ICICI customers can transfer funds through Twitter

Mumbai: Customers of ICICI Bank can use their Twitter account for real-time fund transfers, prepaid mobile recharges and to check bank balance. Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Monday launched a facility, which allows account-holders to transfer funds through Twitter.

The user will have to subscribe (‘follow’) the bank’s Twitter handle and register for the facility, it said. For fund transfer, the sender needs to know the beneficiary’s Twitter handle. The bank is also working on services through wearable devices.