Visible Banking News #17

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 comments!

NEWS - 06 July to 12 August 2007

This week, I invite you to share your comments on yourpointofview.com (HSBC).
 
Congratulations to James and Pol for their first innovations forum, and to Jim for the first conference organized by the Online Banking Report, FINOVATE 2007 (I plan to fly to NYC in October to attend this event).

There are two excellent articles you shouldn't miss: one on Social Media by William, and one on Web 2.0 by Tripp.

BLOGGING
* Banktastic! - 09 August 07
* Banks urged to open blogs - 09 August 07
* A three-parter on NetBanker. - 07 August 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Ask Lisa a question - 09 August 07
* The Bank as a “Friend” to your customer - 09 August 07
* You’re Still Internet Explorer Only? - 09 August 07
* More landing pages at ANZ, Commbank - 08 August 07

EVENTS
* Our first Innovations Forum - 07 August 07
* Innovations in Financial Services Conference in NYC. - 07 August 07

FRAUD
* Banks Testing Revolving Online Passwords - 12 August 07
* Lords presses UK government to introduce bank data security law - 10 August 07
* "Are you seeing PDF Spam?" - 10 August 07
* Man-in-the-middle phishing kits circulating freely on the Web - 10 August 07
* Bank changes its name, phishers smell the potential - 09 August 07
* Cybercrime hype - it's all relative - 08 August 07
* MPack Developer: "Just Creating Ammunition" - 07 August 07
* Westpac Trust Centre backs wireless PKI for authentication - 07 August 07
* US consumers lose billions to online scams - 07 August 07
* Co-op Services CU signs up to Cyveillance anti-phishing service - 06 August 07

LAUNCHES
* FriendsClear is launching - 10 August 07
* PayPal Unveils New Homepage (beta) - 09 August 07
* Bank of Hawaii offers banking on the go - 09 August 07
* Free Norton Internet Security for Bank of America Online Accounts - 08 August 07
* ING Direct Launching in Seattle - 07 August 07
* Online Banking Provider Yodlee Launches Mobile Application - 06 August 07

MARKETING
* Chris Barrett shoots commercial for Lending Club's video contest - 10 August 07
* Smash Up Your Bank - 08 August 07
* Citi Mobile Makes the Homepage - 07 August 07

MOBILE BANKING
* SITD? RSN Yr POV on TXT MSG z GONNA B Changed (FWIW) - 10 August 07
* Yet Another Mobile Banking Application Hits the Market - 09 August 07
* New Entrants to the Mobile Foray - 08 August 07
* UnWired Nation - The Voice of Mobile - 06 August 07

PERSONAL FINANCE
* This week’s great Groups topics - 11 August 07
* Microsoft Money Plus launches - 08 August 07

REPORTS
* Online banking has "pros and cons" - 10 August 07
* Study: Online Banking’s Environmental Benefits Can Drive Market Growth - 09 August 07
* US consumers quick to take up online credit card services - study - 09 August 07
* One in ten bank branches closed since 2002 - 08 August 07
* Online Banking Comes of Age? - 08 August 07
* Scan and Upload Your Checks: The Next Step in Online Banking? - 06 August 07

REVIEWS
* What's next for HSBC yourpointofview.com? - 08 August 07

SECOND LIFE
* The virtual world of voodoo economics - 10 August 07
* Jitters in Second Life as bank shuts doors - 09 August 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* LendingStats is back - 11 August 07
* Zopa criticism - 09 August 07
* Week 10: New Features! - 09 August 07
* Rolling the Dice with Online Lending at Prosper.com (Part I)... - 08 August 07
* BankServ powers Lending Club payments - 08 August 07
* Prosper forms JV with SBI for Japan launch - 07 August 07
* Zopa hiring for US launch - 07 August 07
* Economy provides opportunity to differentiate between traditional lending and social lending - 06 August 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Banking on the beach has gone to the dogs - 10 August 07

VENDORS
* Tyfone Announces Mike Noble, Retired COO and EVP of Wells Fargo Services Company, to the Advisory Board - 11 August 07
* Amdocs, Bankinter to offer mobile banking services - 10 August 07
* First Data, mFoundry to collect on mobile banking - 10 August 07
* RSA buys data security vendor Tablus - 10 August 07
* S1 moves into profit in Q2; increases full year guidance - 09 August 07
* Sybase 365 extends m-banking services to the Americas - 08 August 07

WEB 2.0
* Key Success Factors for Social Media Projects (part 1) - 07 August 07
* Do Decision Makers Really Care About “Web 2.0”? - 07 August 07
* Web 2.0: It's Not Just for Customers Anymore - 03 August 07

NEWS - 06 July to 12 August 2007

This week, I invite you to share your comments on yourpointofview.com (HSBC).
 
