It's easy to think that mobile payments are the future. And not only that, but in the future we will be able to leave our wallet at home and carry the driver's license and other documents such as the DNI on our mobile phones. The Cupertino proposal is called Apple Pay (and Wallet) and arrived in the United States in 2014. Since then, it continues to expand throughout the United States and today has reached 37 more banks and financial institutions. You have the complete list below.
Apple Pay now available at:
- Bank of St Francisville
- Bank of Winnfield & Trust Company
- Billings Federal Credit Union
- Central Bank (OK)
- Citizens Business Bank
- City County Employees Credit Union
- First Community Bank (both Arkansas and Michigan now)
- First Federal Bank of Florida
- First International Bank & Trust
- First Internet Bank of Indiana
- First Volunteer Bank
- HOME BANK
- Industrial State Bank
- Kitsap Credit Union
- Kleinbank
- LA Capitol Federal Credit Union
- Member One Federal Credit Union
- Midwest Bankcentre
- National Bank of Commerce
- Needham Bank
- Northwestern Bank
- Park Side Credit Union
- Park State Bank & Trust
- Redstone Federal Credit Union
- Scenic Community Credit Union
- Services Credit Union
- Springs Valley Bank and Trust
- State Bank of Chilton
- Summit State Bank
- Sun Federal Credit Union
- Arlington Bank
- The Bank of Hemet
- US Postal Service Federal Credit Union
- Union Bank
- United Bank of Union
- Valley View Bank
- West Financial Credit Union
As always when talking about Apple's mobile payment system, we have to talk about its arrival in other countries that may interest our readers. According to some rumors, the arrival of Apple Pay to Spain It won't be an easy task, although it looks like it will do it sometime this year. The problem is that, to put it mildly, in Spain everyone wants to take advantage of everything (let them tell some operators ...) and the banks do not want to miss out on the opportunity to earn money from transactions. Those rumors also say Spanish banks that they want Apple to open the NFC chip of the latest iPhone so that they can use it but, as in australia It seems that the case will not be given and they will have to give their arm to twist.
For other countries, such as some in Latin America, they have not circulated or I don't remember rumors that speak of his arrival to the south of the American continent. In my opinion, Apple is following the same order that it follows when launching the new devices, that is, first goes the US, then countries like China, Canada, Australia and Europeans Germany, France and Great Britain and then the rest. If I am correct, Apple Pay will be available in the same order, unless Tim Cook and company find a stone in the way of a specific country. Hopefully things go smoothly and we can use Apple Pay soon in our countries.
Spain gentlemen of Apple