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• 11.03.09
  SA study: More people banking with their mobiles than PCs Mobile Web, ecommerce, online media business | (3)

  According to respected market research organisation World Wide Worx, the number of people banking from their cellphones has exceeded that of people banking from their PCs in South Africa. More than a quarter of bank customers are turning to their cellphones for services ranging from informational transaction types such as balance enquiries to financial transaction types which include account payments. This was one of the key findings from the consumer phase of the research company's Mobility 2009 research project. The study was backed by First National Bank (FNB), leaders in cellphone banking in Africa, and Research In Motion (RIM), the company ...

  Tagged: cellphone banking, ecommerce, m-commerce, mcommerce, Mobile Web
  
• 03.02.09
  SA bank claims 1-million mobile phone banking users online media business | Comments Off

  Absa, the country's largest retail bank, says it's one of the first banks in the world to notch up a million cellphone banking customers, prompting it to call "2009 the year for Cellphone Banking". It was the first South African bank to introduce Cellphone Banking services in the year 2000. Absa says that over the last few years there has been a surge in uptake, with up to 5000 new clients registering for Cellphone Banking each day. Absa says: “From observing the registration and usage numbers, 2009 will be the year in which Cellphone Banking develops serious traction in the market such that ...

  Tagged: Absa, cellphone banking, mobile phone useage in africa