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Case Studies
Financial Industry -
Banking
The following applications are
noteworthy:
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In mid 1990s, Merrill Lynch equipped
25,000 sales representatives with high-powered notebooks and a financial-planning
application.
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In 1999, Bank of Montreal
in conjunction with 724 Solutions and Bell Mobility implemented a pilot
wireless banking application called Veev that allows consumers to do banking
transactions through handheld devices including smart phones from anywhere.
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In early 2000, Harris Bank of
Chicago, a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal was the first American bank
to test a similar application. Bank of America is planning a pilot as
well.
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Barclays of UK has tried
wireless banking as well in 1999.
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EDS
has implemented a
banking/brokering application on PalmVII on Palm.Net.
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USC Federal Credit Union
has started allowing its customers to use wireless devices to pay bills. San
Diego-based SensCom, a wireless ASP
will provide the services.
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w-Technologies
- A comprehensive set of wireless applications for the enterprise.
Financial Industry -
Stock Brokerage
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