Congratulations to James and Pol for their first innovations forum, and to Jim for the first conference organized by the Online Banking Report, FINOVATE 2007 (I plan to fly to NYC in October to attend this event).

There are two excellent articles you shouldn't miss: one on Social Media by William, and one on Web 2.0 by Tripp.

BLOGGING
* Banktastic! - 09 August 07
* Banks urged to open blogs - 09 August 07
* A three-parter on NetBanker. - 07 August 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Ask Lisa a question - 09 August 07
* The Bank as a “Friend” to your customer - 09 August 07
* You’re Still Internet Explorer Only? - 09 August 07
* More landing pages at ANZ, Commbank - 08 August 07

EVENTS
* Our first Innovations Forum - 07 August 07
* Innovations in Financial Services Conference in NYC. - 07 August 07

FRAUD
* Banks Testing Revolving Online Passwords - 12 August 07
* Lords presses UK government to introduce bank data security law - 10 August 07
* "Are you seeing PDF Spam?" - 10 August 07
* Man-in-the-middle phishing kits circulating freely on the Web - 10 August 07
* Bank changes its name, phishers smell the potential - 09 August 07
* Cybercrime hype - it's all relative - 08 August 07
* MPack Developer: "Just Creating Ammunition" - 07 August 07
* Westpac Trust Centre backs wireless PKI for authentication - 07 August 07
* US consumers lose billions to online scams - 07 August 07
* Co-op Services CU signs up to Cyveillance anti-phishing service - 06 August 07

LAUNCHES
* FriendsClear is launching - 10 August 07
* PayPal Unveils New Homepage (beta) - 09 August 07
* Bank of Hawaii offers banking on the go - 09 August 07
* Free Norton Internet Security for Bank of America Online Accounts - 08 August 07
* ING Direct Launching in Seattle - 07 August 07
* Online Banking Provider Yodlee Launches Mobile Application - 06 August 07

MARKETING
* Chris Barrett shoots commercial for Lending Club's video contest - 10 August 07
* Smash Up Your Bank - 08 August 07
* Citi Mobile Makes the Homepage - 07 August 07

MOBILE BANKING
* SITD? RSN Yr POV on TXT MSG z GONNA B Changed (FWIW) - 10 August 07
* Yet Another Mobile Banking Application Hits the Market - 09 August 07
* New Entrants to the Mobile Foray - 08 August 07
* UnWired Nation - The Voice of Mobile - 06 August 07

PERSONAL FINANCE
* This week’s great Groups topics - 11 August 07
* Microsoft Money Plus launches - 08 August 07

REPORTS
* Online banking has "pros and cons" - 10 August 07
* Study: Online Banking’s Environmental Benefits Can Drive Market Growth - 09 August 07
* US consumers quick to take up online credit card services - study - 09 August 07
* One in ten bank branches closed since 2002 - 08 August 07
* Online Banking Comes of Age? - 08 August 07
* Scan and Upload Your Checks: The Next Step in Online Banking? - 06 August 07

REVIEWS
* What's next for HSBC yourpointofview.com? - 08 August 07

SECOND LIFE
* The virtual world of voodoo economics - 10 August 07
* Jitters in Second Life as bank shuts doors - 09 August 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* LendingStats is back - 11 August 07
* Zopa criticism - 09 August 07
* Week 10: New Features! - 09 August 07
* Rolling the Dice with Online Lending at Prosper.com (Part I)... - 08 August 07
* BankServ powers Lending Club payments - 08 August 07
* Prosper forms JV with SBI for Japan launch - 07 August 07
* Zopa hiring for US launch - 07 August 07
* Economy provides opportunity to differentiate between traditional lending and social lending - 06 August 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Banking on the beach has gone to the dogs - 10 August 07

VENDORS
* Tyfone Announces Mike Noble, Retired COO and EVP of Wells Fargo Services Company, to the Advisory Board - 11 August 07
* Amdocs, Bankinter to offer mobile banking services - 10 August 07
* First Data, mFoundry to collect on mobile banking - 10 August 07
* RSA buys data security vendor Tablus - 10 August 07
* S1 moves into profit in Q2; increases full year guidance - 09 August 07
* Sybase 365 extends m-banking services to the Americas - 08 August 07

WEB 2.0
* Key Success Factors for Social Media Projects (part 1) - 07 August 07
* Do Decision Makers Really Care About “Web 2.0”? - 07 August 07
* Web 2.0: It's Not Just for Customers Anymore - 03 August 07

Visible Banking News #16

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 comments!

