Royal Bank of Canada has updated its app now allowing customers to ask Apple's Siri assistant to pay their bills on iPhone and iPad.
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) also launched seamless Interac e-Transfer® payments within iMessage, which means clients can send a transfer without leaving their iMessage window.
Once a user gives the voice command, Siri confirms the name from their payee list and the RBC app automatically debits the account and sends the payment, which is protected by TouchID.
Other new capabilities include the launch of seamless person-to-person (P2P) transfers within iMessage, the Toronto based institution said.
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«By offering bill payments through Siri and P2P transfers through iMessage, we’re providing more convenient solutions to support our client’s payment needs,» said Sean Amato-Gauci, executive vice-president, Cards, Payments and Banking, RBC.
These payment solutions are the latest enhancements from the RBC innovation labs, which test new ideas by partnering with academia, fintechs and RBC clients to make banking easier. The RBC labs are actively working on a range of client solutions that will be coming to market this year.
