Roger Fingas
Apple on Tuesday added 29 more U.S. banks to the roster supporting Apple Pay, perhaps the most significant inclusion being Scottrade, the nationwide trading and investments firm.
Some other notable additions include the Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union, the multi-state Arvest Bank, and the Austin-area Velocity Credit Union, one of Texas' biggest local financial institutions.
Last month Apple Pay topped over 500 U.S. banks for the first time. The service also gained support for Discover and store-based cards, and a greater number of U.K. banks.
Apple has been slower to expand the number of merchant partners supporting the platform. On Oct. 8, though, Apple Pay head Jennifer Bailey revealed that 2016 should see Chili's, Starbucks, and KFC come on board.
The full list of new bank partners includes:
- Advia Credit Union
- AIM Bank
- Alma Bank
- American Bank & Trust Company
- Armstrong Bank
- Arvest Bank
- BankIowa
- Central National Bank
- Clear Mountain Bank
- EECU
- First Advantage Bank
- First Kentucky Bank
- John Marshall Bank
- Justice Federal Credit Union
- Kern Federal Credit Union
- Kinecta Federal Credit Union
- Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union
- Martin Federal Credit Union
- Northern Bank & Trust Company
- Partners 1st Federal Credit Union
- Radius Bank
- Republic Bank & Trust
- Scottrade
- Sharefax Credit Union
- Signature Federal Credit Union
- Sussex County Federal Credit Union
- The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
- Velocity Credit Union
- Washington Trust Bank
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22 Comments
Yes! They finally got my credit union!
Sure wish Apple Pay would come to Canada soon. My Apple Watch is dying to pay for things.
Go Apple Go Go Go !
Yawn...
Unless more places of business accept it, and given that pretty much all of the big financial institutions are already on board, adding a few more financial institutions amounts to a hill of beans vis-a-vis ApplePay adoption.
[quote name="anantksundaram" url="/t/189127/apple-pay-gains-support-for-29-more-us-financial-institutions-including-scottrade#post_2789993"]Yawn... Unless more places of business accept it, and given that pretty much all of the big financial institutions are already on board, adding a few more financial institutions amounts to a hill of beans vis-a-vis ApplePay adoption. [/quote] But this is [B]our[/B] hill...and these are [B]our[/B] beans.