The number of people accessing financial accounts (bank, credit card, or brokerage) has reached almost 30 million, growing 54% by the end of 2010 from a year ago. "More people are turning to the
convenience of mobile devices for their financial service needs, fueled in part by the adoption of smartphones, 3G devices and unlimited data plans," said Sarah Lenart, comScore vice president, in
a statement. Breaking out how people used mobile accounts, 18.6 million did so via the Web, 10.8 million through applications, and 8.1 million, SMS text (with overlap among the methods). Read more
here.
