Yorkshire Building Society Launches New Mobile Website

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Our BIG step, on the small screen Yorkshire Building Society has launched a mobile website designed specifically to access product information and services through smartphone devices. Use of smartphones growing rapidly

12 March 2011  No comments

Barclays poll on Twitter suggests new financial language developing

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Recent results from a Barclays survey are suggesting that a new style of financial terminology is changing the traditional banking terms.  43% of the Twitter users surveyed, thought that the advent of mobile phone banking is changing the way people talk about money. With an increasing use of communication via mobile phone text messages and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, words [...]

31 January 2011  No comments

Mobile banking users ‘most in touch’ with bank balances

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Majority of people unable to accurately say how much is in their bank account Mobile phone banking users are most likely to know their actual bank balance According to recent research by Barclays, almost  three-quarters of UK adults think thier bank balances are better than they actual are.  On average, bank balances are overestimate by £70.73, [...]

17 September 2010  1 comment

first direct iPhone application

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There have been a lot of queries and discussions on Talking Point and Twitter about whether or not first direct have or are planning to have an iPhone App. We can confirm that, whilst customers can’t download a first direct App from the Apple store, they do have a version of their internet banking site which can [...]

1 June 2010  No comments

Mobile Banking Text Service Launched by MBNA

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  Although a bit of a dated feature in today’s high-tech arena, MBNA have released a new text service that enables their UK customers to receive credit card information via text message.  It does however have the advantage of being a simple system, with the only requirement being to be able to send and receive [...]

20 May 2010  No comments

Barclays updates mobile banking site

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Barclays have announced that their mobile banking site is undergoing another overhaul.  Their aim is to refresh the site with clearer user screens, to simplify the navigation and to introduce a range of new features. We’ve had a look at the newly customised interface specifically for mobiles, and we’re quite impressed on the focus that mobile phones are now [...]

8 December 2009  No comments

Barclays Mobile Banking Update

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Mobile Banking just got easier Barclays have launched new Online Banking log-in screens and basic access designed specifically for mobile use. It features improved navigation and speed log-in to make banking on your mobile phone even easier.

16 September 2009  No comments

Lloyds TSB First to Launch Monilinks ‘Balance on Demand’

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Lloyds TSB has become the first bank in the UK to launch ‘on demand’ text message balance updates for its customers. The new Balance on Demand service means that customers can request an up to the minute snapshot of their account, straight to their mobile phone, simply by sending a text message*. Balance on Demand [...]

30 June 2009  No comments

Barclays Mobile Banking Services Gets a Makeover

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With mobile phones becoming more popular to access online banking, Barclays.mobi have taken a step forwards to make the experience simpler and more intuitive. Mobile browsers have advanced enough over the past few years to easily display websites, and Barclays have kept at the forefront by ensuring users can access online banking information such as statements, [...]

21 May 2009  No comments

first direct ventures into iPhone technology

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first direct, the first UK bank to have created a mobile banking application for the iPhone, is reporting a massive 600 per cent growth in users in its first year. The ready-to-use application was developed specifically for first direct’s technology savvy, forward-thinking customers. The application includes a dedicated homepage (firstdirect.com/iphone) that provides first direct customers [...]

20 February 2009  No comments