Mobile phone penetration in the US is now 95%+ and data plan penetration is now 50%+
Modalities: Usage Capable phones
Texting 50% 100%
Mobile Browser, 25% >60%
Downloadable Application 17% >60%
Application download cons are pretty significant – carrier control, downloading, device management, etc
Browser cons – sign-on, complex navigation, lack of awareness
SMS text message cons – Simplistic UI, Security, Plain Text
Distributing services in the mobile ecosystem requires a highly complex series of relationships.
Wells Fargo and external research shows that there is adoption interest.
Most frequent uses presently: checking balances, fund transfers and activity monitoring
Browser usage presently 2.5 times per week, 66% active users (last three months)
Text banking – 83% of all mobile banking enrollees are including the text banking service. Sending 19 text messages a month overall, becoming more engaged with the accounts overall.
Mobile Contactless Pilot with Visa…
Mobile delivers strategically – when, where, why and how?
What is the potential value?
Customer retention, reducing servicing costs by controlling call center calls, reduced risk and fraud, customer acquisition and usage revenue (P2P, Panic Play, Mobile Contactless, etc)
Security order: SMS, Browser, Application
Mobile customers slant towards a desirable demographic overall due to the very fact they are heavy mobile users.
Future state is for SMS, application and browser to be ubiquitous and the three will be tightly integrated.
Well Fargo is trying to build usage of the channel, not charging for the service at this time. Getting techno-savvy users so servicing has been minimal.
Reaction: I’m highly impressed with the full deployment of SMS, Browser and Application download models as they will be fully able to determine which best meets customer needs based on actual usage data. I chatted up Eskander afterwards and he’s a joy to speak to.
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