Apple Pay adds 24 new banks, Home Depot soon
Apple Pay has more bank partners, but may have lost a major retail presence. The mobile payment solution from Apple now has 24 additional banks and credit unions whose cards will work with your iPhone 6, bringing the total number of banking institutions well over 200. Earlier today, reports claimed Apple Pay had lost Home Depot as a partner. The DIY project supply chain was apparently just updating their system to accept Apple Pay, as a separate report notes Apple Pay is incoming.
Speaking to Cult of Mac, Home Depot's Director of Corporate Communications Stephen Holmes said "we don't have the capability to accept [Apple Pay] online, and our NFC is currently inactive as we upgrade our systems."
That upgrade is now said to be a move for Home Depot to accept Apple Pay. Speaking to Bloomberg, Holmes said the chain would indeed accept Apple Pay nationwide once the update was complete. He didn't offer a timetable for when that might be, though.
More good news: Apple Pay has new banking partners. If you're keeping your money with any of the following institutions, go ahead and add your card(s):
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.
Keep in mind these are just the newest banks to support Apple Pay. For a full list of retailers, banks, and websites where you can use Apple Pay, visit the Apple Pay website.
Source: Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Bloomberg