iPhone News Desk

ClairMail has announced the release of the ClairMail System including a mobile web solution optimized for the iPhone. The iPhone solution includes the comprehensive mobile banking and payments functionality found in ClairMail's traditional mobile web offering - account management, fund transfers, bill payments, ATM/branch locators and more - presented on the iPhone's rich user interface.

ClairMail's mobile web solution is able to adjust its user interface based on the capability of the user's mobile device. If a customer accesses the mobile web from an iPhone, the user interface is presented in a style and format appropriate for the iPhone. When a customer accesses the mobile web from a different device, the user interface is presented in a format appropriate for that particular device -- all from the same mobile web URL.

ClairMail is capable of delivering 2-way mobile banking and payments functionality on all mobile phones across all three user interface options -- messaging, mobile web and client applications. On one platform with a single implementation, the ClairMail System integrates with a bank's systems of record and provides bank customers with a comprehensive suite of 2-way mobile banking and payment services. By incorporating an Event Engine, the ClairMail System can handle the potential transaction volumes from banks of any size and deliver real-time, 2-way Actionable Alerts.

"Under current market conditions, the browser provides a logical foundation for mobile banking, with text-based services as an obvious complement because they provide a means to send dynamic, real-time alerts," said James Van Dyke, Founder and President of Javelin Research.

ClairMail's release also introduces functional support for Microsoft SQL Server and for bill pay integration via OFX; in addition, ClairMail provides functional enhancements in terms of customer support, systems management and reporting.