Mapa's recent study looks at 106 banks across 23 countries
16 May 2012 | Mobile & SMS | Evita Medne
Mapa has recently carried out a mini study into how the world's top banks handle mobile detection. The research covered 106 banks in 23 countries and we used an iPhone and an Android phone to do the testing. As well as providing a summary below, we've put the results together in a 2 page...keep reading
Functional improvements dominate
15 May 2012 | Share dealing | Alexander Hertzell
Mapa has recently completed its quarterly review of the Swedish banks digital share dealing and fund trading services. Our latest update captured some exciting improvements in some areas, and a slowdown in others.
Within internet banking services, the most outstanding changes came from the...keep reading
Findings from Mapa’s Competitor Dashboard
04 May 2012 | Mortgages | Evita Medne
Now, since 2008 as banks tighten their belts, their criteria for getting a mortgage is a different proposition and it is not only branch applicants who are suffering.
We set out to look at how the providers featured on our heyday online mortgage dashboard of 2008 were now behaving, on our...keep reading
More banks add PFM tools to their account offerings
02 May 2012 | Internet banking | Ruth Janssen
This month saw the recent update to our International Internet Banking Dashboard. This revealed a number of interesting changes made by different European providers. Most striking were the recent developments in personal finance management. This was accompanied by a continued growth in mobile...keep reading
Contactless payment stickers launched
30 April 2012 | Credit cards | Heena Baig
The Mapa Credit Card dashboard update reported an eventful quarter and recorded over 20 significant changes.
Barclaycard have had a super busy quarter clearly targeting the UK payment market with more contactless payment innovations. Hot on the heels of “Quick tap”, the company has now...keep reading
