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There's Siri for that: RBC adds voice P2P

March 9, 2017

Royal Bank of Canada has launched money transfer for personal banking clients using the Siri personal voice assistant from Apple, according to a press release.

The new feature is now available through an update to the RBC mobile app for iPhone and iPad. 

"It's our goal to continue to be part of the everyday mobile experiences of our clients by adding more convenient and seamless ways to send money and bank with RBC," Sean Amato-Gauci, RBC executive vice president of digital payments and cards, said in a statement. "Building on the explosive growth of our free person-to-person payments products, we're excited to provide the ability for our clients to now send free money transfers from their checking accounts using Siri."

RBC said sending money with is simple with Siri. Once a user gives the voice command, the Siri feature will confirm the name from a payee list. The RBC app automatically debits the checking account and sends the payment, which is secured by TouchID, according to the announcement.