Demand for Mobile Financial Services Poised to Grow With Increased Penetration of...

Demand for Mobile Financial Services Poised to Grow With Increased Penetration
of Smartphones and 3G Service
comScore Releases Inaugural Report on Mobile Financial Services Market

RESTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a
leader in measuring the digital world, today released its inaugural study of
the mobile financial services industry. The comScore report titled Mobile
Financial Services: The Market Today & Opportunities for Tomorrow, provides an
in-depth look at the current state of the industry and mobile financial users,
and highlights areas for potential growth in this rapidly evolving market. In
conjunction with the report, comScore is hosting a supplemental webinar on
July 30, which provides additional industry insights from comScore's expert
analysts.

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The report leverages multiple comScore data sources to provide a comprehensive
view of the mobile financial services market, including an overview of the
current U.S. mobile landscape and insights into the mobile banking, credit
card, insurance and brokerage sectors.

3G and Smartphone Users Most Likely to Access Accounts Via Browser,
Applications a Close Second
Mobile financial services adoption is highly dependent upon device technology
and high bandwidth (3G) networks. A study of how mobile users access their
banking accounts found that mobile Web browsing ranked as the most popular
method for both smartphone (44.1 percent) and 3G users (53.3 percent),
followed closely by mobile applications (48.1 percent of 3G users and 40.6
percent of smartphone users).

The relative parity among usage of browsers vs. applications for access to
mobile banking indicates the growing importance of ease of use for accessing
accounts and conducting transactions. Interestingly, the percentage of mobile
bankers who used texting (SMS) for access to their account information was
substantially higher among 3G users (41 percent) than Smartphone users (25
percent).

Mobile Banking Access by Device Technology
March 2009
Source: comScore Mobile Financial Services Report
% of Smartphone % of 3G Users
Users Who Who Mobile
Mobile Bank Bank
Via Internet Browser 44.1 53.3
Via Application 40.6 48.1
Via SMS 25.0 41.0

"The increasing adoption of smartphones and access to 3G networks, along with
the rapid development of mobile apps, have created a fertile environment for
the acceleration of mobile banking," said Marc Trudeau, comScore senior
director. "A seamless mobile banking user experience is necessary for this
behavior to take hold, and the convergence of the aforementioned technologies
is now making mobile phones a viable access point for personal banking
transactions. Financial institutions hoping to capitalize on this quickly
emerging consumer banking trend need to be ahead of the curve and understand
how consumers are using the mobile channel today and how they would like to
use it in the future."

Convenience of Mobile Banking Important, Even at Home
The comScore report offers unparalleled insight into the usage patterns of
mobile financial services users, including their preferred points of access.
The largest percent of mobile customers, 31 percent, access their financial
accounts primarily from home, even though many households have PC-based
Internet available as well. Another 25 percent conduct transactions when
running errands, while 15 percent do so during their commute. Nine percent of
respondents indicated that they primarily access their accounts while on
vacation, and 8 percent do so primarily while traveling for business.

Q: Where do you primarily access your financial accounts via
your mobile phone?
March 2009
Source: comScore Mobile Financial Services Report

Location Percentage of Mobile Financial
Services Users
At home 31%
Running errands 25%
Commuting 15%
At work 11%
Away on vacation 9%
Away on business travel 8%

For more information on the report, Mobile Financial Services: The Market
Today & Opportunities for Tomorrow, and registering for the webinar, please
visit:
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Presentations_Whitepapers/2009/The_State_of_Mobile_Financial_Services

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