Apple Pay picks up over 20 more US banks including Texas' Moody National

By Roger Fingas

Apple on Tuesday updated the roster of U.S. banks supporting Apple Pay with 26 new entries, such as Moody National Bank, one of the biggest headquartered in Texas with branches in Houston, Galveston, and Austin.

The other additions are likewise regional or segmented, sometimes limited to a single state or city. Most national institutions have been onboard since early 2015, and several were quick to join when Apple Pay launched in the fall of 2014.

Since then the mobile payment platform has come to Australia, Canada, the U.K., and Singapore. Only the U.S. and the U.K. have any widespread card support, however. Earlier today in fact U.K. Apple Pay users gained access to Boon, a prepaid option from Wirecard.

The full list of new U.S. banks includes: