The number of financial institutions with mobile apps grew at a rate of 25% over the past two years, according to research from the Austin, Texas-based mobile and Internet banking provider Malauzai Software.
While uncovering the growth rate, Malauzai, which looked at financial institutions with assets ranging from $50 million to $15 billion, discovered more than 150 mobile apps specifically built for businesses and more than 140 apps for stand-alone remote deposit capture. According to Malauzai, a stand-alone RDC app is necessary when the institution's primary mobile vendor cannot build RDC technology fast enough.
The research, which covered the mobile app usage of 7,754 credit unions and banks across the U.S., also revealed that of the financial institutions with iPhone apps, 99% also provided Android apps and 61% offered iPad apps. In addition, the upper Midwest region currently has the highest penetration of mobile banking apps among financial institutions.
Malauzai also explored the most widely-used vendors, finding that the top 10 mobile app vendors hold 81% of the market share.
"This is our third year doing this research, and each year we identify the banks and credit unions across the country leveraging mobile banking apps to really push innovation," Robb Gaynor, Malauzai's chief product officer, said. "To us, it is important to see the traction mobile banking is gaining and the devices customers prefer, and we are pleased to share this information with the industry at large. As the functionality of mobile banking advances, we look forward to watching this research evolve in the years to come."
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
