Apple updated its Apple Pay participating issuers list today with 24 additional banks, credit unions and financial institutions supporting the contactless payment service in the United States. Apple Pay now has nearly 250 participating issuers nationwide, and several hundred more plan to support the NFC-based mobile payment service in the future.

The full list of new Apple Pay participating issuers is reflected below, although it's worth noting that some banks, credit unions and financial institutions listed may have already had support for the contactless payments service for quite some time and are only now being reflected on Apple's website.

The full list of new Apple Pay participating issuers:

Bellwether Community Credit Union



Benchmark Federal Credit Union



Blackhawk Community Credit Union



Community America Credit Union



Community First Credit Union



Connections Credit Union



cPort Credit Union



Denver Fire Department FCU



Electro Savings Credit Union



Elements Financial FCU



First Financial Credit Union



Greater Nevada Credit Union



Harvard Universities Employees Credit Union



Interra Credit Union



Kern Schools Federal Credit Union



Nusenda Credit Union



People’s Trust Federal Credit Union



Premier America Credit Union



Premier Members Federal Credit Union



SAFE Credit Union



Scient Federal Credit Union



The Bancorp Bank



Tucson Federal Credit Union



Union Bank & Trust Co.

Apple Pay remains available in the United States only, although Apple is committed to an international rollout of the mobile payments service in additional countries such as Canada, China and the United Kingdom. Canada, a well-prepared candidate for Apple Pay, could be the first country to embrace the service outside of the United States as early as November according to The Wall Street Journal.