Scott Bales, author of Mobile Ready, shares his insights on mobile technology here. Rather than encouraging banks to jump feet-first into mobile apps, he asks them to question their decisions based on four observations:
- Facts: who are their customers?
- Pain: what problems do they currently face with their finances?
- Behaviour: what are they currently doing without your solution?
- Goals: what are they trying to achieve?
If banks can find a solution to their customers' financial problem(s) and translate it/them into an app, then success looks highly likely....
/Passle/53d0c8edb00e7e0540c9b34b/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-01-12-10-16-56-904-6964ca18ab784af100f11853.jpg)
/Passle/53d0c8edb00e7e0540c9b34b/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-07-23-20-08-19-301-6a6274b3ab3f24f1af8b762b.png)
/Passle/53d0c8edb00e7e0540c9b34b/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-07-23-20-08-10-762-6a6274aa4d7fda4aff7dcd7a.png)
/Passle/53d0c8edb00e7e0540c9b34b/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-08-11-10-49-23-287-6a7afe338407e466539ac1d8.png)
/Passle/53d0c8edb00e7e0540c9b34b/MediaLibrary/Images/2026-07-23-20-03-00-578-6a627374ab3f24f1af8b6261.png)