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I was tipped off on this article by Paul Jonas regarding a recent survey of community banks indicating that mobile banking remains a top priority over the next 18 months.
The articled featured an interesting set of data that is surprising and encouraging:
Eighty-nine percent of the community bankers polled in a nationwide survey said they are [...]
MasterCard’s ‘ATM Hunter’ application has been getting mixed reviews in Apple’s iTunes store, according to a recent article on American Banker. With Monday’s release of the Blackberry application, MasterCard officials are quickly to comment on “significant pick up in downloads.”
Not everything is as rosy as MasterCard claims though, as the iPhone application – which has [...]
Security is a major issue with online and mobile banking. But should we be surprised that making mobile more secure means requiring less information?
USAA, already known as a leader in the social space, is taking mobile banking to another level by introducing a technology that allows its systems to recognize individual mobile phones. The technology, [...]
BBVA Compass Bank has begun testing video work stations in six of their branches. These work stations allow for mortgage applicants and investment services to be done via a video screen, without being in front of a physical banker. Such innovation could eliminate staffing issues/needs within their retail sector.
There’s been a lot of commentary on [...]
Wells Fargo has released its CEO MobileSM iPhone application, allowing corporate and business customers to get free alerts of pending transactions, as well as being able to connect them to their online commercial banking portal.
The CEO Mobile application allows access to Well’s Commercial Electronic Office (CEO) portal services, in which users can monitor balances, approve [...]
MTN announced today that they will launch the MTN Mobile Money product in Rwanda by the end of the year.
A huge opportunity, as MTN will be the first of its kind in Rwanda, which has around 1.5 million cell phone users.
Mobile banking continues to be an emerging trend, and a lot of testing and trial [...]
In an effort to cash in on the increasing trend of mobile banking, U.S. Bank launched Mobile Wallet, a comprehensive mobile banking application, on Tuesday. U.S. bank partnered with Qualcomm owned Firethorn Holdings, which provided the technology for the application.