GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – CU*Answers said yesterday it has signed with Firethorn Holdings to offer the company’s mobile banking application and SMS (text messaging) service to its 165 credit union clients.
In the second quarter of 2010, CU*Answers will offer Firethorn's mobile banking application and SMS service to its credit unions for deployment. Through the application, members can check their balances, pay their bills, transfer funds and receive offers, all from their mobile phones.
In addition to the mobile banking application, Firethorn's solution also provides CU*Answers with SMS capabilities, allowing members to receive account alerts or provider messages via SMS, or initiate requests for transaction history or balance information by sending an SMS message.
Firethorn is a unit of Qualcomm.
