Banking

A recent study from the Gartner Group shows that 59 percent of United States banks will be ramping up their mobile banking services within the next two years.

Firethorn now supports mobile banking for more than 3,000 U.S. financial institutions in their carrier-preloaded mobile wallet, which has the potential to be extremely valuable for both mobile payments and mobile marketing.

PeoplesBank is offering customers a downloadable application that gives them access to mobile banking and payment services through the iPhone.

Texas Gulf Bank has launched mobile banking services to attract a new, younger audience already accustomed to living their lives on the go.

YellowPepper, a provider of mobile financial services in Latin America, has launched YellowPepper Mony, a new service targeted to the unbanked.

ABI Research predicts that 407 million people will use their mobile phones to carry out financial transactions with their banks by 2015.

A new study by Mercatus LLC found that consumers’ interest in remote deposit capture is strong enough to alter the current deposit process of banks.

Mobile banking and payment service provider ClairMail Inc. has extended its clients’ mobile Web experience to Android and BlackBerry devices.

LendingTree LLC, a lender exchange and personal finance resource, is aiming to help mobile consumers navigate the bleak economy with a mortgage quote application.

Citibank has expanded its iPhone application to help customers stay connected to their finances in real-time.