Telus Launches Secure Mobile Banking System

Press Release - March 28, 2007

Telus Mobility has launched a new service for financial institutions this week, that will allow consumers to carry out secure banking transactions on their mobile phones, regardless of manufacturer, carrier, or wireless transmission standard.

Telus Mobile Customer Self Service is designed for easy integration with the back-end systems of any retail bank, credit union, credit card company, or brokerage. Financial institutions can provide their customers with on-demand access to account information, automatic SMS notification of suspicious account activity, online auction alerts, and no-hold customer service via text messaging.

Originally developed by Novata, California-based ClairMail Inc., Mobile Customer Self Service requires no additional software on the consumer’s mobile device. Instead, it leverages the messaging capabilities that come pre-installed on new handsets.

“Telus is offering financial institutions a new way to help their customers, providing them with a tool that offers the ultimate in banking convenience in a secure IT environment,” explained Luc Vilandré, the Vice President of Telus National Application Solutions. “The addition of Mobile Customer Self Service to our dynamic offering of wireless application services reinforces Telus’ position as Canada’s wireless market leader with best-in-class technology and differentiated solutions for business.”