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This bank wants you to take out cash using your Android smartphone
Image: iStockBarclays bank is piloting a service which will allow customers to withdraw money from their account using their Android smartphone.The service is being tested in the north of England before rolling it out to over 180 branches next year, the company said.It will be available via more than 600 in-branch machines, allowing customers to withdraw cash with a tap of their Android smartphone, or contactless debit card, using NFC technology.
Barclays tests smartphone cash withdrawals
Image copyright Barclays Image caption Barclays customers are able to trigger cash withdrawals via an appBarclays is trialling new cash machines that allow customers to make withdrawals via their smartphones.The facility is limited to Android handsets, which trigger the money's release via a "contactless" NFC (near-field communication) transmission.The bank suggests the facility is more secure than slotting in a bank card as it avoids the risk of having the card's details hijacked by a skimming machine.
Barclays to unveil contactless smartphone cash withdrawals
Bank customers will soon be able to withdraw as much as £100 in cash by tapping their smartphones on high-tech contactless cash machines under a new scheme being rolled out by Barclays.It marks the first time that customers will be able to tap a phone against a cash-point to make withdrawals and will start next month.The initiative, which is for use with Android smartphones, will at first work by customers touching their mobile device or contactless debit card against a machine in a branch and then entering their pin on the cash-point.
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