BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS August 5, 2009 LIME, the Caribbean’s leading full service telecomms provider, has been selected as the first carrier in the region to partner with a number of indigenous banks to provide an innovative service via the mobile phone. This Mobile banking solution initiated by the ECIC Holdings Ltd, will allow LIME’s customers with accounts at any of the member banks to access their bank information, pay bills and conduct other banking transactions from their mobile phones.
“This speaks volume of the confidence that the ECIC officials have in the robustness of our network and messaging platform in choosing to launch this cutting-edge service with LIME. This is a good example of how business partnerships can work for the benefit of their respective stakeholders. For our part, our customers have access to yet another ground-breaking feature on their mobile phones that will truly take the mobile service to another level,” commented Omar Howell, Regional Product Manager Value Added Services.
Mobile banking will be run on LIME’s messaging platform in the five islands where the service has been launched in Phase I, namely Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia and Turks and Caicos. The participating banks in these islands are: the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited (National), the First National Bank St. Lucia Ltd, TCI Bank of the Turks and Caicos, ABI Bank Ltd. of Antigua and the National Bank of Dominica. LIME will use its messaging platform to bring awareness to customers of the availability of the service as it is launched in the respective islands.
LIME’s mobile customers will now enjoy banking service protected by the same high level of security that they experience when logging on to their bank account using their personal computer. The advent of mobile banking also brings with it convenience for customers who can conduct business 24 hours a day from their personal mobile phone.
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