Apple updated its Apple Pay Participating Issuers list today with 24 additional banks, credit unions and financial institutions supporting the contactless payment service in the United States. Apple Pay **w has nearly 250 Participating Issuers nationwide, and several hundred More plan to support the NFC-based mobile payment service in the future.
The full list of new Apple Pay Participating Issuers is reflected below, although it's worth **ting that some banks, credit unions and financial institutions listed may have already had support for the contactless payments service for quite some time and are only **w being reflected on Apple's website.
Apple Pay remains available in the United States only, although Apple is committed to an international rollout of the mobile payments service in additional countries such as Canada, China and the United Kingdom. Canada, a well-prepared candidate for Apple Pay, could be the first country to embrace the service outside of the United States as early as **vember according to The Wall Street Journal.