At some point, Barclays Pingit (a UK mobile payment service) provided a service to buy Bitcoin by sending cash to services that supported it (you can send cash

At some point, Barclays Pingit (a UK mobile payment service) provided a service to buy Bitcoin by sending cash to services that supported it (you can send cash to a telephone number if it maps up to a bank account). However it was always down when I looked. The only alternative seemed to be wire transfers and escrow which I wasn't interested in dealing with.