Text payments to launch in the UK in spring 2014
The Payments Council has announced that by spring 2014 UK account holders will be able to send money using only their phone number.
Crucially, this service doesn’t require any kind of digital wallet to be set up, rather the details are stored on one central database, which account holders will opt in to.
Barclays
Cumberland Building Society
Danske Bank
HSBC
Lloyds Banking Group
Metro Bank
Royal Bank of Scotland
Santander
Are all signed up to the scheme, giving them 90% of all UK account holders.
Payment innovation? In the UK? Dig that kind of thing? then you should
Here’s some exceprts from the real press:
Payments by text message service to launch in UK in spring 2014
BBC News – 1 hour ago
UK mobile users will be able to send and receive money by sharing only their phone number by spring 2014, the Payments Council has said. Account owners will be asked by their banks if they want to opt-in to a database that will allow the sending of money …
Mobiles To Become Britain’s New Credit Cards
Sky News – 1 hour ago
Smartphones keep on getting smarter with the news of a nationwide scheme to let Britons use their mobiles to pay their bills. 8:57am UK, Wednesday 16 January 2013. HTC handsets are displayed in a mobile phone shop. The smartphone: making calls – and …
Phone payment scheme set for 2014
Telegraph.co.uk – 3 hours ago
The Payments Council announced yesterday that eight financial institutions – representing 90pc of UK current account holders – have already signed up to the scheme. The new service will allow users to make payments using a mobile phone number, …
Owe a friend some money? Just pay them with a text: New scheme could make …
Daily Mail – 10 hours ago
The first industry-wide scheme to allow Britons to transfer cash to friends and businesses as easily as texting will be up and running from spring 2014, officials said today. Eight financial institutions, representing 90% of UK current accounts, have already …
