It was launched in February 2012 and expanded in stages to include all account holders,[1] with over 1.2 million downloads reported in its first year.

Pingit was compatible with the Paym mobile payment system which worked across other UK banks.

In July 2015, Barclays teamed up with Zapp to allow Pingit to be used at point of sale terminals in shops, and for Internet transactions where the Pay by Bank app symbol is displayed.

[4] In March 2019, Barclays merged its BPay wearable contactless payments product with the Pingit money transfer app.

[5] That August, Barclays launched an online store vending Pingit wearable payments devices, such as watches and key fobs, programmed to process Pingit mobile payments.