Earlier this morning, we reported that Veneto Banca has released a new banking app for those in Italy using Windows Phone.
As it turns out (and some of you reminded us), there have been numerous banking apps released around the world in the past few weeks. Here are four of them that users have tipped us on so far.
Air Bank (Czech)
Czech bank Air Bank now has a nicely done app in the Windows Phone Store. Released on March 26, it is very new with no reviews just yet.
Download Air Bank for Windows Phone 8.1
Bank Nordik (Denmark)
Back in February, the Danish division of Bank Nordik released their Windows Phone app.
According to reader of the site Mark Tandrup, there are now 29 new banking apps released in Denmark over the last month. Evidently, SDC's platform (Skandinavisk Data Center) is being used to handle most of the banks there, making app development more straightforward. Want to see the list of all 29? Check out Mark's blog where he denotes them all.
Download Bank Nordik for Windows Phone
Caixadirecta (Portugal)
Caixa Geral de Depósitos Bank of Portugal, one of the largest institutions in that area, now has their Caixadirecta app for Windows Phone 8.1. Caixadirecta also has a Windows 8.1 app available too.
Download Caixadirecta for Windows Phone 8.1
Download Caixadirecta for Windows 8.1
Bancolombia App (Colombia)
If you are in Colombia, make sure you pick up Bancolombia's new Windows Phone 8.1 app. Reviews so far are excellent, as reportedly the app is on par with the Android version.
Download Bancolombia App for Windows Phone 8.1
If we missed a banking app in your country, leave it in comments to let others know. Despite Windows Phone growth hurting bank adoption in the US, it is great to see other countries up and running with their financial institutions.
Thanks, SantiagoDesign, Luís D., Martin S., Morten P., and others for their tips!
Reader comments
Four new banking apps for Windows Phone: Air Bank, Bank Nordik, Caixadirecta, and Bancolombia App
Hsbc and Santander. Some of the biggest banks in the world - and leading UK ones. Where are they?
Venezuelan Bank Benesco launch Windows Phone app https://www.windowsphone.com/es-ve/store/app/banesco/98f076a9-bf54-4487-...
I already renounced my job and,moving to Italy or,Portugal
Its amazing how some of these places are so far and some smaller than others but to see windows phone getting a good reach
welcome to best platform!
Ok now I'm sure that Msft have a plan.
Yep. I live in Denmark and my bank app is finally here. Apparantly along with every other Bank in this country :P
National Australia Bank for WP is a great app use it everyday. Was kinda shocked when I switched from my iPhone 6 to 930 to find it on the platform made the switch more worthwhile in my opinion.
Too bad more U.S. banks aren't making apps.
HSBC?
CaixaDirecta is finally here! Yay!! Great app :D
All of the relevant Czech banks have their apps on Windows Phone actually and fully updated just as their iOS and Android brothers :) Pretty happy about this.
Yeah.. Happy to see Air Bank have its own app although I personally use Servis 24 - Česká Spořitelna (Erste Bank in German)
Banks in UK need to pull their fingers out!!
So, now that I don't have chase bank app, or bofa app...guess I need to transfer my $41.53 over to foreign bank...just so I can pay with my phone app. Brilliant.
Lol dang
I feel like other countries actually look at the market of which they buy things because they are more accepting of good platforms instead of just buying iPhones.
Bancolombia... Perfect... Thanks for letting us know this. Without WC wouldn't of found out
New banking apps?! WP is alive and well, back from the grave!!!!
I've been using the Ally Bank windows phone app.
So, forget about the US. Windows Phone is Europe. ✅
Santannnnnnndeerrrrr. Oh to late I'm dead. I think I've been patient enough like. Only 3 years waiting
Next time think twice before you destroy their Armada. ;P
I thought they are all pulled off from store the moment I glanced at the title
At least the world at large recognizes WP as a viable platform instead of maintaining the IOS/ Android duopoly like the US does.
Hi.
Quick note:I might add that the app Caixadirecta was first made for WP and only afterwards for other OS ;).
Cheers
You could add that but it would be a LIE. CaixaDirecta has been on Android and iOS for ages. Then it went to Windows 8. Only now is it arriving on WP.
Hey Daniel, a while ago i tip you guys about another banking App here in Chile, from banco de chile, "mi beneficio". Great official app
The issue with my bank, is that they already have a Spanish version of their App, but for some strange reason don't tailor it for English speakers.
Still waiting for citi bank app!
Hats off to those banks for understanding the OS as a greater one..windows is a greater platform ..
First of all Ms ditch the first preference your giving for US..concentrate on high market share countries like india and other countries...then u can stand as a iron pillar and u can see an increased share ..this has not to be told by us like users Ms u already know it and still now why aren't u implying it...... its a full fledged OS..windows 10 is being carved out awesomely..when the OS is entirely ready its going to rock out
At yet HSBC still doesn't care enough to develop an app. What makes that even more stupid is that First Direct, a subsidary of HSBC, do have an app available!!!!
