If there was one overarching theme that came out of Bank Systems & Technology's Virtual Event "How Mobile Is Transforming Banking's Competitive Landscape" on Thursday it's that mobile is indeed the future. While mobile banking adoption sits in the 10-15 percent or so range -- and even less for tablet banking -- the numbers are increasing every day, as technology continues to rapidly advance. It's not a stretch to say that within five years, most bank customers with access their account via a mobile device. We've collected the top quotes from the BS&T event about all things mobile.
June 22, 2012
4. Maybe One Day
I'm fairly pessimistic that we'll see anything take off in the near future. Do I think it will eventually happen? Yes.
-- Richard Oglesby, senior analyst at Aite Group. Oglesby believes that merchants haven't been convinced yet they will get a return on their investment if they decide to develop an infrastructure for mobile point of sale transactions.
