News tagged with mobile banking

Five billion people to use mobile phones in 2010: UN

The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 5

New wave of banking: Check deposit via smart-phone photo

Customers at Chase Bank have a new way to deposit checks: Just snap, snap and tap. Chase has introduced an iPhone application allowing consumers to deposit checks with the camera-enabled smart device, which means no more ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Modified iPhones Are Compromised By New Worm

(PhysOrg.com) -- Several research security firms have reported a new worm attack against jail broken iPhones, dubbed "Ikee.B or "Duh", this worm searches for personal and banking information.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 weblog

Chase for India's rural rupee inspires tech innovations

India's hunger for new technology is as sharp in its countless small villages as in its shiny office towers or shopping malls -- and businesses are waking up to an area of massive potential growth.

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Check this out: Deposit money by taking a photo

(AP) -- In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You'll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Doing More with Your Cell Phone

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 weblog

Banking on mobile money

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many technologists and entrepreneurs have argued that mobile phones can empower people in the developing world by providing civic and commercial resources where traditional infrastructure ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Africa: the new pot of gold for mobile telecoms

Africa's lag in land-based telecoms infrastructure has propelled the continent directly into the mobile age, opening up short-term growth prospects unparalleled in the world.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japan's Elpida to be delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange

Japan's Elpida Memory, one of the world's top microchip makers, is set to be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday in the biggest corporate failure in Japanese manufacturing history.

Technology / Business

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Startup Kwedit aims at 'unbanked,' credit-less

(AP) -- A new startup called Kwedit wants to help teenagers and other people without credit or debit cards buy virtual goods online.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Visa to launch 'wallet' for phones, online buying

(AP) -- Visa Inc. is making a virtual "wallet" that can hold people's card account information for faster checkouts at online shopping sites and real-world stores.

Technology / Telecom

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0