Yesterday we saw longtime holdout Ally Bank turn on Apple Pay for its customers, and today Apple’s list of over a thousand banks and credit unions across the United States and beyond picked up even more additions including more in Mainland China. These are the latest Apple Pay banks:
Mainland China picked up these three:
- China Everbright Bank
- Huaxia Bank
- Ping An Bank
And the United States gained:
- Advantage One Credit Union
- Ally Bank
- Amalgamated Bank (in addition to previously supported Amalgamated Bank of Chicago)
- America First Federal Credit Union
- Awakon Federal Credit Union
- Banco do Brasil Americas
- Bank of Internet USA
- BrightStar Credit Union
- Citizens National Bank (in a second state)
- CNB Bank
- Communication Federal Credit Union
- Darien Rowayton Bank
- El Dorado Savings Bank
- Envista Credit Union
- Fidelity Bank (in additional banks)
- First Commons Bank
- First Merchants Bank
- First Western Bank
- Firstar Bank
- Florida Community Bank – National Association
- Forcht Bank N.A.
- Frederick County Bank
- Grand Rapids State Bank
- Hometown Bank of Corbin Inc.
- Horizon Bank (separate from Horizon Bank N.A.)
- Liberty Bay Credit Union
- Maine State Credit Union
- MB Financial
- Monroe County Community Credit Union
- Mound City Bank
- Northern Credit Union
- Norway Savings Bank
- NSWC Federal Credit Union
- Ozark Bank
- Rainbow Federal Credit Union
- Relyance Bank
- Republic Bank
- Rock Canyon Bank
- Rockford Bank and Trust
- Southwest Capital Bank
- Summit Credit Union (in a new location)
- Texas Bank
- Texas First Bank
- Utilities Employees Credit Union
- UVA Community Credit Union
- Ventura County Credit Union
- Whatcom Educational Credit Union
- Winnsboro State Bank
Here’s how to setup Apple Pay if your bank is supported (full list):
On the iPhone, just head to the Wallet app on iOS 9 and tap the plus (+) icon in the top right corner to begin, then follow the prompts. To add a debit card to the Apple Watch, go to the Apple Watch app on iPhone and look for the Wallet & Apple Pay section, then Add Credit or Debit Card section. iPads with Touch ID can use Apple Pay in apps; go to Settings then Wallet & Apple Pay to add your card there.
If you’re looking for places to test out Apple Pay, Exxon Mobile recently added support for buying gas with Apple Pay through its SpeedPass+ app. Stores like the Apple Store, Best Buy, Whole Foods, and Walgreens all accept Apple Pay as payment at checkout, and McDonalds, Subway, and many restaurants through OpenTable accept Apple Pay payments as well. Apple also has a list of official partners here, and anywhere with the contactless payment logo at checkout should accept Apple Pay.
Apple Pay works with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, Apple Watch, iPad mini 4, iPad Air 2, and iPad Pro. The rumored 4-inch iPhone SE that we’re expecting to see at Monday’s event will also work with Apple Pay.
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I have Apple pay since day One……. but hardly any store in my area in NY accepts it…….
And still not a single bank in Canada… not one!
Really hoping they’ll have some Apple Pay news for Canada at Monday’s event.
Finally: ALLY
I still don’t get why it was setup to go threw each bank separate. Why wasn’t it made to go directly threw visa, MasterCard, Discover, and so on like many others do. This thing of it being each bank is locking so many people out. There are tons of smaller banks that will never be on Apple Pay.