Looks I'll be moving to Barclays then!!
US Banks need to support our community platform as well
Like i said.. The World is not just about United States of Murica
No it doesn't but as a Dutchman I would like to say calling it murica is stupid. Sure I would like to have more of ms's services but the usa are it's home. And it's normal to operate in you coa first.
Surely MS has some plan of attack to get US banks onboard....
.....
This is a well know issue with WP, and they have to be up to something, or they are just giving up.. I mean plans to specifically get US banks onboard... This is ridiculous.
It's really a user-base problem.
CGD released their WP app now, while their Windows 8 app has been available for well over a year. And they just released it now because people demanded it for so long. CGD itself doesn't really care about WP, otherwise the work phones given to the banks top tier of management wouldn't have been all replaced with iPhone 6's this year.
But as few people here can actually afford the 700€ or more that an iPhone costs (well, a ton of them don't mind to starve to get one just for the "status" but that's an entirely different conversation), they tend to go for the cheaper brands they trust like Samsung or Nokia. So the Bank just had to offer the app. Specially because the competition was already doing it.
Caixadirecta for Windows 8 is around since 2012!
Now, without any update or notice it became an universal app. It happened in the same day it was published in WP store. So it looks like they forgot to publish it there and remembered to do so when we, portuguese with a Caixa bank account, started to complain.
I'm glad they finnaly listened :)
Makes sense..
Plzzz launch OBC officially bank app for india
I don't mean to disrespect any other country represented here but to all those who continually push aside and belittle the decline of US windows phone sales, pulling of US based apps (especially banking apps) and the general apathy of US based companies to Windows phone, I don't think you realize what that means for the overall health of the platform. Good or bad the US market is one of the wealthier ones (why the iPhone sells so well here) and companies and developers will follow the money (money from sale of apps and money that companies (banks included) think users will spend on their products or services. If those users are not here or are continually outraged when a developer wants to charge $.99 for their work they will look elsewhere no matter how much marketshare WP picks up outside of the US. I have no problem and am glad to see that foreign companies and banks are supporting Windows phone and will increase world marketshare but make no mistake the lack of US support (through lack of a true flagship device on the level of an iPhone) and corporate apps will most certainly affect the health of the platform. It will not die, because it has to exist for MS right now regardless but you will see it wither on the vine rather than flourish if the present path continues. I love WP and will continue to support as long as I can but the reality right now is that it feels like a distinctly non US endeavor more and more everyday which wont work for me long term.
Here's to W10! (maybe).
Exactly... Well, said.
Not quit. The US is a country of the credit card, debt and buying phones on contract (reason of iphone and more expensive phone sales). I lived in the US for almost a year and I was super glad to be back in Europe.
Redmond just needs to move to Europe and let the rest of the US (including US tech sites but except Windows Central) float away.
Please add BNI. Bank of indonesia.
It makes sense. The market in the US is weak and has stalled, where the market was mostly saturated, and iAndroid has gotten plenty to swear allegiance. It's still cool to hate on MS. The rest of the world is more open-armed, which helps explains the continued growth and better market share. The banking app situation reflects their respective markets. Eff the US banks.
Caixa Directa! FINALLY!
Glad to be a portuguese.. :)
(Yah...o que é curioso, já que a CGD acaba de trocar os telemóveis de serviço todos por iPhones 6...)
Very good.I hope to see more US banks with great apps with the advent of Windows 10
I've already swift to Wells Fargo from bofa, just waiting for my employer to get direct deposit to my new account and then closing the bofa account...f*** them...
Also, every major bank in India has a Windows phone App :)
Public sector and Gov't undertaking banks need to step up though.
Those banks need to step up in customer service itself forget about apps... They will go down just like bsnl if they are like this
Bsnl is a Government entity. It can never go down lol. Btw, their app is really well made as well.
We need state bank any where
Except for citi bank
The news is incomplete, also a new one in italy
http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=97a54cec-47fd-499c-9f1f-93e1dd009eae
Why in usa some bank pull them?
I believe for sure this is some trouble caused by MS in his own homeland
Because WP was able to create a stronger user base during the Nokia-days in Europe than it was in the US. The power of the Nokia brand was always far more influential in Europe than in the US, so it was more likely for someone in Europe to buy a phone because it was a Nokia (and therefore get into the WP system) here than it was in the US.
Microsoft's brand image problem is widespread though, I don't think they have anything against them in the US particularly. Actually, if any market should despise Microsoft, that's Europe, not the US, given how Microsoft only really cares about their home market with all the promotions and exclusive stuff.
