Great: BNZ first NZ bank to launch Android app - National Business Review. Gizmo

BNZ says it has turn the primary New Zealand bank to launch an Android internet promissory note app.

The Android focus allows matching functionality to BNZ's iPhone (iphone 4 Outright Price) app launched in July, permitting users to have transfers to alternative BNZ accounts, same day payments as good as perspective thirty day contract history, in in in in between alternative features.

BNZ pronounced it was the primary New Zealand bank to launch an internet promissory note app written privately for Android users, as good as a single of the primary banks in Australasia to set up a local Android internet promissory note app.

Head of BNZ online Rogan Clarke pronounced the launch of an iPhone (iphone 4 Outright Price)-only app had not asked a vast suit of the patron bottom regulating Android intelligent devices, as good as which an Android-specific app was something the bank had been contemplating.

BNZ's website saw 1313% expansion in visits from Android inclination in the twelve months to Jun 2011, with about 10,000 visits over a single month, the bank said.

Globally, some-more than 100 million Android powered inclination were in operate according to Google's blog in May, with Google clamp boss of engineering Andy Rubin tweeting in Jun which 500,000 were activated daily.

Mr Clarke pronounced the app had been in expansion for about 8 weeks, with the primary live contract achieved yesterday.

He pronounced there had been primary issues with confidence involving malware on the Android marketplace though which BNZ was right away assured the application's confidence jacket was the same as which of alternative apps on offer. 

This confidence jacket includes a two-step authentication routine involving a username as good as password, as good as a Netcard, a earthy label with a battleship-type formula set-up, or a "something we know, something we have" approach, Mr Clarke said.

The bank additionally has a use physical education instructor who monitors the app online as good as would rapt Google if feign BNZ apps were found, he said.

Fake internet promissory note apps had occurred in the Australian market, Mr Clarke said.

The app runs on Android chronicle 2.1 as good as higher, as good as functions good on both tablets as good as phones, the bank said. 

BNZ plan physical education instructor www, mobile as good as online Paul Bartlett pronounced the bank was operative on structure alternative facilities for the app together with being means to perspective comment sum such as credit label seductiveness rates as good as subsequent repayments.

RAW STATS FROM BNZ:

• 60,000 logins in 4 weeks on regulating iPhone (iphone 4 Outright Price) app
• 39% of BNZ mobile promissory note users in Auckland, 17% in Wellington, 13% in Canterbury, 6.8% in Waikato, 5.7% in Otago
• 40% of BNZ mobile promissory note users have been in in in in between twenty-seven as good as 39 years old, 32% in in in in between eighteen as good as twenty-six years old, 20% in in in in between 40 as good as 55 years aged as good as 3% in in in in between 56 as good as 63 years old.
• 500,000 Android inclination activated globally daily, 100 million activated Android devices, 200,000 Android apps available, giveaway as good as paid.
• 1313% expansion in Android visits to bnz.co.nz in twelve months