Target.com and Target app
- Target Circle™ Card, Target Debit Card, Target Credit Card, Target™ Mastercard®, and Target Circle Card Account (Target Circle Card Reloadable Account)
- Third-party credit cards: American Express®, Discover®/Novus®, Mastercard®, Visa®, Target PCard (corporate purchasing card), credit cards from foreign banks
- Third-party debit cards: must be connected with Visa or Mastercard and processed as a credit card
- Target GiftCards, Target eGiftCards and mobile Target GiftCards
- Third-party installment plans such as Affirm, Sezzle, PayPal® Pay in 4, Afterpay, Klarna, and Zip
- Third-party gift cards from American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard.
- PayPal®
- PayPal® is not an accepted payment method for items sold by Target Plus™ Partners.
- Apple Pay®
- EBT card payment.
- SNAP EBT payment is accepted online. Cash EBT payment is not currently accepted.
- SNAP EBT is not an accepted payment method for items sold by Target Plus™ Partners.
Target stores
- Cash: Target doesn’t accept currency or coins from foreign countries. However, depending on where the Target store is located, stores may be able to accept Canadian dollars or Mexican pesos. Target stores update exchange rates weekly.
- Target Circle™ Card: Target Debit Card, Target Credit Card, Target™ Mastercard®, and Target Circle Card Account (Target Circle Card Reloadable Account)
- Target Application on Mobile Device Target Circle™ Card: Target Debit Card, Target Credit Card, Target™ Mastercard®, and Target Circle Card Account (Target Circle Card Reloadable Account)
- Target Temporary Slips (Target Debit Card, Target Credit Card)
- Third-party credit cards: Visa®, Mastercard®, Discover®/Novus®, American Express®, credit cards from foreign banks (JCB Japanese Credit Bureau), Diner’s Club International, and FSA/HSA cards are redeemable for FSA/HSA eligible items.
- Debit/ATM and EBT cards: U.S.-issued debit/ATM cards. Stores have the ability to perform SNAP transactions. Stores will accept Canadian debit/ATM cards with a NYCE® or an Interac® logo paired with Visa® logo.
- Contactless pay using the Target Mastercard® or any other approved third-party credit card designed for contactless pay.
- Gift cards: Target GiftCards, Merchandise Return Cards and Prepaid Gift Cards with a Visa®, Mastercard®, Discover®, or American Express® logo. Starbucks gift cards can be used at the in-store Starbucks registers. Target GiftCards can’t be used to apply a payment towards a Target Circle Card or to purchase Target GiftCards, specialty gift cards, American Express, Visa or Mastercard gift cards, iTunes gift cards, or services at Minute Clinics within Target stores.
- Multiple payment methods sales: Store team members can accept both a credit and debit card or EBT card per sale. Our checkout registers can process multiple credit cards in one transaction.
- Personal checks
- Rebate checks: Generally only pay for part of the cost of an item. Rebate checks are not allowed to purchase any Target GiftCard, specialty gift card or any third-party gift cards from American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard. FSA /HSA checks are redeemable at pharmacy and optical lanes.
- WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Program (approved in authorized stores only)
- Mobile Payments such as Apple Pay®, Google Pay™, Samsung Pay, or any contactless digital wallet.
- Alipay is approved in authorized stores only.
- Campus Cash is approved in authorized stores only.
Not accepted by Target
- Foreign checks and currency: Target doesn’t accept currency or coins from foreign countries. However, depending on where the Target store is located, stores may be able to accept Canadian dollars or Mexican pesos. Target stores update exchange rates weekly.
- Mall Certificates and Chamber Bucks: Exception - select stores accept payments using mall certificates or chamber bucks. Call your local store to find out if they are accepted.
- Money orders and cashier's checks: Only accepted as payment on credit accounts
- Business checks are not accepted.
- Merchant gift cards (e.g., Disney), except Starbucks gift cards (which can be used at the in-store Starbucks registers)