MSE News: Almost 40% of customers now use banking apps

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edited 29 June 2017 at 4:21PM in Budgeting & bank accounts
Almost 40% of UK adults now use banking apps, with about 30 transactions taking place every second...
'Almost 40% of customers now use banking apps'
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  • TheShape
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    They're incredibly convenient. I've got 10 banking apps on my phone.
  • EssexExile
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    I'll have to get a phone.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • worried_jim
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    I've also got a Monzo account which is an app only bank. It's the future.
  • enthusiasticsaver
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    I find them convenient and have them for 3 different banks on my phone. I love contactless too.

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  • EarthBoy
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    They are so convenient that I can't imagine being without them now. I'd struggle to manage.
  • Ectophile
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    I've got a Nokia phone. It doesn't do apps. Funnily, I don't struggle to manage.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
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    Ectophile wrote: »
    I've got a Nokia phone. It doesn't do apps. Funnily, I don't struggle to manage.

    Me neither! :);):p
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  • worried_jim
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    Ectophile wrote: »
    I've got a Nokia phone. It doesn't do apps. Funnily, I don't struggle to manage.

    Maybe so, however your life could be made easier and more convenient. A bit like the chap that says I like the bus what do I need a car for?
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    EarthBoy wrote: »
    They are so convenient that I can't imagine being without them now. I'd struggle to manage.
    Convenient and slightly addictive.
    I came into this world with nothing and I've got most of it left.
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    Ectophile wrote: »
    I've got a Nokia phone. It doesn't do apps. Funnily, I don't struggle to manage.

    I'm sure 20 years ago you were thinking something along the lines of

    "I've got a postbox near to me and a landline. I don't have a computer or a mobile phone. Funnily, I don't struggle to manage"

    Yet look at you now posting on an online forum discussing your mobile phone!.

    As worried jim says it's not about struggling it's about convenience. I have 11 financial and banking apps on my phone to keep track of all those accounts paying me "lots" of interest and bonuses. Using apps i can check all of them in less than 5 minutes when i have some spare time when I'm out. If I didn't have those apps I wouldn't be able to use my time as efficiently and have less time to do other things.
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