First Look: Mobile Banking on AT&T
While a lot of us have had internet banking for years, who would have thought that AT&T would have come up with a mobile banking app that lets you check accounts and pay bills for a number of banks through a single iPhone app?Mobile Banking on AT&T (click opens iTunes) from Firethorn Holdings, LLC is exactly that -- an iPhone app that gives you full control over your money at 50 different banks nationwide. While the majority of the banks listed appear to be in the southeast USA, several nationwide banks including Wachovia, SunTrust, and USAA are participating in the program.
I was pleased to see that my business bank, FirstBank, with brick and mortar banks in Colorado, Arizona, and California, was one of the companies on the AT&T list. You need to sign up through your bank's secure website, enter your iPhone number, pick a six-digit PIN, then perform an authorization from the device using a code displayed on the website. Once activated, you can see balances, make transfers, and pay ebills.
What's your favorite iPhone banking app? Or have you moved all of your funds to a coffee can buried in the back yard? Leave a comment!
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I currently use Wells Fargo's web app. That's all I think they have right now. Would love a Mint app. But those guys seem busy. :)
November 05 2008 at 8:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMajor Flaw! does not allow multiple accounts
I have 2 business and 1 personal account. I can only access one of them.
What a bummer, this would be pretty good otherwise.
Am I the only one worried about security with an app like this? With banking sites you go to YOUR BANK's site through a SECURE link.
The security of this is questionable, and on top of that, it's a third party app by some company probably none of us have ever heard of, and an LLC at that. That means they have limited liability of they cause you to lose your money.
It's one thing authorizing apps to have access to your Flickr account, it's an entirely different thing authorizing apps to have access to ALL YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS.
I'm surprised the security of this app was not a part of this blog post.
Pageonce is never able to load my checking account data. It's kind of useless to me now. I use a small-town bank, so I guess I'm doomed.
November 04 2008 at 4:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes this not work on the iPod Touch? When I look from iTunes the app shows up, if I search from the iPod Touch the name is found but won't show the app.
November 04 2008 at 3:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySeriously, is any other bank as up-to-date tech wise as USAA? The had their iPhone verison running within' weeks of the phone's release. The text messaging system has worked well for a while, and now this. Plus, they use OFX so iBank works flawlessly with it (and if you call them, they don't instanly blame everything on the fact you aren't using Quicken/Money).
USAA Kicks Ass!
I have this app and love it. I can do transfers from my Checking to Savings (and vice-versa), something I can't even do with my bank's regular web site!
November 04 2008 at 12:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNo Chase/JP Morgan/Washington Mutual, sad.
November 04 2008 at 12:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyB of A?
Citibank?
those are my banks! maybe add 'em!
:)
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