AIB now allows you to "pay a contact" by phone number if they have an AIB account

[Brendan Burgess]

How to pay a contact?

aib.ie

If you have an AIB account, you should link it to your phone number.
Then if someone else has an AIB account, they can go into their App and pay you.


Brendan

 

[Rasputin]

How to pay a contact?

aib.ie

If you have an AIB account, you should link it to your phone number.
Then if someone else has an AIB account, they can go into their App and pay you.


Brendan

That's great. I wonder how long it will take the money to appear in the receiving account - only really useful if its instantaneous.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

It is instantaneous.

 

[fidelcastro]

How to pay a contact?

aib.ie

If you have an AIB account, you should link it to your phone number.
Then if someone else has an AIB account, they can go into their App and pay you.


Brendan

same as REvolut. Do they have a "pay near me" option, so that you can pay a person near you without knowing their contact details.

 

[Brendan Burgess]

I don't think so.
You need to know their phone number and you need to know that they have an AIB account and they must have set up the system to receive a payment. Very simple - it's just confirming that the phone number on their system is yours.

Brendan

 

[Eithneangela]

+1. Was paying a tradesman who is oNe of my contacts and who also has an AIB account. Money was in his account before he left the house. Great facility, just wish it applied to all contacts.

 

[Pinoy adventure]

Is there any fees too do it ?

 

[llgon]

Is this the first step in the roll out across the Irish banking sector? Wonder how far behind the other banks are.

Four Irish banks want to set up an industry-wide quick payment app

The CCPC was notified of the proposal from AIB, BOI, KBC and Permanent TSB last Friday.

www.thejournal.ie

 

[Clamball]

This will be great for paying tradesmen, plumbers, window washers, electricians. Having to get cash out to pay them is a pain. We find we are scrounging around for coins these days to pay for some car parks or small tips.

 

[tomdublin]

This will be great for paying tradesmen, plumbers, window washers, electricians

If the reason they want cash is to avoid paying taxes then they aren't going to accept a bank transfer as it's still traceable.