Santander has taken its voice-controlled banking initiative to the next phase, with customers now able to make payments by voice.
Santander customers in the UK can make payments using their voices as part of a pilot of a range of speech-controlled services.
iOS users of the bank’s SmartBank app are in the pilot, which is the second phase of Santander’s voice-controlled banking initiative. It goes beyond voice-controlled security, as it allows customers to ask questions which involve the app collating information.
Through the app, customers can vocally instruct the bank to pay someone at a certain time. This can be done with simple instructions such as: “Pay Julia £30 tomorrow.
