Mobile banking provider Clairmail Inc., recently acquired by mobile money company Monitise, has announced a new product aimed at smaller financial institutions, Clairmail Plus. Built on Clairmail's enterprise-class mobile banking platform, the product offers mid-tier regional banks, community banks and credit unions their own mobile solution.

"We've seen immense demand in the midmarket for a mobile solution that keeps costs and IT investment down while delivering real value to consumers and banks alike," said Pete Daffern, CEO of Clairmail, in a statement. Daffern said Clairmail Plus accomplishes both of these goals.

Additonally, Daffern said Clarimail Plus offers several new features such as optimized integration services to reduce upfront investment, resources and time normally associated with a mobile implementation while minimizing the burden on an organization's technology team.

"(I) believe Clairmail Plus is a significant step forward in making mobile banking and payments technologies more accessible and affordable for financial institutions of all sizes," Daffern said.

Features offered with Clairmail Plus include:

• A full set of features, including SMS, mobile Web, and mobile application support for iOS, Android and BlackBerry operating systems;
• Add-ons such as a proactive alerts engine and mobile remote deposit capture technology for checks that can be "bolted on" to the base deployment of Clairmail Plus;
• Access to Clairmail's dedicated Adoption Services team, best practice recommendations and benchmarking services to increase adoption rates of the mobile banking services.

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