowed employees to process "tens of millions of dollars in fraud-related wire transfers annually for many years.