Mobile Banking

The UK’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has welcomed the release of the Advanced Trusted Environment recommendations document from the mobile industry’s device requirements body, OMTP.

The mobile digital commerce services market reached $1.1 billion last year and is expected to grow to $1.9 billion in 2012, according to a report from MultiMedia Intelligence.The market includes …

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group; the GSM Association; the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; and the UK’s Department for International Development are organizing the first mobile …

Now that online banking has been around for more than a decade, and widely accepted by customers, banks are turning their attention to taking the show on the road.

Monitise plc, Metavante Technologies Ltd. and Carphone Warehouse said they are working together to launch a “mobile money” application.The plan calls for the introduction of Carphone Warehouse prepaid cards that …

Nearly one-third of the major financial organizations worldwide are planning to launch mobile banking services within the next two years, according to a new survey commissioned by Sybase 365, a …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its first 3G handset, dubbed the “Bold,” is coming “soon” – likely in the heat of what looks to be a long hot …

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A Federal Trade Commission commissioner warned cellphone content providers they need to do a better job of disclosing the costs consumers incur when clicking or downloading services for their mobile …

Regional wireless provider Cellular South said it is teaming with fellow Mississippian BancorpSouth Inc. to expand its m-banking offerings.The Web-based application allows BancorpSouth customers to view account balances and history, …

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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage on Leap Wireless with a sector …

She has been on your TV set for about a year now. If you grew up in the 1970s, the girl in the commercial might remind you a bit of …

A recent compendium of bank technology case studies from financial research and advisory firm Celent, asked the question, “What would it look like for a bank to do everything right …

CTIA Wireless 2008 is all about phones, but Qualcomm Inc. was busy Tuesday talking about laptops, portable multimedia players and just about anything else that can be connected to the …

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SK Telecom and Citi hope to push the mobile-banking envelope with a new, San Francisco-based joint venture. The companies unveiled Mobile Money Ventures, a joint venture that aims to develop …

Mobile security has been a topic of discussion for many years. Skeptics have always said “mobile security is a solution looking for a problem.” True, few mobile security disasters have …

Qualcomm Inc. apparently recognizes that mobile consumers remain a chatty lot. And with voice still the dominant mobile use, the San Diego chip company has purchased privately held SoftMax Inc. …

Firethorn Holdings L.L.C. has been a driving force behind many of the major mobile banking announcements within the past year. Recent news that chip maker Qualcomm Inc. would acquire the …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Dropping vowels from the name of a wireless handset, apparently, may never die. Same with dropping names. AT&T Mobility said that the SLM (hmm . as in “Slim”?) would be …

THE MOBILE BANKING SPACE saw several shifts last week, as Qualcomm Inc. announced that it will acquire mobile banking company Firethorn Holdings L.L.C. for $210 million, and AT&T Mobility launched …

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The mobile banking space got even hotter as Qualcomm Inc. said it will shell out $210 million in cash for Firethorn Holdings L.L.C.Firethorn’s technology links financial institutions and mobile network …