Roger Fingas
Apple Pay on Tuesday gained support for 23 additional U.S. financial institutions, filling in some of the country's increasingly narrow coverage gaps.
As has become standard for American expansions, the new banks are typically regional institutions serving a limited audience. There are some exceptions however, such as the First National Bank of Texas, which has branches in many parts of the state ranging from major cities like Austin and Dallas through to smaller places like Bryan. Despite its name, the bank also has a smaller number of branches in Arizona and New Mexico.
The full list of additions includes:
- 3Rivers
- Atlantic Stewardship Bank
- Bank of Franklin County
- Bank of Southern California
- Bristol County Savings Bank
- Center National Bank
- Century Bank
- Chadwick Federal Credit Union
- Citizens Independent Bank
- City & County Credit Union
- Community National Bank Seneca
- CPM Federal Credit Union
- Elmira Savings Bank
- First Community Bank (VA, WV, NC, TN)
- First Keystone Community Bank
- First National Bank of Texas
- Fort Hood National Bank
- Freedom of Maryland Federal Credit Union
- Hoosier Heartland State Bank
- Monroe Federal Savings and Loan
- North Dallas Bank & Trust
- SC State Federal Credit Union
- Southside Bank
In Russia, meanwhile, Apple has added nine more financial partners, fixing what was extremely limited support involving MasterCard and Sberbank.
Apart from the U.S. and Russia, Apple Pay is currently available in Australia, Canada, France, Switzerland, the U.K., New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, mainland China, and Hong Kong. Spain should be added by the end of the year.
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Still no corporate Visa card support as far as I know
PNC 'promised' corporate card inclusion to Apple Pay back in 2014. Has not happened
That photo — First National Bank — is that a former gas station, or do US banks have drive-through ATMs like that? I can't see the pic clearly enough to make out what's between the drive-thru lanes We have drive-up ATMs here in Canada, but they are usually on a side of a building or a standalone larger kiosk. I've never seen a bank that looks like a gas station before. It's actually a neat idea. :)
Just curious. :)