Visa Mobile Banking App for Android Now Available For U.S. Bank Customers
Posted on November 19th, 2009
US Bank and Visa announced yesterday that the new Visa Mobile app for phones carrying the Google Android mobile operating system. Visa Mobile is the first mobile banking app to combine alerts, offers and a locator into one convenient app.
Visa Mobile
Visa Mobile made its debut in 2008, but was enhanced for the US Bank application, providing users with greater functionality, more information and an added layer of security. Some of the new features Visa Mobile offers are:
Mobile Banking is a Growing Market
With nearly everyone today walking arounf with a cell phone on their ear or in their pocket, mobile banking seems to be the next big thing to make banking faster and more convenient for the consumer. The Federal Reserve agrees, saying that mobile financial devices are expected to take over as the primary means of bank/client interaction by 2015, if the current trend continues. Tim Attinger, head of product innovation at Visa, is hopeing that Visa can capitalize on some of this new market ith Visa Mobile, saying that “More and more consumers around the globe rely on their mobile device as an everyday financial tool.”
The new enhancements for the US Bank application show a great deal of progress, but Visa plans on more expansion by working with other financial institutions as well as wireless operators and handset manufacturers so that it can continue to make innovations in the mobile banking market.
About the banks
Visa
Black Card is the elite spending tool made with carbon. Black Card members enjoy our 24-Hour world class Concierge Service, our Exclusive Rewards Program and Luxury Gifts.
US Bank
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp (“USB”), with $266 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, the 6th largest commercial bank in the United States as of September 30, 2008. The company operates 2,791 banking offices and
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