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The Innovators
Firethorn Chairman and CEO Tripp Rackley named a top-three
innovator by Bank Technology News. |
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Mobile
Banking’s Second Act
In seeking a byte out of consumers’ mobile wallets,
banks are gearing up for their second go ’round
this decade. This time, Regions, SunTrust, Synovus,
BancorpSouth and Wachovia aren’t dawdling: The
five just inked a deal for a Firethorn mobile-banking
application. |
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Vendors Tout Software Banking for Phones
Firethorn’s chairman and chief executive officer
Tripp Rackley says that financial companies and mobile
carriers are impressed with the company’s approach,
which treats banking data like e-mail and delivers
it securely when the signal is adequate. |
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BancorpSouth’s
Michael Lindsey Discusses Mobile Banking
Michael Lindsey, SVP and manager of electronic delivery
services with Tupelo, Mississippi-based BancorpSouth,
discusses how the bank selected Firethorn to get its
cell phone banking product off the ground. |
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Money Talks: Banks Start to Offer Mobile
Service on Cell Phones
To generate interest in the mobile service, banks and
wireless providers are teaming up. Wachovia has partnered
with AT&T and Firethorn to have the bank's mobile
service preinstalled in AT&T phones. |
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Banking on the Go: Carriers Offer Mobile
Access to Financial Services
Mobile banking officially has arrived now that AT&T
and Verizon Wireless both have gone live with mobile
banking initiatives with banking institutions SunTrust,
Wachovia and others. The banks use a platform from
Firethorn Inc. to enable customers to download a secure
application to check balances and pay bills using their
mobile devices. |
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Mobile Banking Catching On in US, Slowly
Mobile banking is slowly catching on among U.S. consumers,
mainly because of efforts by the largest 15 banks. |
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Cell Phone Banking is Coming of Age
Firethorn’s approach may give the cellphone some
real advantages over the PC in the near future. |
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Let the Phone Pick up the Tab
Imagine having your very own mobile ATM—otherwise
known as your cell phone—in the palm of your
hand. |
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