La Caixa hold a party for mobile app developers

Plus some new insights from new providers

21 November 2011 |

The recent quarterly update of one of our international dashboards was very eventful, as we added two new financial service providers to the research. ABN Amro replaced ANZ bank (AU) and BNP Paribas (FR) substituted Société Générale (FR). These new providers have proven to be a valuable asset...keep reading

Banks around the world concentrate on enhancing their promotion of mobile services

Banks focusing more on promoting and better explaining their mobile services

05 September 2008 |

Research from this quarter’s International Mobile Banking Dashboard update reveals that banks are focusing more on promoting and better explaining their mobile services.

Promotional content is more visible on various parts of public sites and on various occasions strategically placed on...keep reading

Explosion of changes in Mobile and SMS Banking

Service removals and extensions all evident as providers scramble for market advantage

24 February 2010 |

The February update of Mapa’s Mobile Banking and SMS Competitor Intelligence dashboards recorded several notable changes in the countries monitored.

Europe is catching up with the US banks following the introductions of iPhone applications from many major banks. In the American market, BB&T’s...keep reading

iPad Banking - Early developers set the pace

Innovators exploit iPad opportunity

13 September 2010 |

Banking on the iPad is still at a very early stage, but in Spain, two major high-street banks, Banco Sabadell and La Caixa had already stolen a march on competitors by releasing iPad specific applications in the App Store in April, a month before the product had arrived. So far, the development...keep reading

Mobile users prioritized by overseas financial providers

No slow down in the mobile industry

02 February 2012 |

In the recently developed International Internet Banking Dashboard, it became apparent that the financial providers researched are focussing on their mobile applications and / or websites.

In the last few months, ABN AMRO (The Netherlands), BNP Paribas (France), La Caixa (Spain), Lloyds TSB...keep reading

A third of banks have mobile detection

Mapa's recent study looks at 106 banks across 23 countries

16 May 2012 |

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