Mobile Banking Updates - Jun 21

Mobile, Tablet, Industry Disruptors Among Topics to be Featured at Celent Banking Insight & Innovation Day
"The future of mobile and tablet banking, and disruptors in the financial services space will be among the major topics discussed at Celent's Banking Insight & Innovation Day next week in Charlotte, N.C. This will be the fifth year the Boston-based analyst form will host the event, which will feature Celent analysts as well as representatives from more than 30 banks. Celent will also be issuingits "Model Bank" awards at the event."

PSECU Rolls Out Kindle, Large-Screen Android Banking Apps
"The $4 billion Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union is now offering its 388,000 members two new mobile banking applications. One is a Kindle Fire app available on the Amazon Appstore and the other is for large-screen Android tablets and is available on Google Play, PSECU said. Both were developed for the Harrisburg, Pa., credit union by Vertifi Software LLC of Burlington, Mass."

5 Ways Banking is Changing Fast
"When bank ATMs first started appearing in the U.S. some 40 years ago, they were hard to miss. Recent innovations have been much more stealthy — but just as groundbreaking. In case you’ve missed them, here are five contemporary, cutting-edge technologies that are quickly changing banking:"

Plastyc to Address Mobile Banking for the Unbanked at Clinton Global Initiative
"Plastyc CEO Patrice Peyret will share examples of innovative services and products for the unbanked at the second annual Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) in Chicago June 7th and 8th. As participant in the CGI Financial Inclusion: Building a Path to Financial Security working group, Peyret will discuss leveraging mobile technology to reach traditionally underbanked consumers and using advanced features and analytics to help support financial responsibility."

RBS Citizens Treasury Solutions Experts to Speak On Mobile Banking, Payments Fraud, and Data Connectivity at Windy City Treasury Conference
"Mobile banking, fraud prevention, and the challenges of data connectivity will be the topics of presentations by experts from RBS Citizens' Treasury Solutions group this week at the Windy City Summit. Hosted by the Treasury Management Association of Chicago, the conference is the premier gathering for corporate treasury and finance professionals in the region."

Now Live -- Heartland Bank iPad App and Mobile Browser
"G. Scott McComb, President and CEO of Heartland Bank is pleased to announce an additional service to Heartland Bank's Online Banking. McComb stated, 'In 2011, Heartland launched both its Mobile Banking iPhone and Android App. Today, we are proud to introduce another Heartland Online Banking Solution - the iPad App.'"

ACI Worldwide Shares New Product Plans With Market
"ACI Worldwide ACIW +2.12% , a leading international provider of payment systems, today released details of its product roadmaps to the market, and described how the combination of ACI and S1 adds innovation, new product capabilities and resources around the globe to support the needs of its customers. The roadmaps were released to a gathering of customers at the company's annual ACI Exchange conference in Miami. The event marks the first collaborative exchange of the combined customer bases, and will be followed by ACI Exchange conferences in Monaco, June 12-15, and in Bangkok in November."

Mobile Banking Updates - Dec 18

M-Commerce World Summit 2010
"M-Commerce World Summit 2010 will draw together highly-regarded speakers representing the mobile network operators, banks, money transfer providers, mobile transfer networks, mWallets and ‘interoperability hubs’, handset manufacturers, technology and equipment providers will be invited to share their latest efforts in launching mobile financial services and the key challenges facing them at M-Commerce World Summit 2010."

eCommLink, CPNI Partner for Mobile Prepaid Debit Solutions
"CPNI and eCommLink have announced they will be partnering to offer CPNI’s mobile solutions to the prepaid debit card industry. The companies say they will jointly market to eCommLink’s existing program manager and financial institution customers - effectively 'mobilizing card programs already in place.'"

Free Mobile Payments with the mPayy Android App
"mPayy's Android app uses the API services available from the mPayy application in order to bring a complete mPayy experience directly to the deck on your Android phone. The mPayy Android application enables users to make and receive payments, track activity, and withdraw funds from their mPayy accounts to linked bank accounts. Small business account holders are also able to issue refunds for any sale through the application, even if it occurred on their website."

Monitise on a roll with new partnerships
"Monitise, the provider of mobile banking and payments technology solutions, says it is on track for full-year revenue expectations on the back of record consumer growth. The group has also announced two new partnerships and 15.8m of additional funding, partly aimed at extending mobile banking into the retail sector. Revenue is expected to exceed 1.7m for the half-year to 31 December, an increase of at least 55% on last year's 1.1m."

Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union Selects Firethorn for Mobile Banking Services
"Firethorn Holdings, LLC, a Qualcomm company, today announced that Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU) has selected Firethorn's mobile banking services for its more than 365,000 members. PSECU has more than $3 billion in credit union assets.

'PSECU maintains a branchless business model so expanding into the mobile environment gives PSECU a new avenue to provide innovative and convenient services,' said Dave Vigil, senior vice president of Firethorn. 'We look forward to helping PSECU grow and evolve its mobile strategy to better serve its members.'"

ClairMail Receives 2009 Market Penetration Leadership Award in Mobile Banking From Frost & Sullivan
"ClairMail, Inc., the leader in mobile banking and payment solutions, today announced that it was awarded the 2009 North American Market Penetration Leadership Award in Mobile Banking from global research organization, Frost & Sullivan. Recently named by Bank Technology News as a Leading Mobile Banking Innovator for 2009, ClairMail continues to distinguish itself as a leader in the financial services industry with this prestigious honor."