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Mobile devices more popular than computers among Singaporeans

But lenders are not using mobile banking "as effectively as a sales tool, particularly for high-margin products"

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Published Tue, Feb 3, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    RETAIL banking through mobile devices has swiftly overtaken Internet banking as the main form of digital interaction for consumers in Singapore, a recent Bain & Company study suggested.

    But whether banks are making money through this channel is less clear. Lenders here are not locking in mobile-banking users who are shopping for specific products.

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