For transfers from one of my own accounts to some other account (another one one of my own or someone elseâs) Iâm not sure.
When I tried payment initiation in Yolt a while ago I didnât see much value because it required being transferred to the bank app to authenticate every single transfer.
It left me wondering why not just start in the bank app
I suppose the only potential value in could see is if I could maintain a master payees list inside the aggregator (i.e. inside Emma) instead of having to create payees inside each bank app I use.
If it were possible do payments without having to be diverted to the bank app every time it would be more appealing for me.
What I think would be really interesting in the future is triggered/rule-based transactions - e.g. see flowyour.money. I guess the link you shared suggests that might be possible in the future via open banking, but not yet.
TBH, I have enough apps for payments. I would prefer Emma stuck to its core product. Doing payments opens up a huge commitment in operations, support & engineering resource that you guys could probably do without (especially for the tiny margins). People get a bit (unsurprisingly) funny when their money doesnât arrive where its supposed to when its supposed to, as opposed to their budget being out of date by a day or two.
It will only support P2P payments, so you will be able to request money to anyone via a link and send money to your friends in Emma. You will be able to find them either via your contacts or user handle.
Interested to know how a split payment might work, Iâd like to be able to pay a restaurant bill on a credit card, but request a split payment into my current account