Roger Fingas
Apple on Tuesday added 34 more financial institutions to the roster supporting Apple Pay, its mobile payment platform for Touch ID-capable iPhones and iPads, as well as the Apple Watch.
The vast majority of additions are credit unions. Some examples include the NASA Federal Credit Union — which serves customers in and outside of the space agency — and various regional and/or educational organizations, such as the San Francisco Federal Credit Union and the University Federal Credit Union, which serves the Texas cities of Austin and Galveston.
A full list can be found below:
- 1st Financial Federal Credit Union
- Affinity Bank
- Bank of Springfield
- Berkshire Bank
- Box Elder Credit Union
- C&F Bank
- Capitol Federal Savings
- Christian Community Credit Union
- Community First Credit Union of Florida
- Credit Union of Denver
- Denver Community Credit Union
- Education First Credit Union
- Educators Credit Union
- Financial Partners Credit Union
- First City Credit Union
- First Premier Bank
- Freedom Credit Union
- NASA Federal Credit Union
- Numerica Credit Union
- PremierOne Credit Union
- Purdue Federal Credit Union
- Rivermark Community Credit Union
- San Francisco Federal Credit Union
- Simmons First National Bank
- Summit Credit Union
- Synchrony Bank
- The Citizen Bank of Clovis
- UMe Federal Credit Union
- University Federal Credit Union
- Utah Power Credit Union
- Valor Credit Union
- Vermont Federal Credit Union
- WSECU
- WECU (Whatcom Educational Credit Union)
Apple Pay first debuted in October of last year with just a handful of major banks on board, such as Chase and Bank of America. Hundreds more institutions have since signed up.
To date, though, Apple Pay has been limited to U.S. shoppers. Apple is believed to be negotiating expansions to China, Canada, and the United Kingdom. A Canadian launch, at least, could happen as soon as November.
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Apple is absolutely crushing in the mobile payment arena. No way that Walmart crap is gonna even get off the ground.
Unclear why they are getting so many credit unions to sign on, but virtually no community banks.
[quote name="TechManMike" url="/t/186332/apple-pay-picks-up-34-new-banks-including-nasa-san-francisco-federal-credit-unions#post_2724972"]Apple is absolutely crushing in the mobile payment arena. No way that Walmart crap is gonna even get off the ground.[/quote] Get back to me when I can use ?Pay at Target and my local grocery store. It's great they're signing up all these banks but they need more merchants.
C'mon Target and TD Bank. It's time to get the Target RED debit and credit cards on there
I don't think anybody is arguing that having the ability to pay with Apple Pay needs to be more ubiquitous, but they are still crushing other forms of mobile payment that are on the market. And your local grocery store and target are only two players in the game. I don't even shop at target personally. It makes sense that there will be more banks that accept Apple Pay than merchants in the beginning as that's what will put pressure on the merchants.