Sometime in the bound of 2010, Canada’s Scotiabank volition be offering “secure approach to their bank accounts – anywhere, any time”. Besides checking your balance wheel, this undertaking volition also allow customers to pay bills and shuffle transfers. Scotiabank’s partner in this project, M-Com, looks like they mainly trade with secure WAP sites and SMS; M-Com also does apps, and Scotiabank elder VP Mike Henry has confirmed that there volition be usage BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) and iPhone apps available in addition to the website. Considering the mobile web oblation, the Bank of Montreal’s latest advances into mobile with contactless PayPass Tags for BlackBerry target a much smaller and specific section of electric cell phone users, though the service is infinitely snazzier. We’ll keep an eye out for specific functions once Scotiabank’s overhaul launches next class, but you tin check out M-Com in the meantime to get a feel for what might be coming.
[ScotiaBank via ITWorld]
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