MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A method of transmitting a message from a first entity (118) to a terminal (106) of a user ( 104) over a communication system (110) operated by a second entity. The method comprises: the second entity authorising the first entity to access a message transmission means connected to the communication system; the first entity transmitting the message (S206) to the message transmission means (126); the message transmission means generating a notification message from the message and storing the message in a storage means (124); transmitting the notification message to a client (S212) executed on the terminal over the communication system,- responsive to receiving the notification message, the client communicating with the storage means to ascertain the identity of the first entity that transmitted the message, and determining whether the user has selected to receive messages from the first entity (S218); and in the case that the user has selected to receive messages from the first entity, the client retrieving the message from the storage means over the communication system (S228) and displaying the message to the user on a display means of the terminal (S234).