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HSBC and first direct will be the first banks to offer customers the next generation of mobile phone banking later this year when their services go live on the MONILINK network, a new UK mobile banking platform from the UK's cash machine network,LINK.
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HSBC and first direct will be the first banks to offer customers the next generation of mobile phone banking later this year when their services go live on the MONILINK network, a new UK mobile banking platform from the UK's cash machine network, LINK.
For the first time, consumers will be able to get 'on demand', 24 hour secure access to banking services including mini statements and balance enquiries through their mobile phone. They will also be able to top-up their own or somebody else's prepay mobile. To use the service, consumers need only download an application onto their phone. As with online banking, once registered and authenticated people will have secure access to their accounts - wherever they are.
The service complements internet and phone banking pioneer first direct's text message banking service - a UK first at its launch in 1999. This existing service offers weekly or monthly mini-statements plus 'event-based' texts which can, for example, tell customers when their salary arrives. www.hsbc.co.uk www.firstdirect.com