NEWS - 30 July to 05 July 2007

This week, don't miss my review of ING's "Pick your financial advisors" blog. Please note that the ING team in Asia Pacific responded to my post in a timely manner. Thanks Rob for your post.

Well done to Jim. This week, He welcomed two additional guest bloggers on his two excellent blogs, NetBanker and Mobile Money and Banking. Congratulations to Ron and Brandon.

ADS
* Firms unhappy at BNP Facebook ads - 03 August 2007

AWARDS
* Zopa makes top 10 UK startup list - 30 July 07
* 50 best websites of 2007 - Prosper scores again - 10 July 07

BLOGGING
* ING enhancing their blog activity - 01 August 07
* Welcome Brandon McGee, Industry Insider, Mobile Banking Guru and First Guest Blogger - 01 August 07
* Welcome Ron Shevlin, Marketing ROI Guru and Guest Blogger at NetBanker - 30 July 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* UK Web banks come out top for customer satisfaction - study - 01 August 07
* Why online banking has stalled: Annoying, confusing, frustrating Web design - 01 August 07
* Online Banking Flaws Contribute to Slow Growth - 11 July 07

FRAUD
* IRS audit reveals that the human factor is one the greatest threats to information (computer) security - 04 August 07
* Surge in hack attacks against banks - report - 03 August 07

INTERNATIONAL
* June Online Financial Services Scorecard from Compete - 02 August 07

INTERVIEWS
* Duck9 - p2p lending for college students - 03 August 07
* Susie Lonie, Vodafone - 30 July 07
* Optimising channels in Turkey - 17 July 07
* SLW Authoritative Report #3: Colin Henderson, writer at thebankwatch.com and CMO of CommunityLend - 25 June 07

LAUNCHES
* Amazon Makes Payment Web Application Available to Site Developers - 03 August 07
* Buxfer is First Banking App to Tap Amazon Flexible Payments System - 03 August 07

MARKETING
* Lending Club YouTube video contest enters final week - 05 August 07
* Back to brand rankings - 01 August 07
* Lending Club's YouTube Contest Off to a Slow Start - 30 July 07

MOBILE BANKING
* The WAP Solution - 01 August 07
* Mobile Banking Deployments at the Top-10 U.S. Banks - 01 August 07
* HSBC Pricing of Mobile Banking - 29 July 07

NEWS
* Australian banks hit by tech glitches - 03 August 07
* IT upgrade knocks out IF Web service - 31 July 07

REPORTS
* Break the bank: Go online - 03 August 07
* Strong Online Activity Across All Banking Products in June - 03 August 07
* Symantec Finds Online Banking the #1 Internet Activity That Makes Lives Easier - 01 August 07
* Be a driver, not a passenger - Implications of Web 2.0 for financial institutions - 31 July 07

REVIEWS
*  ING's "Pick your financial advisors" blog - 01 August 07

SECOND LIFE
* ING Asia Pacific Dances into Second Life - 31 July 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* How does Prosper compare to other investments? - 01 August 07
* Prosper Lending Review: July Recap - 01 August 07
* Videos Now Available on SLW - 01 August 07
* Lending Club offers $5 referral bonus - 30 July 07
* Smava affiliate program launch - 30 July 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Sharing the wealth - 05 August 07
* The future of social networks - 30 July 07

VENDORS
* Fiserv agrees to purchase online banking company CheckFree for about $4.22 billion in cash - 02 August 07
* CBD's mobile banking system now offers customers a multitude of services - 31 July 07
* Wing Lung Bank implements Thales SafeSign authentication technology - 30 July 07

WEB 2.0
* Buxfer Adds Payments; Now Perfect For Settling Your Bar Tab - 03 August 07

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 comments!

NEWS - 30 July to 05 July 2007

This week, don't miss my review of ING's "Pick your financial advisors" blog. Please note that the ING team in Asia Pacific responded to my post in a timely manner. Thanks Rob for your post.

Well done to Jim. This week, He welcomed two additional guest bloggers on his two excellent blogs, NetBanker and Mobile Money and Banking. Congratulations to Ron and Brandon.

