Mobile banking is going to be next recipe for cellular competition in Pakistani Telecom Market. The blend of cellular and Banking industries make it ripe (financially) by nature; its implications and usage for a common person take this integration of industries to the next level.
We have been hearing plenty of value added services, from celcos that have "mobile banking" word as a name in them, for quite some time now, but guys – the real mobile banking is yet to happen, very soon.
This is going to be a big boost for banking sector, and here is the reason – number of heads attached with mobile phones, make telecom industry as the largest in the country, meaning that any product that is exposed to telecom sector will get huge reception (given that it has benefits and ease of use).
For instance, if you are given a liberty of paying your utility bills, credit card bills, and if you are allowed to make financial transactions, pay taxes – and all that from your cell phone, what else do you need from a bank?
We have seen banks of this country shifting their focus towards online banking, which actually helped them get more transactions and customers. These banks lack in infrastructure to take these banking facilities to mobile phones. And here was the opportunity that is now going to be served by cellular companies.
I am wondering why Warid Telecom made this strategic mistake of not involving its sister concern, Bank Al Falah in pioneering banking solutions on mobile phones. Their lack in focus gave chance to Telenor and Mobilink to come forward and start mobile banking services.
We are told by reliable sources that Telenor is launching Mobile Banking very soon, in fact latter this month or at most in August. No words on features, but as per sources that are familiar with architect of this product, told us that "Telenor will enable a common person to open and operate a bank account from his/her mobile phone". Moreover, he translated his information in a short line and said "Telenor Pakistan is going to launch world's first Bank that will exist on mobile phones". So let the time come and we will see the bigness of the idea behind Telenor's Mobilink banking solutions.
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