S1 Mobile Adoption on the Rise
"S1, a leading global provider of payments and financial services software solutions, today announced that more than 35 customers across three continents have licensed the S1 Mobile application. In addition, S1 mobile-enabled customer applications are available on the App Store(SM) for the following financial institutions: Trustmark, Mercantile Bank of Michigan, First Community Bank, and Ventura County Credit Union."

Fidelity Information Systems provides mobile banking platform for Virginia credit union
"Fidelity Information Systems (FIS) Inc. announced today that it has implemented a mobile banking platform for Chartway Federal Credit Union, which is based in Virginia Beach, Va. Fidelity's mobile banking platform enables Chartway members to check account balances, view account transactions, transfer funds between accounts and receive text alerts. The mobile banking platform has been a hit with credit union members."

Infosys Launches Finacle Mobile Banking 2.0
"According to Haragopal Mangipudi, Global Head - Finacle, Infosys Technologies, 'As channel innovation continues to be a strategic priority for progressive banks, mobile banking has truly come of age. Finacle mobile banking 2.0 enables banks to create and leverage game-changing opportunities, through the mobile channel, to build, deepen and institutionalize relationships with both customers and new emerging consumer segments.'"

mFoundry Launches Mobile Banking 'Adoption Guarantee'
"mFoundry, the award-winning provider of secure mobile financial solutions, announced today that it is launching an "Adoption Services" program to complement its "90 Day to Live" club. New mFoundry customers can take advantage of an optional package of adoption services that guarantees a minimum adoption rate of 10% of the marketed base within one year of launch."

Mobile Photo Bill Pay
"After establishing online-bill-payment arrangements as part of their banking account, users of Mobile Photo Bill Pay can initiate e-bill-payment sessions on their smartphones, then simply snap photos of the bills they want to pay, verify the payment information and click on the app's "PAY" button."

Consumers See Mobile Payments as Reason to Stay with or Change Banks
"Obopay has announced the results of a recent survey exploring consumer attitudes about mobile payments and banking in the U.S. 53% of consumers interested in a mobile payment service would consider changing banks if another bank offered the service. 70% of those responding indicated that if the service allowed them to get paid, send or receive money by mobile phone, it would be an incentive to remain at their bank."

S1 Teams With PayPal to Deliver Fast, Convenient Mobile Personal Payments Solution for Banks
"S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), a leading global provider of financial services and payments software solutions, today announced an agreement with PayPal to deliver a new personal payments service that allows consumers and businesses to make easy, fast and secure payments from their bank accounts to PayPal users around the world using their mobile phones. Mercantile Bank of Michigan, a customer of S1, is the first financial institution to sign up for the new offering and expects to go live with the mobile personal payments service early next year."

CashEdge and Firethorn to Launch Integrated Mobile Person-to-Person Payments Solution for Financial Institutions
"CashEdge, Inc. (www.cashedge.com), the leading provider of Intelligent Money Movement(TM) services, and mobile commerce enabler Firethorn Holdings, LLC, a Qualcomm company (Nasdaq: QCOM), announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic relationship to bring to market an integrated mobile person-to-person (P2P) payments solution integrating CashEdge's POPmoney P2P payments service and Firethorn's Mobile Wallet solution."

Two Top Credit Unions Select POPmoney(TM)
"CashEdge, Inc.(www.cashedge.com), the leading provider of Intelligent Money Movement(TM)services, announced today that two leading credit unions, BECU and Patelco,are among the numerous leading financial institutions that will add POPmoney(TM) (www.popmoney.com) to their customer offerings by the end of 2009."

The Family Credit Union Now Offering Mobile Money from Fiserv
"BAI RDC Booth #417 -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that The Family Credit Union, an 89ドル.9 million credit union with branches in Iowa and Illinois, is now providing members access to mobile financial services with Mobile MoneySM."

Park State Bank & Trust Launches Bling Nation’s Mobile Payments Network
"The Community Payments Service is a secure local debit network, driven by the tap of a cell phone, that enables banks and merchants to avoid costly traditional payments network. As a result, shopping locally is promoted and money is kept within the Woodland Park community. In addition, consumers enjoy the convenience and safety of tapping their cell phones to pay for goods and services without exposing sensitive, personal information. With each purchase, a SMS text message is sent to the consumer with account balance and any rewards program updates."

ClairMail Introduces First-to-Market Mobile Banking Adoption Services Offering
"ClairMail, Inc., the leader in mobile banking and payment solutions, today introduced the finance industry's first end-to-end mobile banking adoption services offering. The complete services include best practices across all phases of the mobile banking adoption lifecycle -- Planning, Implementation, Marketing and Analysis -- enabling financial institutions to optimize mobile adoption and usage, better engage with their customers and drive toward the ultimate goal of realizing 100% mobile banking adoption and high return on investment."

