Financial services
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Banks, carriers must team up on mobile: Sybase exec
August 8, 2008
Mobile commerce is a significant trend that will change the banking and payments landscape, but more inter-industry collaboration is needed.
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U.S. Bank launches mobile banking
August 4, 2008
U.S. Bank is now offering mobile banking to all its online customers.
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AgriChart launches mobile site
July 31, 2008
AgriCharts, a Web site that provides market data for agricultural investors, has launched AgriCharts Mobile.
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AT&T experiences growth in wireless for Q2
July 24, 2008
Wireless growth continues for telecoms service provider AT&T in the second quarter with subscriber gains, wireless data revenues and improved margins.
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Verizon debuts mobile banking app for BlackBerry
July 21, 2008
Verizon Wireless has launched a mobile banking application for customers with the BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphones.
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Accenture develops contactless mobile payments technology
July 15, 2008
Consulting giant Accenture has opened a new facility at its research and development technology lab dedicated to the rapidly growing mobile payments industry.
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IBC Bank debuts bilingual mobile banking
July 14, 2008
IBC Bank has launched a bilingual mobile banking application to better serve its large base of Spanish-speaking customers.
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USAA offers banking, insurance and investing via mobile
July 14, 2008
Financial services company USAA has introduced mobile technology to let members meet their banking, insurance and investment needs via Web-enabled phones and PDAs.
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AT&T, Alltel to allow third-party billing on phone bill
July 11, 2008
Payment processor Global Electronic Technology Inc. is letting mobile phone subscribers of AT&T and Alltel pay for online goods and services via their handset.
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Washington Mutual launches mobile banking service
July 10, 2008
Washington Mutual Inc. has launched a free mobile banking platform that lets customers access account information and search for branch and ATM locations via their handset.
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Axa insurer targets over-25 for mobile quotes
June 25, 2008
Insurance giant Axa’s swiftcover.com unit introduced a mobile site for British consumers to get car insurance quotes immediately from their mobile phone.
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Boeing employee credit union flies with mobile wallet
June 24, 2008
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing's employee credit union will next year launch a mobile wallet to let its members conduct mobile banking and payments activities through their phone.
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MasterCard enables mobile money transfers
June 20, 2008
MasterCard is letting customers conduct financial transactions via mobile phones.
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New Chase campaign targets Hispanics for mobile
June 19, 2008
Chase is running a new television advertising campaign aimed at raising awareness within the U.S. Hispanic community about many banking features, including Chase Mobile.
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Citibank eyes market for mobile money transfers
June 18, 2008
Citibank partnered with mobile payment enabler Obopay to let checking account customers try out a bank-linked mobile person-to-person payment service this summer.