ADS
* Firms unhappy at BNP Facebook ads - 03 August 2007

AWARDS
* Zopa makes top 10 UK startup list - 30 July 07
* 50 best websites of 2007 - Prosper scores again - 10 July 07

BLOGGING
* ING enhancing their blog activity - 01 August 07
* Welcome Brandon McGee, Industry Insider, Mobile Banking Guru and First Guest Blogger - 01 August 07
* Welcome Ron Shevlin, Marketing ROI Guru and Guest Blogger at NetBanker - 30 July 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* UK Web banks come out top for customer satisfaction - study - 01 August 07
* Why online banking has stalled: Annoying, confusing, frustrating Web design - 01 August 07
* Online Banking Flaws Contribute to Slow Growth - 11 July 07

FRAUD
* IRS audit reveals that the human factor is one the greatest threats to information (computer) security - 04 August 07
* Surge in hack attacks against banks - report - 03 August 07

INTERNATIONAL
* June Online Financial Services Scorecard from Compete - 02 August 07

INTERVIEWS
* Duck9 - p2p lending for college students - 03 August 07
* Susie Lonie, Vodafone - 30 July 07
* Optimising channels in Turkey - 17 July 07
* SLW Authoritative Report #3: Colin Henderson, writer at thebankwatch.com and CMO of CommunityLend - 25 June 07

LAUNCHES
* Amazon Makes Payment Web Application Available to Site Developers - 03 August 07
* Buxfer is First Banking App to Tap Amazon Flexible Payments System - 03 August 07

MARKETING
* Lending Club YouTube video contest enters final week - 05 August 07
* Back to brand rankings - 01 August 07
* Lending Club's YouTube Contest Off to a Slow Start - 30 July 07

MOBILE BANKING
* The WAP Solution - 01 August 07
* Mobile Banking Deployments at the Top-10 U.S. Banks - 01 August 07
* HSBC Pricing of Mobile Banking - 29 July 07

NEWS
* Australian banks hit by tech glitches - 03 August 07
* IT upgrade knocks out IF Web service - 31 July 07

REPORTS
* Break the bank: Go online - 03 August 07
* Strong Online Activity Across All Banking Products in June - 03 August 07
* Symantec Finds Online Banking the #1 Internet Activity That Makes Lives Easier - 01 August 07
* Be a driver, not a passenger - Implications of Web 2.0 for financial institutions - 31 July 07

REVIEWS
*  ING's "Pick your financial advisors" blog - 01 August 07

SECOND LIFE
* ING Asia Pacific Dances into Second Life - 31 July 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* How does Prosper compare to other investments? - 01 August 07
* Prosper Lending Review: July Recap - 01 August 07
* Videos Now Available on SLW - 01 August 07
* Lending Club offers $5 referral bonus - 30 July 07
* Smava affiliate program launch - 30 July 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Sharing the wealth - 05 August 07
* The future of social networks - 30 July 07

VENDORS
* Fiserv agrees to purchase online banking company CheckFree for about $4.22 billion in cash - 02 August 07
* CBD's mobile banking system now offers customers a multitude of services - 31 July 07
* Wing Lung Bank implements Thales SafeSign authentication technology - 30 July 07

WEB 2.0
* Buxfer Adds Payments; Now Perfect For Settling Your Bar Tab - 03 August 07

Visible Banking News #15

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 comments!

NEWS - 23 July to 29 July 2007

ADS
* Bank of America Advertising NSF/Overdraft Protection at TechCrunch - 28 July 07
* LifeLock Buys Full Page in Wall Street Journal - 26 July 07
* Citibank Goes Mobile in National Print Advertising - 23 July 07

AWARDS
* IMRG launches go green, go online campaign - 27 July 07

BLOGGING
* 14 Must-Have Online Banking Features - 11 June 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Genderation gaps | the enjoyability factor - 23 July 07
* Customer inertia is not a retention strategy - 23 July 07
* Why online banking has stalled: Annoying, confusing, frustrating Web design - 11 July 07

EVENTS
* The BarCampBank Takeaways - 25 July 07

FRAUD
* The Argument for Biometrics - 24 July 07
* The Growing Problem of Online Fraud - 26 June 07

INTERNATIONAL
* Internet banking: carrots for Aussies, stick for Kiwis - 16 July 07

LAUNCHES
* Doral to launch Internet bank - 27 July 07
* Capital One Signs Yahoo Sponsorship Deal - 27 July 07
* AOL Relaunches Its Personal Finance Site - 26 July 07
* Wesabe, Billeo Add Image Capture: Is it the Next Must-Have Online Banking Feature? - 25 July 07

MARKETING
* Key Bank Gives Away iPod nanos for Free Checking Accounts - 24 July 07

MOBILE BANKING
* Banking on your phone to do much more than make calls? Now it can - 29 June 07
* Wells Fargo Pushes Mobile Banking on Logout Page - 25 July 07
* Mobile banking in America creates a big debate - 25 July 07
* Wells Fargo launches mobile banking service - 24 July 07