Sybase 365 unveils mobile banking application for iPhone
"Sybase subsidiary, Sybase 365 which specializes in mobile messaging and mobile commerce applications has come up with a new release of mobile banking solution for iPhone users. The new application will be offered to financial institutions across the globe over the Sybase mBanking 365 platform. Sybase says the application offers a turn-key solution to the financial institutions enabling them a quick and easy rollout of mobile banking services."

Citi and Firethorn Launch Citi Mobile for Cards
"Today, Citi and Firethorn Holdings, LLC, a Qualcomm company (NASDAQ: QCOM), introduced Citi Mobile for Cards, an advanced mobile solution that allows Citi credit card customers to quickly, easily and securely access real-time credit card account information on their mobile phones. Citi Mobile for Cards is now available to AT&T subscribers as part of AT&T Mobile Banking, and to Verizon Wireless customers who download and use the free mobile banking application on Get It Now."

Mobilearth and Cooperative Services bring Mobile Banking to the Credit Unions of Georgia.
"Mobilearth, a provider of Mobile Banking software for financial institutions is pleased to announce a reseller agreement with Cooperative Services, Inc. to provide mobile banking to credit unions throughout the state of Georgia. A unique pilot program over the summer gave credit unions in the Atlanta area the opportunity to try out mobile banking without no strings attached."

Monitise Americas Announces 23 New Mobile Banking Partnerships
"Monitise Americas has announced that 23 additional financial institutions have signed agreements with Metavante to provide mobile services to their customers and members. These new agreements add to the growing list of financial institutions that have chosen the Monitise Americas solution for their mobile needs. Metavante is a leading provider of banking and payments technology."

S1 Corporation signs tenth FI mobile banking customer
"S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), a leading global provider of customer interaction software solutions for financial and payment services, today announced that ten customers have licensed S1 Mobile, which enables financial institutions worldwide to drive mobile banking and payments revenues from their retail and business customers."

Sybase 365 Announces Partnership with paybox Furthering Mobile Commerce Globally
"Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., the global leader in mobile messaging services, today announced a partnership agreement with paybox, a leader in mobile payment solutions, that will extend mobile payments and mobile money services to customers worldwide."

FIS to Offer Obopay Mobile Payments to its Bank Customers.
"Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is to offer Obopay's mobile person-to-person payment service to FIS's roughly 1700 bank customers, the pair announced at BAI's Retail Delivery show. Jacksonville, Fla.-based FIS is starting to sign up interested banks, Kishore Bayyapureddy, senior vice president of FIS told BS&T."

ClairMail Customers See Rapid Growth and Adoption of Mobile Banking
"ClairMail, Inc., the leader in 2-way mobile phone-based customer interaction, today announced that the ClairMail System is processing millions of monthly mobile banking transactions and seeing tremendous adoption and continued growth, with over 12 mobile banking transactions conducted every month per consumer."

CPNI integrates P2P m-payments system with Sun technology
"CPNI (CPNI) today announced that it will offer Financial Institutions the integration of CPNI's Phone Authorized Transfer (PAT) mobile commerce software with Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS)."

S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), a leading global provider of customer interaction software solutions for financial and payment services, and Clickatell, a leading global mobile messaging provider, today announced a partnership to provide on-demand text-based mobile services through the S1 Enterprise and Postilion Internet Banking solutions. Learn More>>

I apologize for having missed a few days but I was in New York attending the Finovate 2007 conference. If you haven't had an opportunity to hear much about the event you can read my notes at the Mobile Money and Banking site. I hate to belabor the point, but if you were not able to attend please make sure that it's on your calendar for next year. Over the course of a day I was able to meet with a number of vendors including: mFoundry, Clairmail, M-Com, SRM Technologies, Sybase, Firethorn, and YellowPepper. I met fellow bankers from Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Capital One, ABSA, and ECCU. Plus, had the pleasure of spending time with a number of interesting bloggers including: Christophe Langlois, Paul Ruppert, Jim Bruene, and William Azaroff.

But now it's back to business. Here's the news:

Firethorn and CheckFree to Provide Arvest Bank Group Mobile Banking and Payments

Google Is Really, Really Serious About The Mobile Ad Market

Cell Phones Double As Electronic Wallets

CPNI Extends Access to Mobile Purchases

Fronde Anywhere to reach world through LogicaCMG

S1 Enterprise Announces Mobile Banking Solution