llet will now automatically send money transfers straight to your bank account

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Published 29 Aug 2016

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llet is getting a pretty nifty update that makes it a more appealing option for money transfers.

The latest version of the Android app will send money straight to your bank account, whereas previously you’d have to go in manually move it over. This makes llet attractive for those times when you need to split the bill with a group of friends, as they can just text you money.

According to the changelog, the update also includes the typical round of bug fixes performance improvements. 

The story behind the story: Before there was Android y, ’s payment service was llet. It has since shifted to a Venmo competitor targeted at person-to-person money transfers, after the company retooled its tap-to-pay strategy with Android y. Mobile payments is a pretty crowded space, but ’s advantage is the fact that pretty much everyone with a mobile device has a account.