NEWS
* A&L's H1 boosted by Web banking and Internet sales - 27 July 07
* Moneysupermarket slides in market debut - 26 July 07

PERSONAL FINANCE
* Wesabe makes the web into a banking platform - 27 July 07
* Wesabe release simple tool that works for any Bank or CU - 25 July 07
* One more thing…. Browser Snapshot and file attachments - 25 July 07
* The Wesabe Firefox Uploader - 25 July 07

REPORTS
* Analyst: online banking could save 17m trees each year - 25 July 07
* Deutsche Bank Research on the state of p2p lending services - 24 July 07
* “Understanding the Decline and Demise of the Banking Industry” - 23 July 07

SECOND LIFE
* If You Advertise in Second Life, Does Anyone Care? - 25 July 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* Prosper secondary market - 27 July 07
* Third mystery Prosper competitor project emerges - 26 July 07
* Globefunder raises 1.5 Mio. in VC - 25 July 07
* Prosper referral program - 24 July 07
* How does Prosper make money? - 23 July 07
* Prosper referral deadline nears - 23 July 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* The big ban on employees accessing Facebook - 28 July 07
* Join2Grow - Phase 2 - 24 July 07
* Beyond social networks | whats the near term destination? - 24 July 07
* Online networking taken over from 'real life' - 22 July 07

VENDORS
* Bank of the West Selects RSA for Strengthened Online Consumer Protection - 25 July 07

WEB 2.0
* Why Banks Aren't Capitalizing On Web 2.0 - 26 July 07
* Not All Banks Reaping Web 2.0’s Potential - 11 July 07

Visible Banking News #14

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 comments!

NEWS - 16 July to 22 July 2007

AWARDS
* PayPal Contest to Award Best New Facebook Application - 20 July 07

BLOGGING
* Welcome William Azaroff, Vancity Social Media Guru, and NetBanker Guest Blogger - 17 July 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Value added services to enhance the customer experience - 19 July 07

EVENTS
* Why BarCampBank? - 22 July 07
* BarCampBankSeattle day one - 21 July 07
* My BarCamp Bank Topic Wish List - 20 July 07

FRAUD
* NZ banks under fire over online fraud liability - 19 July 07
* Anti-Spam: Gateway vs. Desktop - 15 July 07

INTERVIEWS
* “Make it much easier for consumers to find those institutions whose revenue models most meet their needs” | Bankwatch Interviews Marc Hedlund, Wesabe - 18 July 07
* Jerry Dischler, Google - 17 July 07
* Can e-Business Contribute to the Essence of Private Banking? - 12 July 07

LAUNCHES
* Tesco launches online used car checker - 19 July 07
* Deutsche Börse launches mobile information portal - 19 July 07
* Emirates Bank offers international remittances via SMS - 18 July 07
* Everbank's Latest Multi-Currency CD: World Energy Index - 17 July 07
* For Low income Un-banked | Emirates Bank to Launch Global Remittance Services through SMS Technology and Salary Cards - 17 July 07
* WSECU and Fuze Announce Mobile Offering - 17 July 07
* A&L launches expat Internet savings account - 16 July 07

MARKETING
* Lending Club announces $5000 video contest - 18 July 07
* Update on Prosper's referral program - 16 July 07

MOBILE BANKING
* Fundamo as a leading supplier · 21 July 07
* WAP Review - ING DIRECT Mobile Banking - 20 July 07
* Mobile Banking from the Public’s Perspective - 19 July 07
* Review of .mobi · 19 July 07
* Rwanda: Eastern Province Residents Applaud Mobile Banking - 17 July 07

NEWS
* Co-op to cut 1000 jobs as Internet challenges traditional banking model - 20 July 07

PERSONAL FINANCE
* Are New Online Personal Finance Sites Safe? - 20 July 07
* Wesabe in Newsweek - 18 July 07
* A challenge to Wesabe · 16 July 07

REPORTS
* Celent measures young adults banking usage - 18 July 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* Lenders united! - 20 July 07
* Student Loan Marketplaces Profiled in Wall Street Journal - 19 July 07
* Wiseclerk featured - Wallstreet Journal article - 18 July 07
* India Gets an Internet Lending Portal - 18 July 07
* What is Loanio? - 18 July 07
* Wall Street Journal: Options grow for investors to lend online - 17 July 07
* Micro-lending regulation in Europe - 16 July 07
* Zopa is not a Social Lender, and why that matters - 16 July 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Jeremiah Owyang | “All your widgets are belong to Facebook” - 22 July 07
* Facebook vs. iPhone  - 21 July 07
* Another ‘web based platform’ | Bebo signals plan to open up to developers - 21 July 07
* Why Facebook is NOT the next Microsoft: Lending Club example - 20 July 07
* You cannot stop social networking ... even when you're dead - 18 July 07
* Social computing/ finance definitions and potential success criteria - 17 July 07

