Clairmail lets you bank via SMS

Clairmail lets you bank via SMS

(Updated with more info on security functions)

ClairMail, a Novato, Calif. start-up, allows customers to transact business through SMS or email from their mobile phones. It has raised $12 million in second round of funding.

A number of companies, including 4Info and Google, let users use text messaging to get information — such as movie listings, sports scores and weather. However, they don’t support transactions with banks. Only ClairMail has built out the secure infrastructure to do… Continue Reading