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The Smart klíč application for a free-of-charge login to the Online Banking is used by 30% UniCredit Bank users and their number is constantly

More than 30% of the UniCredit Bank mobile banking users use also the Smart klíč application (a token in their mobile phones) to log in to and sign transactions in the Online Banking. UniCredit Bank provides its clients with the Smart klíč application free of charge, from January 2014. Also the number of the mobile Smart Banking users is growing dynamically, having doubled on a year-on-year basis. Moreover, the number of transactions made via mobile phones increased by 150%.

"With the free Smart klíč application by UniCredit Bank, everything is much faster, more convenient and safer than entering the usual authorisation SMS, and it works even without an Internet connection. You can thus log in to the Online Banking and confirm your transaction anywhere in the whole wide world," Carmelo Minardi, Head of Multichannel UniCredit Bank, emphasizes.  

The mobile Smart Banking by UniCredit Bank is already used by every third client of the bank. During the first eight months of this year, it has been downloaded by twice as many clients as during the entire last year. Also the number of transactions made via mobile phones is growing; by 150% yoy on average in the Czech Republic and by 75% in Slovakia. UniCredit Bank further confirms its position of a leader in the Czech and Slovak market in terms of the number of supported types of mobile phones of over 90% from among all mobile devices.  Roughly two thirds of mobile banking users represent Android smartphone owners, with iOS accounting for a one-third share and the Windows Phone platform accounting for a minor share (1%), too. However, nowadays the online access to banks is used by most clients, with the standard Online Banking being used by three fourths of all UniCredit Bank clients.  

Information for editors:   Smart klíč by UniCredit Bank is a universal application to log in to the Online Banking and confirm transactions. The application can be used free of charge; moreover, it is very easy and convenient for clients. In order to generate authorisation codes via the Smart klíč application, your mobile phone does not have to be connected to the Internet; it can be used, for instance, abroad even if clients do not have their roaming services active in their mobile phones. This is except the download itself and the initial activation of the application.