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A Special Report From The PELORUS Group

MOBILE BANKING FOR THE U.S.: 

On The Cusp Of Development
Assessing Market Dynamics, Opportunities and Challenges To 2012
An Exclusive Report Dedicated To Probing Issues, Trends, And Competitive Forces Shaping Mobile Banking And Its Impact On Financial Institutions

v      Why Technology, User Needs, And Bank Needs Are Now Aligned For Solid Growth In Mobile Banking

v      The Market Drivers And Trends In Mobile Banking

v      Detailed Analysis Of And Insight Into User Needs

v      Impact Of Mobile Banking On The Traditional Banking Industry, Retailers, And Their Customer-Facing Operations

v      Consumer Intangibles

v      Bank Marketing Opportunities Associated With Mobile Banking

v      Mobile Banking In The Rest Of The World

v      The Partnership Opportunities Between Players Utilizing Different Technologies To Leverage Their Strengths And Drive Consumer Adoption

v      Growth In Mobile Banking And Its Impact On A Bank's Competitive Position

v      The Convenience Factor For Consumers

v      Analyzing The Features And Benefits Of Mobile Banking Technology

v      Dealing With Mobile Banking’s Security Issues

v      Mobile Banking Applications And Trials

v      The Future Of Mobile Banking

v      Market Forecasts To 2012!

 

An Exclusive High-Level Document Packed With Actionable Recommendations

 

The PELORUS Group

Navigating Change In

The Mobile Banking Industry

 

The Rise of Mobile Banking

 

Recent announcements from major companies in the banking industry suggest that mobile banking in the U.S. will change the banking landscape over the next few years.  Factors ranging from increasing consumer acceptance of and experience with mobile devices, to extensive customer experience with online banking, to improved technology solutions provided by mobile banking suppliers, are converging to create an environment where mobile banking is moving to full-blown development.

 

Financial institutions are now on the verge of tapping the potential of wireless networks and mobile devices to better serve their customers.  Mobile solutions enable banks to deliver critical account information when, where and how customers want and need it, resulting in strengthened customer relationships, and opening the door to new marketing opportunities.

 

Mobile Banking For The U.S.: On The Cusp Of Development” discusses in granular detail market imperatives and driving forces, issues, and short and long-term opportunities for this emerging service.  With extensive discussions of recent U.S. developments, profiles of mobile banking solutions providers and their offerings, recent bank initiatives moving beyond the trial stage, and five year forecasts, this report is a must read for any organization seeking to profit from and understand this budding opportunity. 

 

 

The PELORUS Group’s

Mobile Banking For The U.S.: On The Cusp Of Development

isolates and analyzes:

·          When, why and how quickly mobile banking will catch on in the U.S.

·          How long it took for mobile banking to make inroads outside the U.S., and what factors are contributing to its acceptance

·          How broadband network ubiquity enables the rise of mobile banking

·          Which applications of mobile banking are likely to enjoy the most rapid growth

·          Why adoption rates for mobile banking and mobile payments will likely differ

·          How online banking is related to mobile banking's prospects

·          Why banks need to embrace and not resist their customers increasing comfort with mobile devices

·          Why direct debit payments made from a mobile device can significantly increase security and reduce fraud

·          Ramifications of the Apple iPhone and high-end phones for mobile banking

·          Which factors will help and which factors will hinder the mobile banking evolution

·          What progress has been made by the major technology suppliers to establish standards and a common ground between telecom and the financial community

·          Whether security concerns will be a "show stopper"

·          What the services and product offers are of the players establishing this new market

·          Highly detailed five-year mobile banking market projections

 

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

FACTORS CONVERGING FOR U.S. MOBILE BANKING

  Introduction

  Factors Compelling Increasing Adoption of Mobile Banking

    Ubiquity of Mobile Phones

    Mobility Increasingly Important

    Imperative to do a Chore Now

    The Perceived Need for Information Now

 

MOBILE BANKING: ITS ESSENCE

  What is Mobile Banking?

  Non-Transaction Based Services

  Transaction Based Services

  Services Not Available

 

MOBILE BANKING OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE

  Overview

  Korea

  Japan, Singapore

  Australia

  Europe

  Developing World

 

MARKET IMPERATIVE, DRIVING FORCES

  Overview

    Mobile Phone/Device Ubiquity

    Mobile Phone/Device Capability

    Banking Online

    Consumer Convenience

    Why be Tethered to a PC when in Starbucks or a Park?

    The Perceived Need to Do It Now

  Market Imperatives, Driving Forces -- Banks

    Customer Satisfaction

    Positioning for the Future (Evolving Mobile World)

    Mobile Banking: Complementary to a Branch?

