Helsinki, Finland, June 17, 2008 --- Standards-based approaches to the provision of mobile financial services (MFS) move a step closer today with the release of research by Mobey Forum examining the challenge of sharing a mobile handset's secure hardware, the so-called secure element.
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Mobey Forum is a global, financial industry driven forum, whose Mission is to facilitate banks to offer mobile financial services

• through cross-industry collaboration, business model analysis, experience sharing, experiments and cooperation and communication with relevant external stakeholders

The membership encompasses leading financial institutions, mobile operators, handset manufacturers as well as other companies that want to be actively involved in creating the future of mobile financial services. The common denominator for all Mobey Forum members is their commitment to accelerating the take-off of user-friendly mobile financial services by promoting open, non-proprietary technology standards.

Banks	Join forces with your bank colleagues, compare experiences in the emerging business area and build your knowledgebase through direct communication cross industries.
Operators	Learn how bankers think and what is important for them. Via building direct contacts with the key partners it is possible to start the emerging business area faster.
Vendors	Be amongst the first ones to realize the potential of this emerging new business area. Through Mobey Forum you can witness which direction the industry is heading.