A2A Transfers Start To Take Off, Study Says

NEW YORK - The growth in online account-to-account transfers, using PCs, cellphones and PDAs, is evident in new data from CashEdge, which reports customers at financial institutions using its services executed more than $38 billion in transfers in 2007, a 300% increase over 2006.

“We are transferring tens of millions of dollars each day, said Sanjeev Dheer with CashEdge, which provides online funds transfer and online account funding solutions. “Account-to-account transfers are quickly becoming mainstream applications,” said George Tubin, research director at TowerGroup. “Today, consumers are confident transferring significant sums of money online between their accounts. (c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

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