Verizon Wireless together with Firethorn Holdings, a mobile banking and payments enabler has announced that users can now access their accounts from their mobile phones.
The mobile banking offered by Firethorn and Verizon Wireless allows its users to access and manage their financial relationships even when they are traveling.
This allows them to seamlessly and securely check bank account balances, transferring funds between accounts within the same bank and review and pay bills for those bills which are set up already through the financial institutions online account service.
The application by Firethorn is secure and utilizes both PIN and device lock-out capabilities. The users for the prupose of security need to register with their financial institution’s online banking service to use mobile banking.
Verizon senior vice president of consumer products Jim Straight stated, “After announcing our relationship with Firethorn two months ago, we’re making mobile banking a reality for our customers.”
He continued further, “And whether our customers prefer to bank at Wachovia, SunTrust, FirstBank or BancorpSouth, they can now do so wherever they go because Firethorn and their financial institution partners provide a secure, easy-to-use and flexible mobile banking application that delivers a superior customer experience.”
The financial institutes which have joined Firethorn network are Wachovia, SunTrust Bank, Regions Financial, BancorpSouth, Synovus, FirstBank, Arvest Bank, and America First Credit Union.
This Firehtorn application is already available on many mobile phone handsets from Verizon Wireless like Chocolate and enV by LG, LG VX8700, LG VX8600, LG VX9400, and the Samsung SCH-a950.
The application will soon be made available on other devices in coming months.
The mobile banking application is free, but application download, usage or megabyte charges may apply. Customers should check with their financial institution for availability and instructions on how to access their accounts through the mobile banking application.
This application is made available in Get Going or Tools on the Go virtual shopping aisle of the Get It Now virtual store by clicking on ‘Get New App’ and then ‘Business/Tools.’