what you need to know
- In March, Google added support for 30 U.S. banks to the Google Wallet app, bringing the total number of supported banks to more than 5,000.
- Previously, around 100 banks were added to Google Wallet in December and January.
- The base of supported banks in Google Wallet grows as Google plans to shut down Google Pay in the US
As Google Wallet becomes Google’s primary digital banking and wallet app on Android, it’s adding new features every month. The company previously announced that Google Pay will officially shut down on June 4, 2024, at least in the United States. Before forcing the transition, Google is ensuring that Google Wallet supports as many banks as possible. In March, that means 30 new banks were added to the Google Wallet app in the US
Google is making steady progress in adding supported banks to the Google Wallet app in the US. 42 new banking institutions were added in January, and 44 more banks will join in December 2023. Now, as documented on Google’s support page, first spotted by Android Police, 30 new users have been added to the Google Wallet app.
Here’s the full list of banks added to the Google Wallet app this month, including financial institutions from 14 different U.S. states. Users of these banks can now add digital bank cards to the Google Wallet app for Android.
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- Bank of Odessa (Missouri)
- Beach City Commercial Bank (California)
- BFG Federal Credit Union (Ohio)
- Chillicothe State Bank (Missouri)
- Citizens Bank of Eldon (Missouri)
- Coastlife Credit Union (Texas)
- Oelwein Community Bank (IA)
- CorePlus Federal Credit Union (CT)
- First Farmers & Merchants Bank (Cannon Falls, Minnesota)
- First Farmers & Merchants National Bank (Fairmont, Minnesota)
- First Farmers & Merchants National Bank (Luverne, Minnesota)
- First Farmers and Merchants National Bank (MN)
- First Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Brownsdale, Minnesota)
- First Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Greater Meadow (Minnesota)
- First National Bank of Le Center (MN)
- First State Bank (Ohio)
- Fortress Bank (IA)
- Lusitania Savings Bank (New Jersey)
- Detroit Credit Union (MI)
- Pacific Postal Credit Union (CA)
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- Ravalli County Federal Credit Union (MT)
- National Bank of Sydney (MI)
- Sixth Avenue Baptist Federal Credit Union (AL)
- Subzero/Avaya
- Star Valley Bank(WY)
- Falls Bank (Florida)
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- Xformative Payment System (New York)
You’ll notice right away that many of these banks are smaller and you may not have even heard of them before. In fact, Google Wallet added 30 new banks in March, including 6 First Farmers & Merchants branches. Part of the reason is that nearly every major U.S. bank already has support for Google Wallet. There are more than 5,000 banks in the United States that work with Google Wallet.
Still, it’s important for Google to continue working with smaller, local banks to include them in Google Wallet. Not everyone uses the big banks, so getting these niche institutions on board is key to making Google Wallet popular among Android users.
In addition to bank cards, Google is also actively adding support for new features in the Google Wallet app. It previously announced plans to add more supported U.S. state ID cards this year. Recently, Google made it possible to use Apple Wallet Pass within the Google Wallet app.