SURVEYS
* Young Adults Bank by Web and Phone - 17 July 07

VENDORS
* Tempo Debit allows institutions to establish debit card relationships with consumers other than their own checking account customers - 20 July 07
* Suriname's Godo CU chooses Comodo for Internet banking security - 20 July 07
* Green Armor unveils m-banking authentication platform - 19 July 07
* Billeo represent an example of dis-aggregated financial services - 16 July 07

VIDEOS
* Mobile Banking - A New Way to Bank - 16 July 07

WEB 2.0
* Atlassian making waves - 22 July 07
* How should Banks react to web based application providers? - 20 July 07
* Prosper.com, Zopa.com, Kiva.org: Towards a Model for Web 2.0 Insurance - 19 July 07

Visible Banking News #13

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 comments!

NEWS - 09 July to 15 July 2007

AWARDS
* Time.com's Best Websites 2007 - 15 July 07

BLOGGING
* Prosper Lending Review - the first month - 15 July 07
* Change is not so fast | understanding the future - 14 July 07
* One Year Anniversary - Call for Funny Videos - 10 July 07
* Social issues drive corporate blogging - 09 July 07
* Lending Club's Blog educates readers - 07 July 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* While GenX/Y lead, Banks should watch their valuable boomer customers - 14 July 07
* Abbey embarrassed by Web banking glitch - 13 July 07
* Korean web design - 10 July 07

EVENTS
* Who Wants to Go to Banking Camp in Seattle? - 12 July 07

FRAUD
* Justice in Cyberland - 16 July 07
* Phishing for dummies - installs in two seconds - 10 July 07
* Nordea to implement Chip and PIN for online shopping - 09 July 07
* Banks enlist customers in $100m fraud war - 09 July 07

INTERNATIONAL
* Bankwest on the expand - will their direct channels come too - 13 July 07
* Compete's May Online Financial Shopping Scorecard - 12 July 07

INTERVIEWS
* Nouvelle plateforme de e-banking pour les gamers chinois - 13 July 07
* Interview: Globefunder to take p2p lending global - 11 July 07

LAUNCHES
* CCB launches mobile banking - 13 July 07
* ING Direct Launches Mobile Banking - 12 July 07
* Intersections Identity Guard Offering Six Months of Free Credit Report Monitoring - 11 July 07
* PSPP Holdings, Inc. Launches New Corporate Website - 10 July 07
* ChipIn, Another PayPal-powered Application Launches on Facebook - 09 July 07
* PayPal Really Launches on Facebook - 09 July 07

MARKETING
* Smart Car: The Next Must-Have Banking Sweeps Prize - 11 July 07
* IBM Wimbledon | “This approach to reaching people is in itself a good lesson” - 10 July 07

MOBILE BANKING
* mPoria's GoMobile! M-commerce Solutions Experiences Explosive Growth - 12 July 07
* Mobile Alerts Can Help Stem the Tide of Overdraft Fee Disclosure Regulation - 11 July 07
* Vodafone offers direct access to bank accounts via MoniLink - 09 July 07

PERSONAL FINANCE
* Wesabe does it again | “Your bank has a REST API now (shhh! — don’t tell them)” - 12 July 07

PRICE COMPARISON
* Price comparisons for Banks getting closer - 14 July 07
* Admiral ends Confused sale talks as Tesco eyes price comparison market - 13 July 07
* Royal Bank builds its own glasshouse - 13 July 07

REPORTS
* Why online banking has stalled: Annoying, confusing, frustrating Web design - 11 July 07
* Online Banking Flaws Contribute to Slow Growth - 11 July 07
* Mobile payments set to take off in developing world - Juniper Research - 10 July 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* Equity sharing - Prosper for real estate - 16 July 07
* Boober limits allowed investment sum - 15 July 07
* 50 best websites of 2007 - Prosper scores again - 10 July 07
* Communication approaches of P2P lending services - 09 July 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Advertising acceptance in FaceBook | banner ads need not apply - 14 July 07
* The Aging of Facebook Makes it a More Appealing Platform for Financial-Services Firms - 13 July 07
* Top-10 Facebook Money & Banking Applications - 13 July 07
* Google plan for social networks - 12 July 07
* CrowdSourcing | Creators, Critics, Connectors & Crowds - 10 July 07

VENDORS
* 99Bill, China Merchants Bank to promote online banking - 13 July 07
* 99Bill, China Merchants Bank Deal Sign of Hyper-Growth in China Online Banking - 13 July 07
* Cash America to offer online cash advances in UK - 11 July 07
* SA mobile banking company to go global - 10 July 07
* AllPay and Ukash team on online payments for Poles working abroad - 09 July 07

WEB 2.0
* Social Media Strategy - 13 July 07
* Finding your way to the Social Web - 12 July 07
* By 2012, today's teens will rule - 10 July 07

Visible Banking News #12

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 comments!

