Small banks and credit unions have plenty of advantages. Still, one of the biggest drawbacks of banking with a smaller institution is that you sometimes don’t get to take advantage of all the latest finance-related tech.
Google Wallet is out to fix that.
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Since its inception more than a decade ago, Google’s payment platform has slowly been adding support for more banks, plus driver’s licenses, insurance cards, transit passes last summer, gym memberships, club loyalty cards, and more.
Today, almost 50 new banks are on the list of supported institutions (list courtesy of AndroidPolice). If you’re a member at one of these banks, you can now use Google Wallet to tap to pay — you don’t even need your physical card.
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Most of these small organizations only have a handful of branches in one state, or in a few instances, I found, even a single location. Nearly 5,000 U.S. banks are now supported.
Newcomers to the list include:
- ABD Federal Credit Union
- Adelphi Bank
- Alibaba Business Edge Credit Card
- Apollo Trust Company
- Bank of Maple Plain
- Bouy
- Chelsea State Bank
- Compass Financial Federal Credit Union
- Cliq Expense Prepaid Mastercard
- Community First Bank
- DN Community Federal Credit Union
- Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank
- First National Bank of Huntsville
- Foothill Federal Credit Union
- Hometown Bank Of Pennsylvania
- Industrial Bank
- Intermex
- Jackson County Teachers Credit Union
- Jonestown Bank & Trust Company
- Nebraska Energy Federal Credit Union
- Oak Valley Community Bank
- Pacific West Bank
- Pleo Financial Services
- Prescott State Bank
- Proponent Federal Credit Union
- Putnam County State Bank
- Radian B2B
- Railroad Employees Credit Union
- Security Federal Savings Bank
- Southwest Heritage Credit Union
- Southern Star Credit Union
- SRI Federal Credit Union
- State Bank of Toulon
- TC Wallet
- Tern Commerce Inc.
- The First Citizens National Bank Of Upper Sandusky
- Tri-County Credit Union
- United Farmers State Bank
- US Metro Bank
- Uwharrie Bank
- WCF Financial Bank
- Western New York Federal Credit Union
- WEX
- WNB Financial, N.A.
- Whitefish Credit Union Association
- Xsolla
- Zable
If your bank is on this list, you can add your payment card by going to the Google Wallet app, tapping the “+ Add to Wallet” button on the bottom right, choosing “Payment card” and then following the setup steps.
Source: Robotics - zdnet.com
