BlackBerry Customers can now stay connected to their financial information On-The-Go with Mobile Banking from Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless.

Also available on a number of popular Get It Now-capable phones, mobile banking offers customers the following capabilities and features on their handset’s account balance and transaction history: transfer funds between eligible accounts at the same financial institution; view and pay bills when enrolled in their financial institution's bill pay service and view the last five transactions successfully completed on their mobile devices.

 

Verizon Wireless customers must be account holders of a financial institution that offers Mobile Banking to enroll in the application.

 

To get Mobile Banking, Verizon Wireless customers with the BlackBerry (News - Alert) Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition can go to the Home screen on their handsets and select the BlackBerry Browser icon to go to the VZ Start home page. Once there, click on the Mobile Banking link to download the application.

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 67.2 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (News - Alert).

 

Meanwhile, in the face of soaring gas prices and other expenses, Verizon Wireless' business customers can reduce operational costs and increase efficiencies with Field Force Manager.

 

A comprehensive mobile resource management solution, Field Force Manager runs on the most reliable wireless network in the country and is now available on the BlackBerry Curve 8330, with other BlackBerry smartphone models to follow.

 

Field Force Manager is a turnkey wireless solution that combines powerful Web-based applications with handsets to provide businesses management control over workers in the field. Through the Web application, a business' main office can map locations of employees, jobs and other activities in real-time; schedule and dispatch jobs; and receive fleet, job and employee reports. Field Force Manager also allows remote employees to submit timecards, customer and job completion information to the business office, plus get turn-by-turn driving directions to new jobs – right from their BlackBerry Curve smartphone.

 

The application gives managers the ability to capture customer service requests, dispatch field personnel and track job progress in near real-time.