NEWS - 02 July to 08 July 2007

BLOGGING
* Financial Advisor Blog - When Global Is Not Just Jargon! - 7 june 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Personalisation the old thinking or new - 2 July 07
* Moneysupermarket.com portends a new front in the provision of banking services - 1 July 07

EVENTS
* Internet Retailing conference - choose your focus - 1 July 07

FRAUD
* Land of Lincoln Credit Union target of Internet phishing - 6 July 07
* UK banks still high on the fraud hit parade - 21 June 07
* Phishing? Wot's that? - 21 June 07

INTERNATIONAL
* Korea lives on the Internet - 6 July 07
* Goulash and Online Banking - 19 june 07

INTERVIEWS
* Interview With Co-Founder of PPdai, The P2P Lending Service - 3 July 07
* Charles Schwab: Gideon Sasson, CIO - 16 Jan 07

LAUNCHES
* HSBC and Barclaycard talk up 'green' initiatives - 2 July 07
* Test drive: Rabobank RaboPlus - 2 july 07

MARKETING
* Alliance & Leicester account in 'Recommend a Friend' bonus - 2 July 07
* Give 'em Something to Talk About - June 07

MOBILE BANKING
* Is the Future of Mobile Banking and Payments in Kenya? - 5 July 07

ONLINE REPUTATION
* New company monitors online reputation - 1 July 07

REPORTS
* Online Banks, Missed Opportunities - 6 July 2007
* Full steam ahead for Internet banking - July 07
* Peer-to-peer lending – An Industry Insight - 21 June 07
* Bank CIOs face legacy systems dilemma - 6 June 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* Lendingclub reaches 250000 dollars in loans - 3 July 07
* The situation of social lending in France - 2 July 07
* Boober plans to finance mortgages via p2p lending - 30 Jun 07
* Cash in an hour - Wonga - 28 June 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Is social networking influencing retail sales? - 4 July 07
* Waitrose turns Facebook - 1 July 07

VENDORS
* eBillme - 5 July 07

VIDEOS
* New fl2.0 App - CellRemit - mobile banking - video - 5 July 07

WEB 2.0
* Building the Bank of the Future - 2 - 5 July 07
* FIs -- Look to Amazon and Google for Web 2.0 Best Practices -- Tim O'Reilly - 9 May 2007

Visible Banking News #11

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!

NEWS - 18 June 2007 to 01 July 2007

BLOGGING
* Comparasites - 28 June 07
* Can banks ever be cool - 27 June 07
* Entertainment Access Spotlight | American Express blog - 25 June 07
* Particpating in online blog conversations is not useful #@ - 25 June 07
* My Fave Five Banking Industry Blogs (B2B) - 25 June 07
* In blogs we trust - 22 June 07

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Lack of a clear customer experience strategy forms largest obstacle! - 25 June 07
* Turning Customer Experience Into A Competitive Weapon - 25 June 07
* “Don’t Let Someone Else Take the Chance to Educate Your Customers” - 22 June 07

EVENTS
* Conference Notebook: SourceMedia's Mobile Commerce Summit - 20 June 07

FRAUD
* Banks should have their own secure domain - 01 July 07
* Unparalleled onslaught against online banking taking place - 01 July 07
* First National Bank of South Africa goes two-factor with Vanguard - 26 June 07
* China UnionPay and Arcot form Internet fraud prevention partnership - 27 June 07
* First National Bank of South Africa goes two-factor with Vanguard - 26 June 07
* Mobile Identity Theft Protection from Intersections - 21 June 07
* The sign of the Black Horse - 15 June 07

INTERNATIONAL
* Holland | 54 % of the customers do not visit their bank branch - 20 June 07

LAUNCHES
* Northwest Airlines Lets Customers Pay With PayPal - 29 June 07
* New Direct Bank: Element Financial from Irwin Union Bank - 28 June 07
* Top Banks Plan to Introduce Expedited Bill Payments - 21 June 07

