Reading - UK bank to dump BlackBerrys for iPhones
UK bank Standard Chartered is to offer its workers a switch to the iPhone in a move that could strengthen the corporate appeal of the Apple device and see thousands of bankers ditching their BlackBerrys.
The bank has agreed to pay monthly billing for business-related phone and data services for its employees using iPhones, according to a Reuters report.
AdvertisementA Singapore-based spokeswoman for Standard Chartered told the news agency that the move is a “group-wide initiative involving wholesale and consumer banks globally”.
The spokeswoman confirmed that the process of migrating corporate email services to the iPhone began last month, but gave no indication of when the switchover will be complete.
BlackBerrys are currently the standard device issued to workers at financial institutions, and any potential wider industry switch to the iPhone could take time owing to security concerns, especially surrounding data encryption, the report said.
