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Barclays launches mobile money transfer service in the UK

Thursday 16 February 2012 13:44 CET | News

UK financial services company Barclays has launched a service to enable its checking account customers to transfer money using mobile phones, online media outlet businessweek.com reports.

According to the source, Barclays’s Pingit application is set to allow users to send money to those with a UK checking account by linking their mobile phone number to their checking account details.

Barclays provides financial services in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, as well as wealth management and has an international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.

In recent news, Barclays Africa, a subsidiary of Barclays, has entered an agreement with Kenyan mobile commerce services provider Cellulant to provide mobile banking services across Africa.


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