Transferring funds from accounts will only take two hours rather than the two days it normally takes.
Paying bills or moving money between different banks and accounts on the same day has never been such a breeze.
This is brought by Faster Payments Service that will cover 5% of payments only. Supposedly, it was due to go live at the end of last year but was delayed by testing. As complex and huge this project may sound, it was finally tested in a live environment. The Faster Payments Service at launch will be offered by seven banks including Barclays and HSBC.
People with PayPal accounts can send money through Skype is now an option. Otherwise, if the price for this service is costly it would not be easily patronized since it would not cost much to withdraw from an ATM.