Apple Pay is now compatible with BJ’s Wholesale Club store credit cards
Another store-branded credit card in the United States – BJ’s Wholesale Club – is now compatible with Apple Pay.
BJ’s is the second major retailer to support the mobile payment system with its in-house cards. Earlier this year, Kohl’s was the first to allow its store credit card to work with the service. JCPenney store credit cards are also expected to be compatible with Apple Pay soon.
Earlier today, 66 new credit unions and banks were also added to Apple’s list of more than 800 providers that support the service.
Here’s the complete list of new additions, mostly composed of smaller regional bank and credit unions:
American Community Bank of Indiana American United Federal Credit Union Anheuser-Busch Employees’ Credit Union Aspire Federal Credit Union Bank of Colorado Bank of Montgomery Catholic Federal Credit Union Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust CFCU Community Credit Union ChoiceOne Bank Community Bank of Mississippi Community Bank (Coast) Community Bank (Ellisville) Community Bank (North MS) Credit One Bank D.L. Evans Bank Dane County Credit Union Diamond Credit Union East Wisconsin Savings Bank Educational Community Credit Union Farmers Bank First Alliance Credit Union First Bank & Trust Company First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls First National Bank & Trust Company of Weatherford First State Bank of Middlebury Fox Valley Savings Bank Greater Kinston Credit Union Hanscom Federal Credit Union Home City Federal Savings Bank Hondo National Bank Indiana Members Credit Union INTRUST Bank Kemba Financial Credit Union Land of Lincoln Credit Union Laramie Plains Federal Credit Union LCNB National Bank Liberty Savings Bank, FSB Local Government Federal Credit Union Mississippi Federal Credit Union Montgomery Country Employees Federal Credit Union MVB Bank Inc Neighbors Credit Union New Horizon Federal Credit Union NorState Federal Credit Union North State Bank NW Preferred Federal Credit Union OMNI Community Credit Union Pinnacle Bank Sioux City Pinnacle Bank Texas Pinnacle Bank Wyoming Quad City Bank and Trust Republic Bank & Trust Company San Antonio Federal Credit Union SCE Federal Credit Union Sharon Credit Union South Shore Bank State Employees Credit Union Sun East Federal Credit Union Sunrise Banks Texas Capital Bank The Bank of Missouri TruWest Credit Union Vantage West Credit Union Wayne Bank Wilson Bank & Trust
Here in the United States, getting financial institutions to support the mobile payment system hasn’t been an issue. The big sticking point has been getting retailers to jump on board. But the situation looks to be improving, a bit, starting next year.
Last month, Apple’s Jennifer Bailey said Starbucks and other food establishments like KFC and Chili’s will support Apple Pay sometime in 2016. Cinnabon and Domino’s will support the service soon.
Earlier this fall, the payment system arrived for some users in Australia and Canada. Apply Pay arrived in the United Kingdom in July. And a recent report said that Apple Pay could land in the very important and huge China market sometime in the first quarter of 2016.
For other news today, see: The ‘iPad Air 3′ won’t have 3D Touch, analyst predicts, Philips Hue bridge switches off support for third-party bulbs, and The iPhone Upgrade Program means good things for the handset.