Mobile Commerce 

1.    Who REALLY Needs a Mobile-Friendly Website?

By Jason Cormier, Search Engine Watch

INTERVIEW:  Ken Barber, VP of Marketing and Product Development at mShopper.  Check your web analytics to see what percentage of your traffic is coming from a mobile device. If it's getting close to 10 percent or more, many would say you're already running late.

2.    Facebook builds on mobile loyalty hype via Tagtile acquisition

By Chantal Tode, Mobile Commerce Daily

The Tagtile app, which enables users to earn tags or rewards by tapping their phone against the Tagtile Cube at the point-of-sale in stores, is another example of how Facebook is building its mobile commerce strategy.

3.    Google Seeks Billions by Boosting Mobile Internet Speeds

By Olga Kharif, Bloomberg Businessweek

When people are waiting for pages to load, they aren't shopping or viewing ads. That's hampering everyone from giant Internet companies to local businesses trying to reach customers.

"There's a clear correlation between speed and the success of your online business," Jain said.

4.    Quel avenir pour les applications mobiles : paroles croisées de développeurs

Par Olivier Chicheportiche, BusinessMobile

Débat - Plates-formes mobiles, m-commerce, publicité, essor d'HTML 5 : Christophe Léon patron de Pure Agency et Adrien Dassault, d'Heliceum évoquent leurs visions du marché et ses perspectives.

Mobile Banking

 1.    Consumers Have Concerns About Mobile Banking Security, Survey Finds

By Ann Carrns, The New York Times

Roughly one of every five Americans used their mobile phone for some sort of banking activity last year, and about the same proportion say they will probably use mobile banking in the future, a recent survey from the Federal Reserve found.

2.    Mobile money a 'bright spot' for billions lacking bank accounts 

By Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times

More than two-thirds of Kenyans surveyed said they had used a cellphone to send or receive money in the last year, accessing accounts that may not be tied to traditional banks or require the same kind of document. Some of the "unbanked" rely on mobile money instead.

3.    Citigroup: Mobile to help herald banking 'revolution' 

By Mobile Money Live

INTERVIEW:  Don Callahan, Chief Administrative Office and Chief Operations & Technology Officer.  It's the corporate market that Callahan is looking to for major growth: "Within the next five years what I think is going to happen is you're going to see the B-to-B side really go mobile."