3Cinteractive LLC's List: 2013 Financial Market Articles

Fifty-eight percent of consumers now use their bank's mobile app while an additional 25 percent are aware that the technology is available, per a survey from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, InMobi and Viggle.

Almost 200 million mobile users will be making bill payments via their mobile by 2017. According to research by Juniper Research, there is an increasing user acceptance and comfort with using push mobile banking and a sharp rise in tablet use for banking purposes.

An increasing amount of consumers are turning to their smartphones and tablets to manage their finances, according to new research from Quicken.

Analyst data shows that more than 12 million Americans have deposited checks with mobile deposit and we know that number is growing quickly.

Mobile banking infographic

Great infographic showing who uses mobile banking

A new report titled “Mobile Banking: Handset & Tablet Market Strategies 2013-2017” shows that mobile banking users will exceed 1 billion in 2017 (representing 15% of global mobile handset users) while users of transactional tablet banking will hit 200 million in 2017 (representing 19% of total mobile banking customers in 2017).

In a new report from BI Intelligence, we explain the main types of mobile payments, analyze the state of the mobile payments race, examine the matchup between card readers and near-field communications (NFC), look at how traditional banks, credit card companies, and card processors are responding to the mobile payments threat, and detail who is furthest along in developing the all-in-one solution for merchants and consumers.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-report-the-state-of-the-mobile-payments-race-2013-2#ixzz2LvWO5m1a

Americans are growing increasingly comfortable using their mobile phones to conduct basic financial transactions, sending banks racing to offer new technology that will cut down on costly customer-service calls and branch visits.