Your Bank Might Finally Be Available On Google Wallet Now That 25 New Partners Have Been Added

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Google Wallet makes tap to pay easier at 25 more US banks

New banks added to Google Wallet this month

Google Wallet makes tap to pay easier at 25 more US banks

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Google Wallet expanded its reach by adding support for 25 new US banks and credit unions this month.
This helps smaller, member-owned institutions offer features like tap-to-pay that were previously more common at large banks.
The newly supported institutions span across various US states and territories, including Guam.

Credit unions are great for avoiding the fees, fine print, and downright impersonal experience at nationwide banks, but sometimes they lack a few amenities you’d get from a corporate institution. Google Wallet’s NFC-based tap-to-pay feature has supported the likes of Chase and Wells Fargo ever since it was called Android Pay, but it’s taken years to get a decent number of member-owned financial institutions into the fold.

Little by little, though, Google continues chipping away at this deficit by adding new local banks to Wallet in the US.

This month, we spotted 25 new banks and credit unions being added in eight batches of changes to the list, so Google definitely stayed active. The new additions span from Texas to Pennsylvania and from Michigan to Micronesia, so no matter where you are in America, there’s a chance yours finally made the list (Guam is a US territory, after all).

New banks added to Google Wallet this month

Albert Cash
Avenue
Bank of Guam (GU)
Boeing Helicopter Credit Union (PA)
Community Bank Mankato
Credit Union of Dodge City
Crosspoint Federal Credit Union
Estacado FCU (NM)
Fiado Mastercard
First Community Bank (MI)
Goetz Credit Union (MO)
Health & Benefits
Lebanon Federal Credit Union
Mercer Savings Bank (OH)
Mokelumne Federal Credit Union
Northwest Arkansas Federal Credit Union (AR)
PeopleFirst Bank (IL)
SouthWest Bank (TX)
Southwest Federal Credit Union
Sweet Water State Bank (AL)
The Bank of New Glarus
The Farmers Bank of Willards
The Peoples Bank (IN)
Waco Federal Credit Union (TX)
WEA Credit Union (WI)

Within the last month, Google Wallet has also made some changes to how transit passes work, giving you the ability to add nicknames to things like your bus cards and boarding passes. This functionality was already available for payment methods stored in the app, but being able to use your own name for transit passes should help make things easier to find as the app continues to add support for so much more than just your credit cards.