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The number of users of mobile banking services in the US will reach 21.27 million by 2010, according to projections from research house Frost & Sullivan.
28 September 2007
UK mobile banking outfit Monitise has laid out plans for sweeping upgrades to its m-banking suite in 2008, including options for multi-banking, payments and SMS messaging and two-factor authentication.
27 September 2007
Türkiye ÝÞ Bankasý (Is Bank) has teamed with local technology vendor Pozitron to introduce a Java-based mobile banking and payments application, called IsCep.
26 September 2007
Turkey's Garanti Bank is using technology from UK-based Volantis Systems and Hewlett-Packard (HP) to deliver mobile banking services to its customers.
25 September 2007
British virtual bank first direct has adapted its online banking service to work seamlessly with Apple's iPhone, which is set to launch in the UK in November.
21 September 2007
US bank Chase has launched a SMS-based banking service that enables customers to access account information using their mobile hand sets.
20 September 2007
Swiss banking systems vendor Temenos is teaming with London-based FE-Mobile to add mobile banking and payments functionality to its ARC front office CRM application.
17 September 2007
Lloyds TSB is introducing a new text message service that will alert current account customers if they are close to, or over, their overdraft limit.
11 September 2007
Japan's Sumitomo Trust & Banking is teaming with venture capital firm SBI Holdings to launch a direct banking operation later this month.
Bank of America (BoA) has introduced a two factor authentication system, called SafePass, that operates via a mobile phone. The bank is also piloting a wallet-sized card that generates a single-use password that can be used to authorise online brokerage and banking transactions.
HSBC is investigating 'out of band' authentication security for online banking - in which unique ID log-in codes are communicated by telephone - as a possible alternative to the two factor card reader programme backed by UK payments association Apacs.
07 September 2007
Mobile communications outfit Telrock is partnering with UK payment operator PayPoint to provide a service for consumers to pay bills and top up their mobile phones via text message.
06 September 2007
Singapore's Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets) is teaming with telco SingTel and three of the island's biggest banks to launch a consumer trial of NFC-enabled wireless wallet technology.
04 September 2007
The number of US customers using mobile banking services is set to surge in the next few years and will rise from 1.6 million in 2007 to 35 million by year-end 2010, according to Boston-based research consultancy Aite Group.
The publication of a patent filing has fuelled specualtion that Internet search engine Google is gearing up to launch a payments service, dubbed GPay, that would enable users to pay for purchases using SMS text messages.
03 September 2007
The UK's major mobile phone operators - Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, 3 and O2 - have launched a payment system that allows subscribers to use their handsets to pay for low value purchases.
EU finance ministers have been urged to take action against Finnish company Ferratum which is offering high interest loans via SMS text messages and the Internet.
31 August 2007
National Australia Bank (NAB) is teaming with Visa and wireless operator Telstra to launch the country's first mobile payments trial which will allow select cardholders in Melbourne to pay for purchases using their hand sets.
30 August 2007
US ATM manufacturer Diebold has been granted five US patents covering applications that will enable mobile devices to interact directly with banks' cash machines.
29 August 2007
A survey conducted on behalf of Sybase 365 by Singapore-based research firm BDM Intelligence has found that 81% of Indian respondents are aware they can check bank balance on a mobile phone, while 49% have used the services in the last three months - the highest amongst the five countries surveyed in the region.
28 August 2007
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