70 results about this entity
Period: 24 Apr 2007 - 28 Feb 2025
Company announcement
first direct is launching two new ‘native’ Apps specifically designed and built inhouse for iOS and Android customers.
27 July 2017
21 July 2017
For the first time since launch in 1989, First Direct has been displaced as the most recommended UK bank by digital-only entrant, Atom Bank.
23 February 2017
News
UK digital bank first direct has launched an online platform where customers can get directly involved in helping the HSBC unit develop new products and services.
14 December 2016
Google's Android Pay has launched in the UK, enabling millions of Brits to make contactless instore and in-app payments with their handsets.
18 May 2016
HSBC and first direct are launching a British Sign Language Video Relay Service (VRS) in the UK.
19 April 2016
UK bank-backed mobile payment service Paym has confirmed that 20 new institutions have signed up to use the service, with first direct the first into production with a live roll-out.
14 October 2014
First direct, a bank that has no high street branches but still manages to make its customers feel valued, is the top-rated brand for customer service in the UK, according to a survey by consumer champion Which?
17 September 2014
UK online and telephone bank first direct is to make its debut on the high street with its own branded ATMs.
01 July 2014
Mobile visits to the website of first direct are to set to overtake desktop log-ins as consumer enthusiasm for banking-on-the-move picks up speed.
26 June 2014
Metro Bank founder Anthony Thomson has recruited first direct chief Mark Mullen to head a new UK digital bank.
09 April 2014
Five major UK financial services firms have committed to rolling out mobile payments technology from Zapp, enabling customers to make in-store and online purchases from within their banking apps.
15 January 2014
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