Mobile Banking Vendor Updates

Fiserv Touts Doubling of Mobile Money Clients
"Fiserv Inc. said Monday that it now has more than 375 financial institutions committed to its Mobile Money solution. The company said that includes nearly 200 credit unions and banks that have gone live on the service, more than twice as many as a year earlier. End-user adoption, meanwhile, has grown more than 600% in the last six months, the Brookfield, Wis., company said."

Visa makes two moves into mobile banking
"Visa announced two moves into mobile banking Thursday, buying a company that makes software for mobile banking users in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and striking an agreement with another company that works with bank customers."

Clairmail Joins the RSA Secured® Partner Program to Provide Secure Access to Mobile Banking Offering
"The NetBank social media team on Twitter have been busy diverting bewildered customers to its mobile banking service and telephone call centres as the ongoing glitch continued overnight, disrupting the processing of transfers, bill payments and international money transfers from the bank's online site. The bank, which is in the middle of a $1.1 billion core banking system upgrade, has suffered numerous technical problems over the past year."

Mobile Check Deposit Cited as No. 1 Mobile Feature for Motivating Consumers to Switch Primary Banks, According to New Independent Research Study
"Mitek Systems, Inc. (OTC: MITK.OB; www.miteksystems.com), is citing new independent research reported by Mercatus LLC, a leading financial services strategy firm in Boston, that finds mobile check deposit ranks as the top mobile-banking feature that would prompt consumers to switch primary banks."

mFoundry Passes 400 Customer Milestone
"mFoundry, the fastest growing provider of SaaS-based mobile banking and payment solutions, today announced more than 400 U.S. financial institutions have selected mBanking, the company's flagship mobile banking and payments solution."

At Intuit, Mobile Account Access Gets a Push from Payments
"Intuit Inc. says momentum in mobile payments sparked by Google Inc. and the carrier venture Isis has boosted its own mobile banking business. The recent announcements from rivals have fueled "strong" interest in Intuit's latest mobile offerings, particularly demand for mobile account-management services among its core small and midsized bank customers, John Flora, Intuit Financial Services' group product manager, said in an interview."