    Costs

      Costs to Implement

   Cost Savings (Customer Service, IVR, Online)

    Marketing Opportunities Associated with Mobile Banking

    A Positive Security Consideration

 

RECENT U.S. DEVELOPMENTS

  Overview

  Where it Stands -- a Confluence of Driving Forces

  Small Bank and Large Bank Adoption

  Apple iPhone -- Implications for Mobile Banking and Mobile Commerce

  Conundrums between Adoption of Mobile Banking and Mobile Payment

 

SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY

  Overview

   Security

    Prerequisites to a Secure Mobile Banking Infrastructure

    Scalability

    Phishing

  Mobile Technology Overview

    SMS, WAP, and Downloadable Applications

    Solution Reliability and Ease of Use

    Smart Phones

    SIM Cards

    Memory Cards

 

COMPANY PROFILES

  Overview

  Mobile Banking Solutions Providers

    Access Softek

    CheckFree

    Clairmail

    Firethorn Holdings

    mFoundry

    Online Resources

    Sapphire Mobile Systems

    Tyfone

 

    Yodlee

  Banks Announcing/Introducing Mobile Banking Offering

    Large Banks

      BancorpSouth

      Bank of America

      Citibank

      Fifth Third Bank

      Synovus

      Wachovia

      Wells Fargo

    Small Banks

      Bank of Oswego

      Heritage Bank

  Mobile (Wireless) Companies

    AT&T (nee Cingular)

    Verizon Wireless

  Credit Card Companies - Discover Card

 

MARKET PROJECTIONS

  Introduction

  Current Market -- Online Banking

    Key Assumptions -- Online Banking

    Market Forecast -- Online Banking

  Current Market -- Mobile Banking

    Key Assumptions -- Mobile Banking

    Market Forecast -- Mobile Banking

    Market Forecast -- Mobile Banking Users as Percent of Online Banking Users

    Market Forecast -- Large Bank Adoption of Mobile Banking

Figure

  Online Banking Users in the U.S. -- 2007 to 2012

  Mobile Banking Users in the U.S. -- 2007 to 2012

  Mobile Banking Users as Percent of Online Banking Users -- 2007 to 2012

  Large Bank Adoption of Mobile Banking Top 100 Banks -- 2007 to 2012

 

 

About The Authors

 

Vance Hodnett is the Vice President of Research -- Financial Services with The PELORUS Group.  With over 30 years of experience in finance, information technologies, and telecommunications, Mr. Hodnett is responsible for the company’s consulting practice and research offerings in the Stored Value, Alternative Payments, and Financial Services areas.  His skill set includes business planning, financial analysis, network design and project management.

 

Prior to joining The PELORUS Group, Mr. Hodnett provided financial consulting and cost analysis to clients of Ernst and Young.  In this capacity, Mr. Hodnett utilized financial models to forecast expected payouts and returns for various offers.  Before then, Mr. Hodnett was with AT&T where he held positions in finance, regulatory and government affairs, investor relations, and network management, performance and engineering.

 

Mr. Hodnett received his MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

 

Editor Al Fross has researched and written about the prepaid arenas for three decades.  He has edited and published many groundbreaking studies, including The PELORUS Group’s “Prepaid Wireless” and “Future Of Prepaid Telephony” reports.  He holds an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University.

 

 

The PELORUS Group

Helping Navigate Changes in The Financial Services Industry

 

The PELORUS Group is a market research, consulting, and business planning firm.  Its charter is to provide market research, business management, strategic planning, and competitive intelligence services to its worldwide base of clientele.

 

Its challenge is to veer away from consensus research, and expose the myths within key financial services, telecommunications, and information services industries.

 

Additional reports available from The PELORUS Group:

“Alternative Payments”

“Contactless Cards”

“Biometric Authenticated Payments”

“Mobile Payments”

"The Stored Value Consumer Survey"

“Enterprise Unified Communications”

"The Mobile Payments Consumer Survey"

“Global Speech Recognition”

“Stored Value: Transforming The Payments Industry”

“Wireless Location-Based Markets”

“Stored Value: 21st Century Currency”

“Contact Centers:  Re-Igniting The Market”

“Wireless Payments: The New Payments Paradigm”

“Speech Recognition Technologies”

“The DIS Survey”

“European DA/DQ Market”

“Opportunity in North American Prepaid Wireless and Beyond”

“Operator Services”

“North American Prepaid Wireline”

“Prepaid Telephony”

“Corporate Directory Assistance Markets”

“Prepaid Wireless”

“Enhanced Directory Assistance”

“The Future of SMS"

“North American Directory Assistance Markets”

“Unified Messaging CPE”

“The Future Of Operator Services”

“Unified Communications For The Service Provider”

“The Future Of Prepaid Telephony”

 

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