Visible Banking News #10
On regular basis (ideally weekly), I will post a list of key news on web 2.0 & Banking.
As usual, please do not hesitate to get back to me with you remarks, or with any article I missed!
I would like to thank Debbie from Wesabe, one of the most exciting web 2.0 startups, who sent me their press release a day before distributing it.
NEWS - 11 June 2007 to 17 June 2007
AWARDS
* Computerworld Awards - 14 June 07
BLOGGING
* Private Banking Innovation - a new blog - 12 June 07
* Financial Advisor Blog - When Global Is Not Just Jargon! - 07 June 07
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Online banking now norm for industry - 14 June 07
* Customers often prefer branches, but for the wrong reasons - 13 June 07
* Will banking ever become an industry embraced by its customers? - 13 June 07
* Is there a new Commbank site coming? - 15 June 07
* Bank of America focus on customer is disturbed by growth, or is it something else? - 12 June 07
FRAUD
* Banks warned on IT security - 14 June 07
* Arcot launches Flash-based two-factor authentication system - 11 June 07
LAUNCHES
* GE Money, EBay Introduce MasterCard Rewards Card - 15 June 07
* NatWest introduces direct-only mortgage - 14 June 07
* Zimbabwe: FBC Launches Virtual Service - 14 June 07
* There's no such thing as a free insurance quote - 13 June 07
MARKETING
* Online incentives attract customers - 17 June 07
* WHICH BANKS CHARGE THE MOST IN FEES? WHEN DOES MONEY BUY HAPPINESS? CHECK
WESABE AND ITS HALF-BILLION DOLLAR DATABASE - 14 June 07
MOBILE BANKING
* mPoria and PayPal Partner to Create Mobile Commerce and Payments Powerhouse - 15 June 07
* T-Online Germany launches mobile banking service - 14 June 07
* Update on iPhone Banking - 14 June 07
* Wells Fargo Confirms Tests of ClairMail's SMS Banking System - 14 June 07
* SMS Notification was always coming - 13 June 07
* A&L lures younger customers to m-banking with £10 sweetener - 12 June 07
* You can now bank by cell phone, and although few do so, the industry sees huge growth ahead - 12 June 07
* Pak Oman micro-finance bank launches mobile banking in Pakistan - 11 June 07
PERSONAL FINANCE
* Wesabe Database helps Members Make Better Financial Decisions - 14 June 07
* Wall Street Journal Publishes Roundup of Social Personal Finance Sites - 13 June 07
* MySpace Meets Quicken: What's Happening in Social Personal Finance - 12 June 07
* Wesabe finds meaning in its database - 14 June 07
REPORTS
* Online Banking: an application or a platform capability? - 14 June 07
* First get the strategy figured out … - 14 June 07
* Retail Banks Fail To Make the Most of Sales Opportunities, Says New Global Study - 13 June 07
* The delicate yet unstoppable channel mix conundrum - 13 June 07
* Channel management big challenge for banks - Booz Allen Hamilton - 13 June 07
* Mobile banking popular with young - 13 June 07
SECOND LIFE
* Why Wells Fargo left Second Life - 13 June 07
SOCIAL LENDING
* Boober p2p lending service to reach 1 million Euro loan volume - 14 June 07
* Advertorial on CircleLending - 12 June 07
VENDORS
* Laurentian Bank selects Emergis for electronic mortgage processing - 13 June 07
* PaymentOne adds mobile payments to PhoneBill service - 12 June 07
WEB 2.0
* Amplify FCU's MoneyTracker Features Personal RSS Feeds - 11 June 07


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