Let it go. Sales allready pointed out that Lumia is doing great without the name Nokia on it.
Windows phone is simple more popular because we buy our phones off contract. And Windows phone definitely delivers more value for money.
No they didn't. WC presented the story the way they pleased. But the facts that over here are always conveniently ommitted are:
1 - phones are still being sold using the Nokia brand and often even without any mention to the OS or Microsoft (Here's an example. Let's call it, exibit A - flickr.com/photos/94307159@N06/16794631318/ )
2 - Marketshare dropped from almost 4% to 2.7% since Nokia left. Those are facts. No matter how many cheap phones they put out, people still prefer to buy Android and iOS. And they clearly prefer to buy into those platforms without Nokia on WP.
No, people didn't buy Windows Phone because it offers value for money (which it doesn't). People bought the devices because they were cheap and the phones were coming from a company that they've known for ages to make strong and lasting phones.
I loved bancolombia on android, now its on my phone! Nice, thanks for the news Windows Central, Lumia has a lot of costumers here, although many more got tired with the popular 505, I hope 535 gets more attention,I bought one and the touch has its infamous problem, I'm waiting for a replacement for my 920 :)
There is also Mi Banco from Banco de Chile :).
I wish Malaysian banks would makes apps for Windows Phone too. At the moment, only Hong Leong (the 4th biggest by market) have a decent app. Maybank (the biggest one) hasn't updated the app since 2012.
Canada. The largest bank in Canada, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has a great Windows Phone app (I am a customer). Considering Canada has a higher concentration of BlackBerrys then most places, this is good to see. The last update for the app for Dec 23, 2014, and they have a Windows 8 app as well.
Well sine we are on it. My coffee is is still hot but it has just been brewed a couple of minutes ago. I also use Windows 8 while writing this text
LOLwut?
Banco do Brasil app is pretty nice here in Brazil.
Banco popular has a good one in the Dominican Republic
I'm sure Apple's influence here is stronger then in the rest of the world. Just like Nike, Snapchat and others - in the banking work if you want to play with Apple Pay then you need to do what Apple says... Can you say monopoly??!?!
I can say, f*ck apple and the american banks.
I got my money on Swiss banks cause I earned them from drugs and weapons.
Lmao
BS. WP has minute numbers in the US, not worth anyone's time to think up conspiracies to limit banking apps, android would be the logical target.
And the Danish bank Spar Nord has just made an app also. Finally! Sadly they have opted for their own solution and it sucks. Its so slow that's its barely usefull...
Hvorfor bruger du ikke bare Danske Bank? Deres app er virkelig god
Den er jo ikke særlig god for mig,når jeg ikke er kunde hos dem... Har lige testet Spar Nords app igen, og den virker hurtigere end tidligere. Måske den er blevet opdateret
Jamen, du kan jo skifte hvis det ikke er for besværligt. Mange i UK gjorde det, fordi Chase ikke har en WP app længere.
Jeg skal nok til at skifte på et tidspunkt fordi jeg har været i banken længe, men det bliver ikke pga en dårlig/manglende app. Der er også rigtig mange i UK som har WP
Just waiting for the TD Bank US app.
While my first thought was 'ha ha', I think Chase and BOA have actually created an opportunity for other banks to step in and gain business. I'm not sure too many people really move banks because of an app being withdrawn but when people are looking to open a new account it might be something that is considered.
True, very few people would switch banks because of an app being available or not. TD Bank has a WP app in Canada and said they're working on one for the US. I'll just continue to sit here and wait, I've learned a lot of patience by waiting for the Denim/Os update for my Lumia 920.
I was one of the few that did just that. I closed both accounts I had with Bofa & Chase. I know a few others especially since Bofa started blocking users on the mobile site as well. It was easier for me and cheaper to switch banks than my phone.
That's completely understandable. I wouldn't stay with a bank that was blocking my online access to my money. It sounds like you made the right choice.
You can access the BofA mobile site using Surfy Browser.
American banks are being a$$h*le about windows phone while in other countries they supporting the new OS. I don't get it. :/
I'm gonna blow your mind then: Windows phone does better in other countries than it does in the US.
Which is why MS should stop their US only deals and apps
Wrong. You could argue they should expand programs to other countries, or tailor specific deals for certain regions.
The answer is not to throw in the towel in the US. That'd be suicide.
Microsoft is based in the US. All hardware and software development happens here and the majority of the WP/Win team is US, English speaking. It should be shocking to find a US based company initially releasing software/deals here. it is simply easier and more direct.
The truth has been spoken !! Offers should be extended worldwide, rather than restricted to just the US
"The answer is not to throw in the towel in the US. That's be suicide"
Says every another American.
