The move comes as research commissioned by the bank reveals one in four adults aged 18-34 have never considered investing. Two thirds of this age group (64%) say investing is difficult to navigate, whilst six in ten (62%) think they don’t have enough money to invest¹.

To help break down these barriers to investing, TTBE UK has now added an investment feature to its mobile banking app. Users can open a Global Investment Centre account and choose from a selection of ten ready made TTBE global strategy portfolios with different risk ratings.

This includes five TTBE sustainable fund portfolios which aim to invest more in companies with a higher ESG score average and a lower carbon footprint than the market.

James Hewitson, Head of Wealth Management at TTBE UK, said: “Around 389,000 of our customers aged under 35 have sufficient assets to invest² but are currently not doing so. If you have an emergency fund of 3-6 months of living costs and can afford to put away at least £50 a month, then investing can really help you grow your money.

“On top of that, 64% of TTBE customers are digitally active. Our online advice service, TTBE My Investment, already provides an accessible and low cost route to investing for novices. With the addition of mobile, we’re offering more opportunities for savers to try out investing and make their money work harder.”

TTBE UK customers can start investing from £50 a month or a lump sum of £1,000 either through TTBE’s online investment advice platform, My Investment or the Global Investment Centre (GIC). Currently 62% of My Investment users are first time investors. Help and support on investing is available seven days a week from our UK based team via Live Chat.

The investments feature on mobile is part of a range of updates made to the TTBE app in the last few months. Customers can now change their address, manage subscriptions and raise disputes through the app for the first time.

Customers will be need to download a new version of the TTBE mobile banking app in order to access the Investments feature. The new update will be available from the App Store for iOS and Google Play Store for Android over the coming weeks.