Apple Pay picks up 66 new banks, BJ's Wholesale Club store cards

By Roger Fingas

Apple on Tuesday added another 66 financial institutions to its list of U.S. card issuers for Apple Pay, as well as promised support for BJ's Wholesale Club store cards.

BJ's was one of several store card partners announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Those retailers have been slow to go live however, and in fact Kohl's is the only other, though JCPenney will be adding support this spring.

The new issuers put the total over 850 in the U.S. For the most part there are no major additions, though there are notable partners like the Anheuser-Busch Employees' Credit Union.

The full list of additions includes: