Mobile Banking
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Mobile banking picks up in Asia
News Banks that are on mobile banking bandwagon report strong growth, while analyst says those that lack such a service today are at risk of losing customers.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business applications, Mobile applications, Hong Kong, Mobile Banking, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Citigroup Inc., Indonesia, financial
Mobile banking tapped for growth in India
News Subscriber base for mobile banking services remain low but micro-banking model is making inroads among Indian villages via NFC, say market players.
Tags: NFC (near-field communications), Banking, Mobile platforms/communications, Applications and tools, ATM, Banking, Phone, cell phone, bank, mobile
APAC banks tap new tech for Gen Y
News To attract Gen Y users, banks in region are harnessing new media and putting greater emphasis on online and mobile banking, says new Financial Insights report.
Tags: Generation Y, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, customer experience, social networking, financial, network, bank, strategy, banking
Bill Gates donates to help poor spend their money
News The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given a US$12.5 million grant to the Mobile Money for the Unbanked scheme which offers those in the developing regions their first bank account--on their mobiles.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones, Web 2.0, Bill Gates, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Mobile Banking, mobile financial service, mobile industry
Cashing in: The 73 million people opting for mobile money
News Analysts say more people will be using their mobile phones to spend their money this year.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile, Web Browser, Cell Phone, Mobile Banking, Gartner Inc., phone, payment, North America, Mobile applications
How smartphones, netbooks will change the future of money
News Mobile banking and m-payments are on the increase and look set to become substantial markets, say U.K.-based industry watchers.
Tags: Mobile commerce, PayPal, Mobile, Smart Phone, Mobile Internet, Mobile Banking, payment, electronic payment, billing, credit card
Mobile banking set to boom
News The number of global mobile banking transactions is predicted to reach 37 billion by 2011, and some 612 million users will generate over US$587 billion worth of financial transactions, says analyst house Juniper Research.
Tags: Banking, Mobile commerce, Data services, Mobile applications, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Mobile Banking, developing country, payment, Silicon.com
Mobile messaging grows globally
News New uses--such as messaging for social change and marketing--helped spur total message growth worldwide by nearly 10 percent in the third quarter, according to VeriSign.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Message, Mobile, Quarter, VeriSign Inc., Cell Phone, Text Messaging, Mobile Banking, Wireless, Messaging
A case for mobile-based micro banks in urban areas
Blogs Today is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday--or Gandhi Jayanti, as the day is known here in India. While most know Gandhiji as th...
Silver surfers take mobile banking gold
News Trading stocks and accessing bank accounts were the second and third most popular types of sites respectively for phone users over the age of 55, behind those for checking the weather.
Tags: Web sites, Mobile commerce, Mobile, Mobile Banking, mobile financial service, Stock, phone, social networking, ComScore Networks Inc., network
How will mobile banking work?
Blogs Industry experts at the 12th Malaysian Banking Summit 2008 say not just Internet banking but mobile banking is set for f...
Indians fast turning to e-payments
News India's retail e-payment market is poised to reach US$150 billion on rising consumer confidence and as number of Internet, mobile subscribers increases.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Banking, Web sites, E-business, PayPal, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Password
Mobile banking set for boom time
News The number of people accessing banking services via their mobile phones will increase tenfold over the next four years according to study.
Tags: Mobile, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile commerce
OCBC hits a mobile milestone
Insight The Singapore bank shares the technical issues and lessons learnt in developing its mobile phone banking service.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile commerce
DiGi teams with UOB M'sia to offer mobile banking
News The telco war to win more customers in the nascent mobile commerce era continued to heat up when DiGi Telecommunications teamed up with United Overseas Bank Malaysia to offer cellular phone banking beginning June.
