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Samsung has added support for 39 additional banks and credit unions to Samsung Pay today. Slowly but steadily, the Korean company has been adding support for more banks to its mobile payment service. While Samsung Pay is still behind Apple Pay in terms of the number of banks supported, it is miles ahead when compared to Android Pay.
The 39 new banks and credit unions that have gained support Samsung Pay today are as follows:
- Achieva
- Alcoa Tenn Federal Credit Union
- American Heritage Federal Credit Union
- Bangor Savings Bank
- Bridgewater Savings
- CSE Federal Credit Union
- Christian Community Credit Union
- Chrome Federal Credit Union
- Community First Credit Union
- Cornerstone National Bank
- Corning Credit Union
- Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
- Financial Partners Credit Union
- 1st Financial Federal Credit Union
- First South Financial
- General Electric Credit Union
- Gorham Savings Bank
- Great Lakes Credit Union
- Hastings City Bank
- Haven Savings Bank
- Heritage Family Credit Union
- INOVA Federal Credit Union
- Keesler Federal Credit Union
- Kern Federal Credit Union
- Los Angeles Federal Credit Union
- Montgomery County EFCU
- Mutual Security Credit Union
- Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union
- Pacific Marine Credit Union
- Point Loma Credit Union
- Point West Credit Union
- PrimeTrust Financial Federal Credit Union
- Provident Credit Union
- SEFCU
- St. Landry Bank & Trust Company
- Summit Community Bank
- Truity Credit Union
- University Federal Credit Union
- Vantage Credit Union
Some major banks like Discover, Capital One, and Simple Bank still don’t support Samsung Pay, but it should be just a matter of time before these banks jump onboard Samsung’s payment service. Samsung Pay launched in China in March, and in April, Samsung announced that it will be launching its payment service in Singapore sometime later in Q2, 16.
The payment service is only supported on the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy Note 6, Galaxy S6 edge+, and the Galaxy Note 5.
How has your experience with Samsung Pay been so far?
[Via Reddit]
