LONDON—Barclays has become the first bank in the U.K. to announce Apple’s digital voice app Siri will support its mobile banking app, enabling account holders to make payments to anyone in their iPhone contacts list completely hands-free using the virtual assistant.
“Following the update, customers will be able to make payments by saying, for instance, ‘Hey Siri, pay Anna £15 with Barclays,’ without having to open the app,” Mac Rumors explained.
Payments are authenticated using Touch ID and the feature can be used to pay existing payees or mobile contacts.
Barclays said the new Siri integration with its mobile app "will enable customers to send money virtually hands free, and will make secure banking easier, faster and simpler for all customers, including those with additional needs," Mac Rumors reported.