If you're my bank - you better get moving...

Mobility in banking and payments is not a fad. This week I gave a keynote address at the 3rd Mobile Commerce Summit Asia (Manila) and meet with global players in the mobile payments and commerce space. Apart from the fact that half-way through the second day we experienced a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, the entire conference confirmed my view that banks are under massive pressure on mobile innovation - and the majority of them are not moving anywhere near fast enough.

The core proposition of mobile banking and payments is two fold. Firstly, the device is already ubiquitous with 80% of the world's population already owning a mobile phone. With only 20% of the world's population having access to a bank account, it is patently obvious why mobile is the enabler for mobile wallet, payments and bank facsimile. WIth PayPal, Facebook, Square, Verifone and others launching themselves into the mobile payments arena, there is a great deal of interest in this space. Secondly, convenience has always been the core driver for the success of Internet Banking, so with mobile internet the convenience factor is even higher because you carry your "internets" with you.

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