As we've pointed out before, industry associations can be a great place to learn about mobile banking, commerce and payments. Today, I'd like to introduce you to the Mobey Forum, a " nonprofit, global, financial industry-driven forum, whose mission is to encourage the use of mobile technology in financial services."

Founded in 2000, The Forum now includes an impressive list of (mostly European) members like ABN Amro, Bank of Ireland, HP, Nokia, HSBC and UBS. The organization's stated goal is to promote secure and user-friendly mobile banking and payment services based on open architecture and non-proprietary standards.

Given that focus, it is interesting to browse their documentation section which includes detailed white papers on both technical and business sides of mobile financial services. Plus, don't overlook their list of some mobile financial services trials that have taken place.