The Marlin Mobile Blog

An article in the Washington Post claims that USAA bank has already deposited over $1.5 million checks through their iPhone application in their first 3 days. It allows a user to take a photo of the check and this starts the process electronically. I am excited to hear whether or not this level of transactions [...]

Verizon recently announced it is creating its own cross-platform app store that will ship with its phones…and will only ship with their own app store installed: http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=7EF200BA-1A64-6A71-CE5297EFB356998F The Verizon App Store will not block access out of the box to other app stores in its purview, specifically the Blackberry App World, Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for [...]

PayPal provides further evidence of the developed world moving toward smartphones for mobile banking and away from SMS and WAP… According to PayPal, mobile users in developed countries are much more inclined to use mobile banking services if there is a sophisticated user interface that provides a quick, easy and satisfying experience. CGAP’s (Consultative Group [...]

Fascinating set of announcements and topics being discussed this week in Barcelona at the Mobile Money Summit. Mi-Pay’s CEO, Norman Frankel, does an excellent job of framing the geo-political game changing opportunity that is mobile banking:  http://www.mobilemoneysummit.com/mms_news_daily/mms_news_daily_7.shtml Fundamo’s CEO, Hannes van Rensburg, addresses the regulatory hurdles that mobile banking must navigate to fulfill its potential:  [...]