According to a latest report, Apple Pay is striving to widen its payment service’s adoption across the globe. As a result, as many as 21 new US institutions have adopted Apple Pay recently. The new institutions to join the service comprise regional banks and credit unions, rather than key national banks that signed up for the mobile payments platform during its first year.

Report Apple Pay gets 21 new partners in the US

At the moment, Apple Pay is supported in Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand, China and Hong Kong. Other countries where the financial service is available include Japan, France, Taiwan, Singapore, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.

As iOS 11 Apple has expanded on Apple Pay, Person to Person payments is now possible which you can make with the help of iMessage, and Apple Pay Cash –which is a virtual wallet where the cash is stored. You can use it to send money to others or pay to any business that supports Apple Pay.

Report Apple Pay gets 21 new partners in the US

Here is the complete list of U.S. additions:

Peoples Bank of East Tennessee

• Santa Cruz County Bank
• First Bank of Berne
• First Financial Federal Credit Union
• The First National Bank of Central Texas
• Skyline National Bank
• Sterling Bank
• Greater State Bank
• Highlands State Bank
• Houston Police Credit Union
• Independent Bank (TX)
• Community Bank & Trust of Florida
• Community Savings Bank
• Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
• NAFT Federal Credit Union
• Independent Bank (MI)
• Stonegate Bank
• Terre Haute Savings Bank
• American Eagle Financial Credit Union
• Central Virginia Federal Credit Union
• The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod
• Fremont Federal Credit Union