Roger Fingas
Apple on Tuesday added 75 more U.S. financial institutions to the list supporting Apple Pay, most notably HSBC, which until now was only supported in its U.K. homeland.
The latest update puts Apple over 600 U.S. banks and credit unions in all. The additions cover a wide variety of states and cities, as well as company- and government-affiliated institutions like the FedEx Employees Credit Association and the Miami Postal Service Credit Union.
Apple has yet to announce plans to expand Apple Pay beyond its initial two countries, although a recent TD Canada Trust leak suggests that a Canadian expansion could take place in November.
The full list of today's additions includes:
- Achieva Credit Union
- Alcoa Pittsburgh Federal Credit Union
- Alliance Credit Union
- AmeriServ Financial Bank
- APCO Employees Credit Union
- Bank of American Fork
- Bridgewater Savings Bank
- Community Bank & Trust
- Cross Keys Bank
- Directions Credit Union
- Eagle Bank
- East Texas Professional Credit Union
- Eastman Credit Union
- Eaton Family Credit Union
- FedEx Employees Credit Association
- First Bank of Newton
- First National Bank of Granbury
- First Northern Credit Union
- First State Bank of Colorado
- First United Bank
- First Western Trust
- Fleur de Lis Federal Credit Union
- Generations Federal Credit Union
- Guaranty Bank Trust
- Hastings City Bank
- Haven Savings Bank
- Heartland Bank
- Heritage First Bank
- HomeTown Bank
- HSBC
- IH Credit Union
- Impact Bank
- Jeanne D' Arc Credit Union
- Johnson Bank
- Kennebec Savings Bank
- LBS Financial Credit Union
- Lewiston State Bank
- MainStreet Bank
- Marlborough Savings Bank
- Marquette Savings Bank
- MAX Credit Union
- Members First Credit Union of Florida
- Merco Credit Union
- Miami Postal Service Credit Union
- Monson Savings Bank
- Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union
- OceanFirst Bank
- Omni Community Credit Union
- One Bank & Trust
- P1FCU
- PeoplesBank
- PeoplesChoice Credit Union
- Perfect Circle Credit Union
- Phenix-Girard Bank
- Planters Bank & Trust Company
- Point West Credit Union
- Public Service Credit Union
- Quest Federal Credit Union
- Red Crown Federal Credit Union
- Semiconductor of Maine Federal Credit Union
- Service Credit Union
- SIU Credit Union
- Solarity Credit Union
- Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union
- Sterling Bank & Trust
- Team One Credit Union
- Texas Dow Employees Credit Union
- The Park Bank
- TMG Financial Services
- Velocity Community Federal Credit Union
- VisionBank
- Western Rockies Federal Credit Union
- Whitney Bank
- York County Federal Credit Union
Andrew Orr
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18 Comments
...and zero new retailers.
Honestly, with nothing by the top 3 banks in the US, Apple could make a bigger dent with ApplePay if there were adding retailers instead of banks.
Apple's responsibility is making sure consumers can use it. It's the retailers that need to get their locations up to speed.
HSBC finally manage to add it, just as I quit them and move my accounts to another bank. Mostly because HSBC in the US are generally awful, but the lack of Apple Pay played a part in the decision. Agree with pmz generally here though. The number of retailers doesn't seem to be ramping all that quickly, though I guess once pretty much everyone has it as an option, because all the banks are online, there will be a stronger argument for the retailers to implement it.
[quote name="pmz" url="/t/189635/apple-pay-gains-support-for-75-more-us-banks-including-hsbc#post_2793473"]...and zero new retailers. Honestly, with nothing by the top 3 banks in the US, Apple could make a bigger dent with ApplePay if there were adding retailers instead of banks. [/quote] Can Apple Pay in the USA be used at any VISA/MasterCard/American American Express contactless NFC payment terminal? If so then the number of retailers may be wider than those who give their public affirmation of support. In the UK it's possible to use Apple Pay at any contactless terminal which accepts the respective VIsa, MasterCard or American Express cards.
...and zero new retailers.
Honestly, with nothing by the top 3 banks in the US, Apple could make a bigger dent with ApplePay if there were adding retailers instead of banks.
I am seeing many stores in my area adding ApplePay support. If you are waiting for specific retailers first make sure that they are not on CurrentC.