Report

August 2001

Who Wants Wireless Finance?


Kenneth Clemmer
Where's the demand for wireless finance? Only a small band of well-to-do consumers is likely to invest or bank wirelessly. Ideal wireless finance applications will revolve around transactions that are urgent, simple, and frequent.
by Kenneth Clemmer with Michael Gazala, Alanna Denton

CONSUMER LANDSCAPE
  • While 40% of US households are online and own devices, fewer than 5% are interested in wireless financial services.
ANALYSIS
  • Consumers will conduct urgent, simple, and frequent transactions -- like stock quotes for active traders -- wirelessly.
WHAT IT MEANS
  • Build sync-banking applications for PDA users.
  • Greenlight wireless app development to lure active traders.
METHODOLOGY

 
Figures & Data
  • Figure 1.  Nearly 60% Of Americans Are Device Owners
  • Figure 2.  Examining Different Online Device Owners
  • Figure 3.  Few Consumers Are Interested In Wireless Finance
  • Figure 4.  Profiling Consumers Who Are Interested In Wireless Finance
  • Figure 5.  What's Behind Consumer Interest In Wireless Finance
  • Figure 6.  Urgent, Simple, Location-Based Services Will Thrive
  • Figure 7.  Online Device Owners Show Little Interest In Financial Applications
  • Figure 8.  Interest Rises With Transactions' Urgency, Simplicity, And Frequency
  • Figure 9.  Active Traders Are The Best Prospects For Wireless Finance
  • Figure 10.  Urgent, Simple, And Frequent Transactions Hold The Most Promise
   
 
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