Wells Fargo recently added a Mobile Text Banking feature to its free mobile banking service, making it the second Bank Monitor firm to offer this option, along with Chase. With the Mobile Text Banking service, Wells Fargo customers can receive account balance and activity information on their mobile device in the form of a text message. Both Wells Fargo and Chase state that users must send text banking commands to pre-defined phone numbers in order to request the specific account information. For example, when using both Wells Fargo and Chase’s mobile services, texting “bal” indicates that customers would like to receive their account balance. While Chase only provides its text-based service, Wells Fargo also provides a mobile version of its online banking platform.