subject: Rbs & Natwest Launch Personal Banking App On Android [print this page] Those with the Android operating system on their phone in the UK will be able to download the RBS & NatWest Mobile Banking application soon, making it easier to manage their bank accounts on the move.
With apps readily available for the popular iPhone, iPad and Blackberry formats, which are currently being used by thousands of their customers, work has gone into providing those Android users with an app that is specifically designed for devices using this operating system.
Consumers that choose to download the app, will be able to see all of the accounts that they hold with either RBS or NatWest, check their balances and even view a mini statement which will contain the last six transactions that were made on the chosen account.
Satyendra Chelvendra, managing director of consumer distribution for NatWest, stated that their customers want to be able to bank whichever way they choose, and for many thats through their mobile phone. Our new Android app means that now even more of our customers can benefit from the convenience and simplicity of mobile banking.
With many people now running their lives, partially from their mobile phone, it is becoming increasingly popular to keep tabs on banking using the device. However, this trend is not as popular when it comes to using phones as makeshift credit cards.
Recent research, published by behaviour analysts Intersperience, has shown that only 17 per cent of UK consumers would consider using their phones as credit cards, with 44 per cent citing that a lack of security software is a major concern for them.
Despite only 8 per cent of the people polled currently using their phones as an alternative to credit cards, a substantial 21 per cent would not rule out the possibility of using their phone as a form of payment in the future.
The survey also revealed that the younger generation were, almost predictably, more keen to adopt this new technology. A third of those asked hoped to be able to use their phones as a credit card in the near future, whilst a quarter of under 18s are happy to use their phones as payment rather than owning a credit card, or using alternate types of payment.
