Mobile Banking

Hardware, software, high-speed networks, uptake . it seems all the pieces are in place for mobile commerce to take off. Well, all the pieces except maybe a viable business model …

Things move quickly in the U.S. mobile entertainment ecosystem – unless you’re an adult content vendor.From sex texts to moantones to bikini-clad models to full-on hardcore video, wireless porn is …

Transport-based mobile ticketing will grow from 37.4 million transactions last year to more than 1.8 billion by 2011, according to new research from Juniper Research.The Far East and China will …

A new report from IMS Research says the time is right for banking, money transfers and online payments to move to a mobile environment.The combination of better coverage and higher …

Verizon Wireless said its BlackBerry customers can now manage their financial accounts on the go.The carrier introduced a mobile banking application that works on BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 …

Wireless banking also poised for growth in U.S.. Mobile banking isn’t as popular in the U.S. as banks had hoped, although new smart phones like the iPhone 3G may help …

Indian handset maker Spice Mobile has sales of about 200,000 mostly entry level cell phones a month.

Heathrow Express, the high speed rail link between central London and Heathrow Airport has launched a mobile banking application, provided by Atos Origin.

When it comes to investment money, perhaps no space in mobile is as hot as social networking. And it looks like the spigot isn’t going to shut off anytime soon. …

Whipping out your mobile phone to pay for a sandwich at lunchtime could soon become a reality. The global trade body for the mobile industry and a European monetary organisation …

Analyst Brian Modoff at Deutsche Bank this week cut his forecast for global handset shipments from 8% growth to 6%, citing fuel and food cost pressures on consumers. Modoff said …

But security concerns hinder millions more.

Commerce over mobile devices such as cell phones is accelerating in the U.S., according to data released earlier this month by Nielsen Mobile.

Banks should look beyond their Internet banking customers for new mobile banking customers, Javelin says.

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has teamed up with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News’ subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various …

Global mobile transactions are forecast to mushroom—from 2.7 billion in 2007 to 37 billion by 2011—with growth mainly in developing countries

Bank of America said it has topped the 1 million mark for its unique active mobile banking customers after one year of service.The company introduced its mobile banking service nationwide …

Today, at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition in Chicago, Nic Covey , Director of Insights for Nielsen Mobile, spoke on the subject of m-commerce (commerce that takes place via …

Consumers are increasingly using their mobile phones to access banking services and products, and about 816 million consumers are expected to do so by 2011, according to a new study …

Monitise has announced that MONILINK, its UK joint venture with VocaLink, has signed a contract with an unnamed UK retail bank to offer mobile banking and payment services to it …

Creating a presence on the mobile web does not take much on the part of a retailer, m-commerce expert Bryan Biniak will tell attendees at IRCE 2008 in Chicago next …

IMS Research predicts users of contactless mobile payments, mobile banking and over the air transactions will reach nearly 900 million by 2012.Those subscribers will complete 62 billion transactions in 2012, …

Mobile messaging services provider Sybase 365 said it won a deal with Australian stockbroker Bell Direct.Sybase will power Bell Direct’s mobile share trading platform, which allows stockbrokers to trade shares …

H&R Block Emerald Prepaid MasterCard cardholders will soon have mobile access to their accounts through a partnership among H&R Block, Metavante Mobile Financial Services and Monitise Americas L.L.C.Customers will be …

Retailers and restaurants can run coupons in local newspapers to try and pull more consumers in. With mobile technology, they can do the same not just when consumers are at …