Mobile banking

Mobile banking lets consumers easily manage their financial lives from anywhere, anytime, but plenty of people are a little wary about giving it a shot. Let DailyFinance help: Here's our primer on the mobile banking basics.

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Researchers predict that more than half of us will own a smartphone by the end of the year, and even people who consider themselves tech-shy probably have an ordinary cell phone in their purse or clipped to a belt. Not just for texting or surfing the net, these devices are at the cutting edge of...

Smile! Chase updated its iPhone app this week to let users deposit checks with the built-in camera. This functionality is similar to what USAA rolled out last year. The new version of the Chase Mobile app is still a free download. To deposit checks with an iPhone, customers will need to enroll...

If you like tacking where you spend your money, Mint.com is a great tool. If you like tracking your money on the go and have an Android powered phone like the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, DROID Incredible or Motorola Droid then you should be excited to hear that there is finally a Mint.com android...

While banks and banking in general are something most of us take for granted, something as simple as paying an electric bill could take an individual in Latin America several hours of waiting in line. Some might even travel up to 15 km just to pay a bill. The impact of such barriers to paying a...

Even with the popularity of direct deposit, many of us still find ourselves needing to trudge down to the local bank branch to deposit a paper check every now and then, but for members of one bank that may be a thing of the past. The New York Times reports that USAA, a bank which primarily serves...

In case you're a Citibank customer and you've missed it, Citi--the financial institution that owns Citibank as well as its Citi credit cards--has launched mobile banking services to smartphones, including Blackberries, Palms and iPhones.As of now, according to Citi's press release, you can viewing...