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1:30PM Angus Kidman | The experience of accessing banking sites on a mobile phone is often highly variable, so we’ll be interested to see how the Commonwealth Bank’s new mobile banking site, which claims to work on “any internet enabled mobile phone”, works in practice. One minor restriction: you have to be registered for the bank’s SMS security system before you’re allowed to use the mobile platform. Aside from the expected balance checking and funds transfer features, one sensible option is to search for the nearest ATM (driven by Google Maps).
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Commonwealth NetBank Swarms Onto Mobile Phones, Still Needs SMS
1:30PM Angus Kidman | The experience of accessing banking sites on a mobile phone is often highly variable, so we’ll be interested to see how the Commonwealth Bank’s new mobile banking site, which claims to work on “any internet enabled mobile phone”, works in practice. One minor restriction: you have to be registered for the bank’s SMS security system before you’re allowed to use the mobile platform. Aside from the expected balance checking and funds transfer features, one sensible option is to search for the nearest ATM (driven by Google Maps).
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11:37AM Angus Kidman | ANZ has expanded its its Internet banking service for use on the iPhone (and iPod Touch), adding the ability for existing Internet banking customers to check balances and view recent transactions. We’ve previously mentioned this app, but the new options are a substantial improvement on the previous brochureware-style approach. A funds transfer feature is under development. The service is currently iPhone-only, but other mobile platforms are apparently under consideration (BlackBerry would seem an obvious choice). [ANZ]
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ANZ beefs up iPhone banking, examines support for other mobile platforms
11:37AM Angus Kidman | ANZ has expanded its its Internet banking service for use on the iPhone (and iPod Touch), adding the ability for existing Internet banking customers to check balances and view recent transactions. We’ve previously mentioned this app, but the new options are a substantial improvement on the previous brochureware-style approach. A funds transfer feature is under development. The service is currently iPhone-only, but other mobile platforms are apparently under consideration (BlackBerry would seem an obvious choice). [ANZ]
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4:56PM Angus Kidman | While dozens more are bound to emerge in the next few weeks, Australian banks appear to have been the first local organisations to get onto the iPhone 2.0 bandwagon. ANZ has rolled out a specialised version of its site for the iPhone, which should be auto-detected if you access the site via the phone. The feature set is currently limited to contact and branch location features; ANZ has promised balance checking and transfers in a future release. You can access the regular Internet banking features on the phone using the standard site via iPhone Safari, though how well that would work on the smaller screen is debatable.A more specialised application is the Commonwealth Bank’s CommSec share trading application, which has been customised to use the touchscreen interface. We’ve not tested either yet; if you’ve got good or bad experiences to share, let us know in the comments.
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Local banks dive into iPhone applications
4:56PM Angus Kidman | While dozens more are bound to emerge in the next few weeks, Australian banks appear to have been the first local organisations to get onto the iPhone 2.0 bandwagon. ANZ has rolled out a specialised version of its site for the iPhone, which should be auto-detected if you access the site via the phone. The feature set is currently limited to contact and branch location features; ANZ has promised balance checking and transfers in a future release. You can access the regular Internet banking features on the phone using the standard site via iPhone Safari, though how well that would work on the smaller screen is debatable.A more specialised application is the Commonwealth Bank’s CommSec share trading application, which has been customised to use the touchscreen interface. We’ve not tested either yet; if you’ve got good or bad experiences to share, let us know in the comments.
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