Apple Announced a new Batch of 24 Participating Card Issuers for Apple Pay

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Apple has updated its Apple Pay support webpage, announcing that it has partnered with 24 new card issuers, with credit unions representing the biggest part of the new financial institutions. Here's the full list with the new issuers:

• Bellwether Community Credit Union
• Benchmark Federal Credit Union
• Blackhawk Community Credit Union
• Community America Credit Union
• Community First Credit Union
• Connections Credit Union
• cPort Credit Union
• Denver Fire Department FCU
• Electro Savings Credit Union
• Elements Financial FCU
• First Financial Credit Union
• Greater Nevada Credit Union
• Harvard Universities Employees Credit Union
• Interra Credit Union
• Kern Schools Federal Credit Union
• Nusenda Credit Union
• People's Trust Federal Credit Union
• Premier America Credit Union
• Premier Members Federal Credit Union
• SAFE Credit Union
• Scient Federal Credit Union
• The Bancorp Bank
• Tucson Federal Credit Union
• Union Bank & Trust Co.

Slowly, but surely, Apple is expanding the reach of Apple Pay, even if for now the service is restricted to the United States only. Recently, Apple had announced support from ten retailers including Gamestop and T-Mobile as well as Home Depot, which is looking to adopt Apple's service for in-store payments.

Source: Apple