Fitbit Pay Supported Banks

[nanoymaster]

So it seems that even if your bank is supported in another country, you can only use the supported banks for your own country.
e.g. I am in UK - according to https://www.fitbit.com/fitbit-pay/banks
The supported banks are:

Danske Bank (Mastercard)

Starling Bank (Mastercard)
However under "Spain" Santander Bank (Mastercard) IS supported.

Confirmed with following chat to support:
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:12:45 PM): Hi Ross, My name is Ron. How can I help you?
Me (4/3/2018, 2:13:07 PM): Hi Ron, I keep getting "invalid entry" when trying to set up fitbit pay with santander
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:14:02 PM): I'm glad to help you out with the situation you are having with the Fitbit Pay app on your mobile Fitbit app.
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:14:28 PM): I appreciate the details provided. To get started and investigate from my end, can you please confirm the email address associated with your Fitbit account?
Me (4/3/2018, 2:14:38 PM): -redacted-@gmail.com
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:14:55 PM): Thank you, allow me a couple of minutes while I check the information on the system.
Me (4/3/2018, 2:14:59 PM): ok
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:16:42 PM): I appreciate your time.
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:17:19 PM): I found your Fitbit Versa paired to your account under the email address provided. Currently, Santander is not on the list of supported banks for the Fitbit Pay.
Me (4/3/2018, 2:17:35 PM): according to the website it is 😕
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:17:40 PM): Since this is a new watch, we are waiting for approvals of the rest of the banks to work with this feature.
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:17:51 PM): You can confirm that information by click on this link: https://www.fitbit.com/fitbit-pay/banks
Me (4/3/2018, 2:18:10 PM): Santander Bank (Mastercard)
Me (4/3/2018, 2:18:13 PM): is on the list
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:19:18 PM): Thank you for bring this to our attention Ross. According to our records, only Danske Bank (Mastercard) and Starling Bank (Mastercard) are on the supported bank list.
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:20:32 PM): Our team is currently waiting for the approvals from other banks to add them on the list, we appreciate your understanding.
Me (4/3/2018, 2:20:41 PM): is there any ETA?
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:22:21 PM): Currently, we do not have a specific estimated time frame to provide to our users Ross. However, you'll know it by a new update for the Fitbit app or the Fitbit Versa itself, so keep an eye open for updates in the near future.
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:22:56 PM): I appreciate your time today. I’d like to know, is there something else that I can assist you with?
Me (4/3/2018, 2:23:04 PM): ok, thank you, no that is all
Ron (4/3/2018, 2:23:38 PM): You're very welcome, have a great rest of your day Ross. When you feel ready to end this chat, please go ahead and click "end chat".

Hopefully this will help someone who plans on buying the premium versa for the pay option like I did.

[N8teGee]

As far as I know, the standard Versa in the UK (European version) also supports fitbit pay. The only difference with the premium version here is the special edition fabric bands.

So if you are only buying the special edition only for Fitbit pay, you may wish to reconsider your options to save yourself some money. 

[nanoymaster]

cheers for the advice, a little late as I already have it, just letting people know if it was their deciding factor to get the more expensive version

[DaSpook]

Once again very typical: No bank from Germany supports wireless payment. The Germans are a people of cash freaks. Too bad, I say as a German.

[BrianLeach]

The UK banks list currently shows Danske bank but apparently you have to be resident in Northern Ireland and Starling bank only has a debit card facility so fitbit pay very little use in the UK at the moment.

[khsh08]

So Bank of America is on the list for the US - does this mean it will work with my Visa through Bank of America for credit card purchases.  I'm new to this contactless paying option.  (getting Versa on Monday)

[r1skbreak3r]

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@BrianLeach wrote:

The UK banks list currently shows Danske bank but apparently you have to be resident in Northern Ireland and Starling bank only has a debit card facility so fitbit pay very little use in the UK at the moment.

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Starling works fine, I've been using it since I got my Versa and have been very happy with how it works.

[nanoymaster]

They now support santander in UK and I can confirm works perfectly 🙂