Report: Next-Generation Online Banking: Mobile, PFM, and Bill Pay

March 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Boston, MA – March 7, 2013  In new research, Next-Generation Online Banking: Mobile, PFM, and Bill Pay, Mercator Advisory Group reviews how online banking solutions are expanding beyond their roots as transaction-oriented platforms into more customer-centric solutions designed to help customers plan and execute a wide variety of tasks.  

“Online banking is in transition,” comments Ed O’Brien, director of Mercator Advisory Group’s Banking Channels Advisory Service, who with Tristan-Hugo Webb, analyst, coauthored the report. “With recent developments in tablets and other devices furthering the new capabilities being offered by many FIs, many solutions are at a crossroads between being defined as an online or mobile solution. In reality, they can be both.”

Highlights of this report include:

- The current state of online banking  

- Various ways for financial institutions to achieve an online banking presence

 - The diverse range of online services from mobile remote deposit capture (RDC) to personal financial management tools (PFM) enabled by advances in mobile and tablet technology  

 - Growth opportunities for online banking products in the United States, Europe, and Asia  

 - New capabilities under development for both online and mobile banking

This report is 24 pages long and has 11 exhibits.  

Organizations mentioned in this report include: First Data, Fiserv, Intuit, Meniga, Strands Finance.  

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Mercator Advisory Group is the leading, independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.co