Hello👋
I’m Louis and I work in the Payments team.
Earlier this summer we shared our plans to help you pay in cheques just by taking a picture . To bring you this feature we need to join a new payment scheme called the Image Clearing System. In June, we said we were working towards offering it at the start of 2019, but we have had to push this back to August.
Why?
We prioritise projects that will have the biggest impact on our customers. So for the past few months, we’ve been working hard on things that will bring brand new functionality, like joining SEPA to enable direct inbound euro payments. We’ve also been making our payments platform more robust, so we’re ready to grow!
When you join a new scheme, you’re given a few ‘go-live’ dates to choose from. This helps coordinate all the technical work and the testing.
We were aiming for a date in February, but because we’ve focussed on other things we’ve decided to pick a later date instead. The next one available is in August 2019, and we’re working towards that now. And because we have a bit more time, we’ll be able to build something even better.
Sorry we won’t be bringing this to you sooner, and please let me know if you have any questions!