A customer recently told us about a frustrating experience when paying a bill online. They copied their account reference number from their PDF bill into our payment page — something many of us do. But instead of working, the form returned an error.
The reason? The reference number on the bill includes spaces by design, for readability. Great for humans, but not for the form, which rejected it.
We knew this was a barrier, so our digital team acted fast. They found the issue, built a fix, and ...