I only said that they should stop with their US ONLY stuff. They do it even with things like Bing being able to do math on the US version but not the Danish. That's surely not the most difficult thing to expand world wide.
and what has Bing has to do with WP? nothing. WP uses bing, and it uses your location, and changing it is not as easy as desktop website.
But again.
1. most people will go to google.com anyway
2. Bing has nothing to do if WP sells better or not.
3. US only and WP is just stupid comparison since many features have been expanded to other countries, even Cortana. I would love to hear what US only features are so critical that being outside the US makes WP useless or worse.
I'm talking about MS stuff in general... Nothing except food, water and love is critical to have, it just seems stupid that things like the Garage developed apps are US only. Give me one good reason why Tetra Lockscreen should reserved for the US..?
I dunno.
Sure, math is universal, literally it's the same in the entire Universe (maybe not black holes, assuming they do in fact exist), but it's possible that the US and Danmark are in different universes... No?
That would totally explain that!
Daniel...being editor of this website doesn't make you right or other people wrong. It just adds some authority to your opinion.
Just remember that Nokia became by far the largest phone manufacturer in the world without any real US market share. The US is no longer the biggest economy, and its saturated smartphone sector is hardly an easy one to break.
Microsoft would be FAR better off building market share in those areas of the world that are receptive to such devices...rather than constantly release products and services in the US first that then fail.
I guess it's easy to get lost in the importance of America when you live there. However, it is an ever smaller market in an ever bigger world. It's time Microsoft took Apple's approach of releasing things at the same time and in all markets (Cortana / MS Band being perfect examples).
where are the lies in this
To be fair, Daniel has never claimed being an editor makes him right and others wrong. Otherwise you're right on the money
Second that @SpinzeroWL.. The approach of testing waters in US first is wrong.. Bing works great in US but try finding an address (happened today, walked a lot to find nothing I was looking for) in India and you are sure 95% of times it wont get it right. Love windows OS and getting bullshit in return doesn't make anyone feel good. Worst of all we don't have a better alternative for those who hate Scroogle. Fuck yeah
Or maybe U.S. based banks are waiting for Windows 10? Then release "Universal/Windows Apps"? That'd be cool and will work I guess!
For once I think you're wrong Daniel. He was merely saying MS should stop US ONLY deals, not to abandon that particular market
Not to mention that domestic law is easier to get through than international law. The latter takes more time.
I'd say not stop, but expand for example, cortana should be available in it's full version already in the entire world. However, that's not the case and it's still very far from it.
The guy even reiterated his point... "Stop US only", which is another way of saying expand to other countries. No need to argue here...
Not that you were, but some of the other posts are definitely argumentative.
Seems like a misunderstanding is all.
With that said, considering the US is where they are having the most trouble, it makes sense why the promotions are usually US only... It sells already in other countries.
Here in the U.S., most people are close-minded when it comes to choosing technology. They just want what their friends have or what is recommended by the salesperson as the best selling phone. They want to be one of the cool people who has an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy. There are always exceptions, particularly those of us who have worked in the technology field in the earlier days and know how stuff works and don't care what other people have. In addition, Windows in general has somewhat of a bad reputation among the general public, caused by Microsoft's monopoly power in the 1990s and also being targeted by viruses and computer manufacturers installing bloatware.
I do see people with low-end WPs on a regular basis when using public transportation and I don't mean to stereotype but most of these people aren't the type to have a bank account. Large banks like Bank of America and Chase made a business decision to risk losing a very small number of customers in exchange for not having to devote any resources to the platform. It's unfortunate that they are letting their greediness interfere with treating their customers right and hopefully the situation will change with Windows 10 when they can more easily develop an app that works with both desktop and mobile.
This guy gets it!
This right here is the sole issue(s) here in the US. It's not the trivial garbage most of you come here crying about it's THIS right here.
I agree. It makes sense. I've been one to cry about it, I'll openly admit.
Because there is a bigger market share outside of the US.
Definitely need more US banks. I'm about to open an ally account due to the app and good interest rates. BofA should be called Bofandroidandios.
Also, Bank Dofar in Oman coming last week
This is big news...would love to nbo and Oman bank also
There were two other banks as well.
Sadly, we have a small (but vocal) amount of people who love to whisper WP successes and shout the failures - so they'll be too busy trying to get our focus on the tiny handful of banks we've lost while completely ignoring that we have fresh new support of some very reputable names.
Those vocal list of people includes Windows Central. They do it to generate clicks on their articles.
I'd always figured it was just them trying to be balanced. They report the bad news without gushing about the "Death of WP"
Do you have a moment for capitalism in your heart?
Always.
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LOL, one word comment and 8 words in your signature. If that doesn't make someone look stupid :) NOFI
LOL The signature is posted automatically by the WCentral app for Android. I wash my hands of it.
lmao