Rosy View On Wireless.

Its adoption rate has been slow, but research firm Gartner, Inc. has issued a report optimistic about the growth of wireless banking. It said 500,000 Americans used wireless access to accounts during 2001, a number it predicts will grow to 1.2 million this year, 2.6 million by 2003 and 7 million by 2005. In issuing its report, Gartner said it recognizes its view runs counter to popular thinking, but that it believes the popularity of wireless banking will grow in the wake of online banking and …