David Urbano, director of mobile channel & digital networks, CaixaBank talks about how the bank incorporates social media in its services and how the mobile wallet will evolve in the future.
CaixaBank will be hosting MobeyDay 2013 in Barcelona, bringing together financial institutions from all over the world, as well as network operators, technology providers and consultancy firms specialising in mobile banking.
Spanish corporate behemoths CaixaBank, Santander and Telefónica have agreed to set up a joint venture to develop a range of digital services, including a mobile wallet.
Chase has topped Forrester Research's mobile banking rankings, with Spain's la Caixa proving Europe's top dog and HSBC trailing badly at the bottom of the table.
CaixaBank, Gemalto, Telefónica and Visa Europe have joined forces to show off mobile contactless payments to delegates at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Spanish bank la Caixa is to roll out a new contactless payment system in Barcelona, based on TAP Visa stickers for mobile devices. The bank forecasts that 200,000 customers will be using the system by February, when the Mobile World Congress 2013 will be held.
An application that uses mobile geopositioning to locate la Caixa customer retailers and to share information about them via social networks has won the EUR10,000 prize for the best widget created during the Spanish bank's second annual FinAppsParty.
Spain's la Caixa is introducing a range of online tools designed to make it easier for customers to communicate with its asset managers.
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653), the world leader in digital security, announces that "la Caixa", one of Spain's largest retail banks with over 10 million customers, is deploying Optelio contactless EMV cards for the country's first large scale deployment of contactless payment.
Spain's La Caixa is to offer customers remote banking services via their TV remote control, through a partnership with Samsung.
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