The Visa Mobile Application showed its face on the Android Market recently marking the first financial application for the Android platform from a big name company. Currently available for Chase Visa cardholders, you can get real time alerts to track purchases making sure that there is no “Unauthorized” use of your card. You will also have the ability to get coupons via your phone to be displayed on the screen at retail counters to receive the discounts. The application will also have a store locator to show where to go to redeem offers.
Keep in mind that this is a BETA version of the software that comes with a huge disclaimer stating “unfortunately, no data transmission via a mobile handset can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.” Use at your own risk. The general consensus is that this is just a bolt hole in case T-Mobile unintentionally breaches their security protocols. It should prove to be a useful and popular application with 4 out o f5 stars and has gotten some good online press. Test it out and let us know what you think.