<P> Almost simultaneously with the United States , online banking arrived in the United Kingdom . The UK 's first home online banking services known as Homelink was set up by Bank of Scotland for customers of the Nottingham Building Society ( NBS ) in 1983 . The system used was based on the UK 's Prestel viewlink system and used a computer , such as the BBC Micro , or keyboard ( Tandata Td1400 ) connected to the telephone system and television set . The system allowed on - line viewing of statements , bank transfers and bill payments . In order to make bank transfers and bill payments , a written instruction giving details of the intended recipient had to be sent to the NBS who set the details up on the Homelink system . Typical recipients were gas , electricity and telephone companies and accounts with other banks . Details of payments to be made were input into the NBS system by the account holder via Prestel . A cheque was then sent by NBS to the payee and an advice giving details of the payment was sent to the account holder . BACS was later used to transfer the payment directly . </P>
<P> Almost simultaneously with the United States , online banking arrived in the United Kingdom . The UK 's first home online banking services known as Homelink was set up by Bank of Scotland for customers of the Nottingham Building Society ( NBS ) in 1983 . The system used was based on the UK 's Prestel viewlink system and used a computer , such as the BBC Micro , or keyboard ( Tandata Td1400 ) connected to the telephone system and television set . The system allowed on - line viewing of statements , bank transfers and bill payments . In order to make bank transfers and bill payments , a written instruction giving details of the intended recipient had to be sent to the NBS who set the details up on the Homelink system . Typical recipients were gas , electricity and telephone companies and accounts with other banks . Details of payments to be made were input into the NBS system by the account holder via Prestel . A cheque was then sent by NBS to the payee and an advice giving details of the payment was sent to the account holder . BACS was later used to transfer the payment directly . </P>
when did online banking start in the uk
when did online banking start in the uk
1983
1983