Your Apple Wallet can already store your bank cards, boarding passes, tickets for sports or music events, hotel key cards, store cards, student ID cards, and even yourdriver’s license or state ID. If you’re in the UK, it’s also now possible to view your UK bank balance directly within the Wallet app onyour iPhone, too. As well as your available balance, you’re able to also see a list of your most recent transactions or look back through folders of your older transactions. If you want to be able to quickly see if you have enough money left to treat yourself to a newApple Watch Ultra, then here’s how to see your UK bank balance in Apple Wallet.
What does adding my bank account to Apple Wallet do?
By adding your UK bank account to your Apple Wallet, you may see the current available balance of your bank account from directly within the Wallet app, without having to open the banking app on your iPhone. As well as the current balance, you can also see a breakdown of your most recent transactions, as well as historical data for your transactions in previous months. It’s a quick way to keep track of your spending and your bank balance without having to sign in to your banking apps.
How to see your UK bank balance in Apple Wallet
In order to see your UK bank balance in Apple Wallet, you’ll need to have a debit or credit card from your UK bank already added to your Apple Wallet. If this isn’t the case, you’ll need toadd your debit or credit cardto Apple Wallet first.
What do I need to be able to see my UK bank balance in Apple Wallet?
Is the Wallet bank balance feature available in other countries?
Currently, this feature is available exclusively in the UK, as it relies on using the UK’s Open Banking framework. However, all indications are that Apple is working on making the feature available in the US. Whether it eventually makes it to other countries remains to be seen.