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Text a 'T' on 07736 24 24 24 and we'll send you a demo message to view on your mobile

Find out how you can access Internet Banking on the move with a smart phone

Mobile Banking

Try our instant, on demand mobile service - Mobile Money, it's free to use until 31 December 2010*.

 

Mobile Money

  • instant balance and mini-statements to your mobile
  • real time top ups to up to five prepay mobile phones
  • safe and secure
  • simple to use and free until 31 December 2010*.

Security

Mobile Money transactions are secure. Your Mobile Money service can only be accessed from your mobile phone using your passcode. We regularly test, update and validate our security model to ensure we maintain a banking grade level of security. We also use recognised and independent security experts to validate the security of Mobile Money.

Costs

Once you've registered and downloaded the software onto your phone, you'll be able to request the following at no additional charge, as often as you like, until 31 December 2010:

  • real time balances
  • real time mini-statements
  • real time top ups to a prepay mobile phone. (Mobile phone top ups are debited directly from your first direct 1st Account and there is no charge for this service).

Costs from 1 January 2011 are 25p for a mini-statement, and just 20p for balance enquiries. No additional fees will apply to mobile phone top ups.

*Free means free of charges from first direct. O2, T-Mobile and Tesco Mobile customers can download and use the service completely free. Orange, Vodafone and Virgin mobile customers may incur a small data charge. If you use this service abroad, standard roaming data charges will apply depending on your network.

Registration

  • Mobile Money works on most popular mobile phones - if your mobile phone has a camera or games installed it should support Mobile Money. Unfortunately, the Mobile Money service from first direct is incompatible with the iPhone
  • Simply register for Mobile Money via your mobile phone by texting 'fd' to 82428. Within 60 seconds you'll receive a text message, then simply follow the on screen instructions 
  • We'll send your mobile phone a piece of software - it just takes a minute to download and install
  • Then you will be able to view a mini-statement, your balance or top up your mobile in an instant.
 
 

 

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