Building on successful partnerships with other brands,
ApTap will make managing household bills easier for mortgage customers of Halifax and
Lloyds Bank (part of Lloyds Banking Group).
ApTap’s bill management tool, which makes it easier for people to switch and save on utilities and home services, will now be available through Home Wise (Lloyds Bank) and HelloHome (Halifax) – the home hubs already available to the banks’ mortgage customers through their mobile banking.
Customers will now be able to use the home hubs to:
- Get information on savings that could be made by switching broadband provider, energy supplier, or mobile phone contract.
- Request to switch broadband provider, energy provider, or phone provider.
ApTap’s broadband switching tool alone has saved the average customer over £217 a year, as well as hundreds of pounds across a suite of other regular household outgoings, with some customer seeing savings as high as £1,532 a year.
Last year, ApTap completed ‘Lloyds Banking Group Launch’ (see notes to editor), a five-month collaborative innovation programme, offering rapid experimentation with subject matter experts and free business masterclasses.
Lloyds Bank and Halifax customers can already get a view of their estimated property value and calculate the impact of overpayments on their mortgage within Home Wise and HelloHome.
Carolyne Gregory, Head of Product Management (Homes), Lloyds Banking Group said: “Staying on top of regular household bills can lead to savings of hundreds of pounds a year, but we know it can be difficult to find time to go through paperwork and check with every supplier. The collaboration with ApTap makes managing regular bills much easier, as Lloyds Bank and Halifax mortgage customers can now save and switch through their existing home hub within their mobile banking.”
Will Billingsley, Co-founder and CEO at ApTap, said “Throughout the Launch programme, we have seen the bank’s ambition to serve customers in innovative ways first hand. Having worked closely with a number of teams across the group to get our tools into the app, we’re excited to land in the home ecosystem, which we believe lends real context to our bill management tools. The mutual focus on helping customers make the right decision for their specific situation has fuelled this partnership, and we’re excited to see what comes next as our relationship grows.”
