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YulianK
SMARTY Community Manager
21-02-2025

[Announcement] BIG NEWS: You can now text shortcodes! 🎉

  Yes, we heard you loud and clear—it’s been a long time coming, but the wait is finally over...SMARTY now supports shortcode messaging.  So, what’s the big deal with shortcodes?   They’...
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NicolaS_1506339
SMARTY Rookie
06-07-2023

Hi, I need to send a text message to my bank to authorise a payment. They use a short code number and my texts are failing. Does Smarty support short code text numbers?

Thanks

ChrisM's avatar
ChrisM
SMARTY Maverick
15-04-2024

Just to add to this old thread...

I've just had a text from Barclaycard (from a 5 digit short code) for a security check asking me to reply with 'Y' if I recognised the last 3 transactions. I hadn't realised it wouldn't send and the transaction was then declined. Bit annoying.

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    MSF
    SMARTY Guru
    15-04-2024

    ChrisM  Unfortunately, this seems to be a recurring theme with certain organisations that use short code.