AT&T/Cingular to Add Mobile Online Banking This Year

AT&T/Cingular Wireless announced today that mobile banking services will be available later this year for their customers, and that the initial groundwork has been laid by signing agreements with Wachovia Bank, Bancorp South, Regions Financial and Suntrust Banks.   AT&T has been testing this service since last year, and plans to offer it without charge in the hopes that it will draw more customers to its mobile web services. 

Customers will be able to download software directly from Firethorn Holdings, a privately held mobile software company.  New handsets sold in the latter half of this year will have this software included.  Firethorn is highly focused on mobile security, and offers encrypted SSL layer transactions, and phone registration.

[Link via Cnet]