And finally…app-y Christmas
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Around half of internet and mobile banking users will break away from the festivities on Christmas Day to check on their pennies and pounds, according to the nation’s largest building society.
Figures from Nationwide show that last year, 46 per cent of its internet and mobile bank customers logged in to check their finances on Christmas Day.
With many people receiving money for Christmas and the growth of internet shopping meaning many retailers now start their online sales on December 25, people are now increasingly inclined to keep an eye on their finances on the big day itself, the society suggested.
Nationwide said that around 366,000 customers checked their account on December 25 2014, with the majority (70 per cent) logging in from their mobile device rather than from a laptop or computer.
This is a 52 per cent uplift compared with Christmas Day in 2013, when 240,000 people logged into their accounts.
Despite the sharp growth in internet banking on Christmas Day, many people had logged off last year in time for the Queen’s traditional Christmas message.
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