Depositors saving trips with new mobile apps

If you have a smartphone, you probably already know about the mobile applications offered by banks in the area.

If you don’t have a smartphone, or if you haven’t used one of these nifty apps yet, know this: virtually all of them allow you to take a picture of a check you want to deposit and send it to the bank by phone.

Boulder Valley Credit Union in Boulder has launched its second mobile-phone application for its customers. About 1,000 bank customers signed up in the first 10 days, depositing more than $100,000 by phone, said Jason Bauer, vice president for marketing…