Led by Apple’s iPad, tablet computing is on an obvious growth trajectory, but how should banks and other financial institutions act on this trend?

Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank is placing mobile at the center of its customer engagement strategy, with cost-cutting and revenue-generation significant fringe benefits.

MasterCard and Telefonica have launched a joint venture to lead the development of mobile financial services in 12 countries in Latin America where the carrier’s Movistar brand operates.

Banco Sabadell is enhancing its mobile banking platform with the launch of Instant Check, which the Spanish bank claims is the first mobile remote deposit capture service in Europe.

Global payment services provider Western Union and United Bank for Africa have expanded their partnership to increase the reach of their cobranded money transfer platform.

Mobile financial services provider Obopay has promoted Deepak Chandnani from president to CEO, and the executive said that the growth of the mobile payments market is really starting to take off.

There were many headline-grabbing advancements and initiatives in the areas of mobile commerce, retail, payments, banking and financial services in 2010.

Washington Trust Bank has partnered with mobile banking and payment service provider mFoundry to launch fully integrated multi-mode mobile banking platforms spanning SMS, the mobile Web and applications.

A new study finds that almost half of the top 100 financial institutions offer mobile banking services.

Boeing Employees’ Credit Union has launched a mobile application to complement its existing WAP site and better serve its members.