3 posts categorized "Banking"

July 21, 2009

Visa Europe Testing SMS Transaction Alerts

If you're a Visa cardholder in Europe you'll soon be able to have an alert sent to your phone whenever you make a purchase. While this could become very annoying, it could also be a great way to find out, immediately, if you're card was stolen:

“With Visa’s mobile alert service, we want to offer cardholders the reassurance of knowing, in real-time, exactly where and when their card is being used. If something looks suspicious, this will give them the power to put a stop to any fraud taking place on their cards.”


Read more @ IntoMobile.

July 13, 2009

Place Buy & Sell Orders On The Nairobi Stock Exchange Via SMS

"Place Buy & Sell Orders On The Nairobi Stock Exchange Via SMS" Sounds like an email scam, doesn't it? Well, it's not. Kenya's stock exchange has just taken a big leap forward:

The Nairobi Stock Exchange continued its technology advance with the introduction of buy and sell orders via mobile phones. Last week, Standard Investment Bank introduced a Short Message Service (SMS) for its clients to place orders.
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James Wangunyu, Executive Chairman of the bank, said the EasyHisa mobile product offers convenient services and comes in response to the call from the Capital Markets Authority to embrace technology.

The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation, which offers custody services, also has an SMS update for investors interested in tracking their shares and following their performance. Several market stakeholders offer online services for placing and executing sale and buy orders from clients, but many retail investors apparently do not have easy Internet access.

Standard Investment Bank assures clients that the SMS service is secure and they provide confirmation within the hour. Trading at the NSE has grown over time and moved from open outcry to a successful automated trading system in 2006, according to a report on afrigrow.com.

Read it @ Africa News

April 18, 2008

Mobile Banking To Jump To 37 Billion In 2011

OnlineMediaDaily reports on an interesting prediction:

Mobile banking transactions worldwide will jump to 37 billion in 2011 from 2.7 billion in 2007, according to a new report by Juniper Research.

A growing variety of mobile financial services including funds transfers, bill payment and account management will help to drive the increase in transactions. Improved security safeguards will also be crucial to the rise of m-banking's expansion.

Read more @ OnlineMediaDaily.