Which British building society launched Homelink, one of the first home online-banking services, in 1983?

Nottingham Building Society launched Homelink in 1983, one of the earliest home online-banking services. The system allowed customers to access account information and make selected payments using a television, telephone connection, and a computer terminal.

Homelink was developed with the Post Office and Bank of Scotland. It used the Viewdata technology associated with Prestel, a British videotex service. Users could perform limited transactions, including checking balances and arranging payments.

The service was far more restricted than modern internet banking. It depended on dedicated equipment, telephone connections, and participating organizations, rather than a general web browser.

Homelink is historically important because it demonstrated that banking could be conducted remotely from the home. It preceded the commercial World Wide Web and belongs to the videotex era of digital financial services.