It's available to new banks in Italy, Spain & Mainland China

Apr 17, 2018 16:56 GMT  ·  By

Apple Pay expansion continues at a fast pace, and it looks like it's now available to more banks and credit unions across the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Spain, and Italy.

Newly supported banks and credit unions that now support Apple's Apple Pay digital payment service across the United States include One Credit Union, Apple River State Bank, Bank of Weston, Lighthouse Bank, Morton Credit Union, Merchants Bank, AlaTrust Credit Union, 5 Star Community Credit Union, Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, Wayne Westland Federal Credit Union, and MutualBank.

Additionally, Apple Pay is now supported at SeaComm Federal Credit Union, First Bank of Coastal Georgia, Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank, First National Bank of Gillette, First Citizens Federal Credit Union, Killbuck Savings Bank, Unico Bank, Community Bank of Elmhurst, United Fidelity Bank, Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina, and Security First Bank of North Dakota.

Supported banks and credit unions in Canada, Russia, China, and Europe

In Canada, Apple Pay is now supported on Vancity, Cambrian Credit Union Limited, Assiniboine Credit Union, and Steinbach Credit Union. In Mainland China, customers of Bank of Baoding, Yunnan HongTa Bank, Yunnan Rural Credit Cooperatives, Xiamen Bank, Yinzhou Bank, ZhongYuan Bank, Zhejiang Rural Cooperatives, and Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank can now use Apple Pay.

Russian users can now use Apple Pay with Credit Bank of Moscow, as well as Credit Ural Bank, though only Visa emitted credit and debit cards are supported. In Spain, Apple Pay is now supported by Caja Rural and EVO Banco only for Visa emitted credit and debit cards, as well as Openbank only for Mastercard credit and debit cards.

Lastly, you can now use Apple Pay in Italy with the UniCredit-powered Buddybank, CartaBCC (Banche di Credito Cooperativo), Credit Agricole, Cassa Centrale Banca, and Casse Rurali Trentine, but you should keep in mind that the latter two only support credit cards for now. For details on how to set up Apple Pay, check out the official website.