GKIeNET – T-Home – T-Mobile: 2.4 Million Customers with Personal Online Banking Contracts

At December 31, 2009, more than 2.4 million individual customers and over 350 thousand corporate clients in Hungary had internet banking agreements with domestic credit institutions.  Over the past year, the number of internet banking customers increased by 21% in the household segment and by 13% in the corporate segment. At year-end 2009, the number [...]

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Mobile Phone as a Second Wallet

In Hungary 23% of the population over the age of 18 years use their payment cards to make payments on a regular basis, while 81-82% have mobile phones with an electronic payment function. 60% of the Hungarian population aged 18 and over have heard about the Mobile Shopping service, while in the global arena, Japan is the leader in mobile payment applications –a study published by GKIeNET – T-Home – T-Mobile reveals in October 2009. At the same time, the European Commission promotes the emergence of financial service providers in the market, which provides a boost to the expansion of mobile payment solutions.

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