WYOMISSING, Pa., Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile banking is even easier at Customers Bank (www.customersbank.com) thanks to a newly enhanced CB Access app that lets customers remotely deposit checks using their smartphones. Customers Bank is one of the first community banks in the area to offer this innovative technology.

"Having the ability to deposit checks using a smartphone means our customers can now do almost all of their banking from anywhere," said Jay Sidhu, chairman and chief executive officer of Customers Bank. "Our mobile banking app, CB Access, makes banking more efficient, convenient and accessible."

The ability to deposit checks remotely is part of Customers Bank's free mobile banking program. With free mobile banking at Customers Bank, customers can use their smartphones to manage their money effortlessly anytime, anywhere with features that allow them to:

• View account balances and account activity
• Transfer funds between eligible accounts
• Locate nearby ATMs and bank branches

Accessible through the Customers Bank mobile banking app, CB Access, mobile remote check deposit uses the image of a check from a smartphone to enable the transaction.  Mobile remote check deposit is currently available for retail customers only. Customers will be able to download the CB Access app with the Remote Check Deposit service through their phone's App store.     

The newly enhanced Customers Bank mobile banking app is available for both the iPhone and Android phones.

"We are committed to making banking more accessible to our customers," said Sidhu. "Through our High Tech/High Touch approach to banking, we employ the latest technology to give our customers access to money management tools that not only enhances their banking experience, but also gives them the control they desire."

About Customers Bank  
Customers Bank is a community-based, full-service bank headquartered in Phoenixville, Pa., with assets of about $2.3 billion.  A member of the Federal Reserve System and deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), Customers Bank provides a full range of banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, individuals and families through branch locations in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Committed to fostering customer loyalty, Customers Bank uses a High Tech/High Touch strategy that includes use of industry-leading technology to provide customers better access to their money, as well as a continually expanding portfolio of loans to small businesses, multi-family projects, mortgage companies and consumers. Customers Bank is a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company based in Wyomissing, Pa.

SOURCE Customers Bank