Barclays gearing up for faster payments

Customers being advised that payments are getting quicker

20 June 2008 |

One change covered in the recent Internet Banking Dashboard was the change in wording Barclays use around payment times. As one day payments are being introduced across the UK Barclays have advised their customers that one day payments are possible, but the “some payments take longer”. Let’s...keep reading

Faster Payments increasingly used by UK banks

External payment clearance times sharply reduced as more UK banks use Faster Payments on a regular basis

07 January 2009 |

At the end of 2008 the UK online banking market was full of activity. Our December update of the Internet Banking Dashboard monitored over 50 changes, including four website refreshes by First Direct, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Nationwide.

Although most banks started to roll out the Faster Payment...keep reading

Online payment preference in the UK

Online banking data shows significant regional opportunities

27 January 2010 |

Just before the end of 2009, the Payments council released an interesting press release describing the regional variances that exist over payment preferences. Their data covers all payment types and makes interesting reading.

One of the neat tools is the Interactive online map which is...keep reading