Mobile banking by app is getting big in Texas, a new surveyshows.

Thirty-three percent of respondents now use mobile apps on a smartphone or tablet, up from 20% twoyears ago and 7% in 2009, according to SWACHA–The ElectronicPayments Resource, a Dallas-based not-for-profit paymentassociation with about 1,100 financial institution and otherclients across the Southwest.

SWACHA released the results of its 2013 survey on Thursday atits inaugural Executive Leadership Payments Summit in Dallas. Theonline survey of 601 Texas residents, completed only by those whoidentified themselves as responsible for paying household bills,was conducted in April 2013 by Decision Analyst and carries aconfidence interval of 95% and a margin of error of plus or minus 4percentage points, SWACHA said.