Americans Rate the Best and Worst U.S. Mobile Banking Apps in New Report From Xtreme Labs
"Xtreme Labs, the leader in mobile strategy and product development, today released a new report on the best and worst mobile banking apps in the U.S. as rated by customers themselves. The U.S. Banking Apps Report: Customer Reviews by Xtreme Labs analyzed customer reviews from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store between May 18 and June 25, 2013 for the top 53 U.S. banks (as ranked by total assets)."

The Circuit: Innovating Incrementally in Mobile Banking
"So many banking conferences reinforce the same idea: banks must think differently about their businesses to stay on the industry's leading edge. That certainly was one of the takeaways from a recent conference on mobile banking. But so was this: in the near future, if not already, banks will have to think differently just to keep pace with the world around them."

MOBILE SAVINGS Big potential savings from switching branch transactions to mobile
"Mobile bankers are valuable bank customers; rich, young, and flush with profitable bank products and services. And the service is saving institutions money; as the number of mobile bankers has grown, branch visitation has decreased considerably, says a report by Javelin Strategy and Research."

Innovations continue to change banking industry
"In June 1978 when Jerry Jacobson started working at Northwestern Bank in Chippewa Falls, the paperwork for most loans consisted of just one piece of paper. Now, a loan for a home mortgage frequently runs 30 or 40 pages."

Marketing Strategies To Shatter The Mobile Banking ‘Glass Ceiling’
"At most financial institutions, mobile banking adoption rates typically hit a 'glass ceiling' of 15 to 20 percent of all online banking customers. But you don’t have to settle for that as the maximum cap. Here’s what you need to send adoption rates through the roof."

BBVA Compass courts micro-businesses with new mobile banking solution
"BBVA Compass today introduced its Business Mobility Bundle, designed to provide micro-businesses — the smallest of small businesses — everything needed to manage their finances on the go. Representing about 95 percent of all small businesses, micro-businesses are extremely mobile, with many of their financial transactions occurring away from owners' homes or offices. Micro-businesses typically generate less than 500,000ドル in annual revenue."

Mobile and Beyond: How Banks Are Catering to Tech-Savvy Customers
"Technology has become an integral part of daily life for most people. And with greater technological capabilities comes steeper demands from users. With a dramatic shift in customer preferences, banks are trying to keep up with that demand -- and some are falling short. Though some are slow to catch up, there are plenty of options for banks with vision to give customers what they want."

Mobile Commerce Market Set to Accelerate With NFC Facilitating 74ドルbn Transactions by 2015
"A new study by Juniper Research forecasts that NFC (Near Fields Communications) will facilitate transactions valued at 74ドルbn by 2015 as NFC is increasingly used for the payment of goods in-store and as transport tickets; this is over treble the estimated value of this market in 2011. The increasing use of mobile devices as an alternative to credit cards and paper tickets is one of the fastest growing segments of the mobile commerce market."

MWC2012: Mobile payment for non-banking customers
"UTIBA, one of the worlds largest mobile payment service providers, reviewing mobile banking future trends. 350ドル billion market expected to expand to 900ドル billion by 2014."

BBVA Compass First to Allow Mobile Enrollment from an iPhone
"One issue banks have struggled with as they develop mobile banking apps is: how to get new customers on board? Banks generally require customers to be online banking customers before they will allow them to use mobile banking."

Significant Gaps In Mobile Banking Identified By Keynote – Expanded 2012 Mobile Banking Scorecard Results Revealed
"Keynote Competitive Research, the industry analysis group of Keynote® Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), today announced the expanded 2012 Keynote Mobile Banking Scorecard, first launched in 2011, as a benchmarking standard for the financial and mobile banking industry. The latest Scorecard measures and ranks 15 large retail banks in the United States based on an expanded list of more than 100 criteria in four main categories, developed from consumer research and extensive interviews with practitioners."

Ally Aims to Release Mobile Banking App in April
"For Ally Bank customers, the wait for a mobile banking application is nearly over. The online bank aims to launch the first versions of its highly-anticipated mobile apps in April. 'Although April is later than we’d hoped to get Ally Mobile Banking out to our community, our primary concern is to make sure that our mobile solution handles your finances in a safe, secure manner,' Ally said in a blog post. In October, Ally Bank first announced that mobile apps were coming."

Update: Arvest Mobile Banking App for Android™
"Good news Android users—your Arvest Mobile Banking App is almost here! The new app for Android devices is in the final stages of development and will soon be available in the Android Market™. What should Android users do to be ready for the new app? In order to use the new Arvest Mobile Banking App for Android when it is released, you will need to be enrolled in Arvest Mobile Banking. If you haven’t enrolled yet, you can do so by clicking here and logging into Arvest Online Banking and clicking the Mobile Banking tab."

Many consumers not ready to adopt mobile banking, says survey
"Growth in mobile banking and payments is being driven by younger consumers, but most adults are more reluctant to adopt mobile banking, said a survey cited at cuna.org. In an online survey of 504 U.S. debit cardholders conducted in January, Auriemma Consulting found that younger consumers are more likely to download a mobile-banking app — 43 percent of respondents under 45 had downloaded a mobile app from their financial institution within the previous year, while only about 22 percent of those over 45 had done so."

Chase Tops Mobile Banking Scorecard
"Chase took top honors in an analysis of the mobile offerings of the top 15 U.S. banks released today. Keynote Competitive Research, the industry analysis group of San Mateo, Calif.-based Keynote Systems, released its expanded 2012 "Mobile Banking Scorecard," first issued in 2011. The latest scorecard measures and ranks the banks based on a list of more than 100 criteria in four main categories: functionality, ease of use, privacy and security, and quality and availability. The analysis was developed from consumer research and extensive interviews with practitioners, said Keynote."

Green Dot to Acquire Loopt
"Green Dot Corporation GDOT +0.27% , a provider of widely distributed, low-cost banking and payment solutions to a broad base of U.S. consumers, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Loopt, Inc., of Mountain View, California. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2012 and is subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions."

Big boys gear up for bigger play in mobile banking
"The opportunity em erging from India’s efforts to rope in a large unbanked population under the financial system has some of the key players from the mobile world and the financial sector sit up and take note. Among them, are telecom players like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, mobile infrastructure providers such as Ericsson, money transfer players like Western Union and Visa."

One in four online households use mobile banking
"Here's another sign that credit unions should offer mobile banking options. One in four U.S. online households already use a mobile banking service, and many are moving beyond employing mobile devices for information (such as checking a balance or locating an ATM) and toward making transactions (paying bills and transferring money), says a new study."

BBVA Compass Announces Launch of Enhanced iPhone App
"BBVA Compass today launched version 2.0 of the bank's native application for the iPhone. The free app's enhancements allow users to pay bills as well as view check images, transaction receipts, account charts and payments. It also allows users not previously using online banking to enroll in mobile banking directly from the app."

BofI Federal Bank Launches Mobile Check Deposit App in Latest Advance of Mobile Banking Platform
"BofI Federal Bank BOFI +1.03% announced today the expansion of its mobile banking platform with the introduction of its new Mobile Deposit App that enables anytime, anywhere deposits of checks using an iPhone or Android(TM) phone. Mobile Check Deposits is the latest addition to the BofI Federal Bank Mobile Banking Platform, launched in 2011."