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Bankers across Europe believe that mobile devices will transform the retail-banking landscape in the next three to five years. I

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问题     Bankers across Europe believe that mobile devices will transform the retail-banking landscape in the next three to five years. In a recent survey of European bankers, however, a majority of the respondents acknowledged that they are not investing sufficiently to take advantage of the opportunities and that telecommunications companies and other nonbanks are leading the way.
    These findings—based on joint research by McKinsey and the European Financial Management and Marketing Association(EFMA)—come on top of an additional analysis suggesting that mobile devices’ overall economic impact on the banking industry may be neutral at best.
    【R1】______Some banks, however, may find that mobile adds to costs and erodes prices unless they offer a truly differentiated product or service.
    The survey of executives at 150 European banks, conducted earlier this year, confirms that mobile is here to stay. Most senior executives reject the idea that it’s a fad and expect the penetration of mobile technology to bring significant benefits for customers.【R2】______
    Some 87 percent of banks aim to have a mobile site, and 84 percent are planning to launch some sort of mobile-banking "app" within the next 12 months, compared with 59 percent and 47 percent, respectively, that have them now. The mobile features these institutions currently offer are traditional banking services, such as the ability to check account balances and recent transactions and to conduct simple transactions.【R3】______The majority see the mobile channel capturing up to a quarter of all transactions within five years as customers shift from branches.
    Banks are reasonably optimistic about the financial benefits.【R4】______Only 4 percent expect the financial impact of mobile banking to be negative.
    More than 50 percent see investments in mobile leading to some(or even a significant)increase in revenues from all products except mortgages. The rest of the respondents don’t expect any change. Exactly how the optimists expect to capture these extra revenues as a result of mobile devices, however, was not clear.
    Upward of 60 percent of banks believe that success will hinge on gaining new skills, notably the ability to market through a variety of channels, to integrate IT across them, to develop smart-phone apps, and to convert digital transactions to sales.【R5】______ In other words, so far these companies haven’t created a new underlying mobile business model or a clear mobile strategy.
    The survey gives banks a sharp reminder to have a clear mobile strategy. Could they lead and shape the industry, or should they play a follower role—even if "wait and see" is no longer a realistic option?
[A]Mobile, these executives believe, will become more relevant at all stages of the purchasing process.
[B]Individual banks should be able to increase their revenues and cut costs if they successfully exploit the convenience of mobile, its potential to drive digital commerce, and the opportunity it represents to target the unbanked in emerging markets.
[C]Mobile Banking(WAP)is a range of electronic banking services available through mobile communication network based on WAP technology. These are financial services for mobile users to check accounts, make transfer, pay bills or spending, manage company accounts or process instructions.
[D]About half of the executives in the survey think the impact of mobile on bank profits will be positive as satisfied customers show their appreciation through increased loyalty.
[E]Our survey also found that telecommunications, Internet, and other consumer companies are better placed than banks to develop key components of the mobile value proposition. Only a few leading banks appear to be responding to this threat by investing significantly in people, core capabilities, and IT.
[F]A majority, however, also said that they have fewer than ten employees dedicated to mobile, are committed to new investments just for the current year, and have adapted commercial functions, at best, only in minor ways to accommodate mobile.
[G]But 70 percent of banks said they plan to add more advanced functionality within the next 12 months—the same proportion that told us they were planning significant mobile-platform upgrades; 10 percent are even contemplating a complete channel overhaul.
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答案B
解析 本段前面提到该调查指出移动设备对银行业的影响是利弊参半的。而空格后提到了移动业务会增加银行成本、降低产品价格等不利因素，而且本句开头有however表示转折，由此可以判断空格处所陈述的内容应该是移动设备对银行业的有利影响。而所有选项中只有[B]表达了这个意思，符合上下文的语义逻辑，因此为正确选项。
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