Mobile banking

Mobile banking (also known as M-Banking, mbanking, SMS Banking etc.) is a term used for performing balance checks, account transactions, payments etc. via a mobile device such as a mobile phone. Mobile banking today (2007) is most often performed via SMS or the Mobile Internet but can also use special pMobile Banking Services
Mobile banking can offer services such as the following:

[edit] Account Information
Mini-statements and checking of account history
Alerts on account activity or passing of set thresholds
Monitoring of term deposits
Access to loan statements
Access to card statements
Mutual funds / equity statements
Insurance policy management
Pension plan management
Status on cheque, stop payment on cheque
Ordering check books
Balance checking in the account
Recent transactions
Due date of payment (functionality for stop, change and deleting of payments)
PIN provision, Change of PIN and reminder over the Internet
Blocking of (lost, stolen) cards

[edit] Payments, Deposits, Withdrawals, and Transfers
Domestic and international fund transfers
Micro-payment handling
Mobile recharging
Commercial payment processing
Bill payment processing
Peer to Peer payments
Withdrawal at banking agent
Deposit at banking agent
Especially for clients in remote locations, it will be important to help them deposit and withdraw funds at banking agents, i.e., retail and postal outlets that turn cash into electronic funds and vice versa. The feasibility of such banking agents depends on local regulation which enables retail outlets to take deposits or not.
A specific sequence of SMS messages will enable the system to verify if the client has sufficient funds in his or her wallet and authorize a deposit or withdrawal transaction at the agent. When depositing money, the merchant receives cash and the system credits the client's bank account or mobile wallet. In the same way the client can also withdraw money at the merchant: through exchanging sms to provide authorization, the merchant hands the client cash and debits the merchant's account.

[edit] Investments
Portfolio management services
Real-time stock quotes
Personalized alerts and notifications on security prices

[edit] Support
Status of requests for credit, including mortgage approval, and insurance coverage
Check (cheque) book and card requests
Exchange of data messages and email, including complaint submission and tracking
ATM Location

[edit] Content Services
General information such as weather updates, news
Loyalty-related offers
Location-based services
Based on a survey conducted by Forrester, mobile banking will be attractive mainly to the younger, more "tech-savvy" customer segment. A third of mobile phone users say that they may consider performing some kind of financial transaction through their mobile phone. But most of the users are interested in performing basic transactions such as querying for account balance and making bill payment.rograms called clients downloaded to the mobile device.