MARKETING
* US adult opinions about advertising methods - 28 June 07
* Brand matters |Sapient - 26 June 07

MOBILE BANKING
* CNBC Explores the Growing Mobile Banking Space - 29 June 07
* Wells Fargo, Visa Test Pay-by-Phone - 28 June 07
* Upwardly Mobile in Vietnam - 28 June 07
* Citi Goes Mass Market With Its Mobile Banking Application - 22 June 07
* Verizon Rolls Out Obopay's Mobile Payment System to 60 Million Subscribers - 20 June 07
* Do You Know the Mobey Forum? - 18 June 07

NEWS
* Financial Web Site Considering $2 Bllion IPO - 29 June 07

PERSONAL FINANCE
* Wesabe closes $4m financing - 20 June 07
* Why Union Square picked Wesabe - 21 June 07
* Venture Funding Flows to Wesabe and Prosper; Wesabe Launches on Facebook - 20 June 07
* Wesabe announces that the company closed a $4 million Series A round - 20 June 07

REPORTS
* Understanding the real impact of online financial services - 26 June 07
* US financial firms failing online customers - study - 26 June 07
* Forrester | ‘Experience Based Differentiation’ - 25 June 07
* Online account opening is difficult to automate - 23 June 07

RESOURCES
* Direct Banks born from retail part 1 - 28 June 07

SECOND LIFE
* BNP Paribas recruit staff in Second Life - 18 June 07

SOCIAL LENDING
* FaceBooks Lendingclub surpasses $100K loans in first two weeks - 20 June 07
* Prosper raises another $20 million - 20 June 07

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Why Banks are vulnerable in the long run, to social networking - 28 June 07
* Friends Reunited adds Paypal - 27 June 07
* Thoughts on Social Network evolution - 22 june 07
* PayPal Launches on Facebook: Who Wants to be the First Bank? - 22 June 07

SURVEYS
* Benchmark globally, diferentiate locally - 26 June 07
* 71% in the UK saying they do not trust their banks (Unisys) - 21 June 07

VENDORS
* MFoundry adds support for Apple's iPhone - 28 June 07
* Tyfone Launches Harmony, a Secure Mobile Financial Services Communications Platform - 27 June 07
* A&L looks to Verticalnet for procurement savings - 27 June 07
* TriCipher enhances online protection package - 27 June 07
* ViVOtech and mFoundry team on mobile banking - 25 June 07
* Proformance unveils e-signature technology - 25 June 07
* Tyfone releases mobile financial services communications platform - 26 June 07
* KeyBank to Deploy Web Analytics Software - 20 June 07
* Fifth Third implements Fiserv Imagesoft Nautilus for mortgage processing - 20 June 07

VIDEOS
* ING Direct's Man on a Mission - 26 June 07
* Technology Credit Union's YouTube Page - 20 June 07
* Citi Mobile on National Television - 20 June 07

WEB 2.0
* China embracing the web and 2.0 - 19 June 07

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

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

Visible Banking News #9

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!

NEWS - 04 June 2007 to 10 June 2007

AWARDS
* The Three Factors for a Successful Online Banking Site - 25 April 2007

BLOGGING
* New Mobile Banking Blog from the Publishers of NetBanker/Online Banking Report - 05 June 2007

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* May I Help You? - 04 June 2007

FRAUD
* Barclays introduces 'PINsentry' - pioneering new security for online banking - 09 June 2007
* Nordea to roll out Todos card readers to e-banking customers - 08 June 2007
* Scottrade offers free McAfee security software - 06 June 2007

LAUNCHES
* Gulf Bank Launches New Homepage - 09 June 2007
* Citibank introduces electronic deposit service - 08 June 2007
* Cingular launches mobile banking with U.S. banks - 06 June 2007

MOBILE BANKING
* Cell Phone Banking Will Bring A Microfinance Revolution - 08 June 2007
* Amplify Credit Union Proves a Good Mobile Banking Demo is Worth a Thousand Words - 08 June 2007
* 10 Ways for Banks to Leverage Apple iPhone Hysteria - 07 June 2007
* Hungama Mobile To Set Up Digital Distribution Network, Mobile Banking - 07 June 2007
* Mobile Web Use Climbing in U.S. - 06 June 2007
* Preliminary paper on mobile banking - 06 June 2007
* CNET Mobile Banking Special - 06 June 2007
* Bank of Stockton First to Launch Text-Based Mobile Banking via ClairMail - 05 June 2007
* BlackBerry Users Slow to Adopt Mobile Banking - 03 June 2007

PERSONAL FINANCE
* NetBanker | Report on Social Personal Finance - 05 June 2007
* New Online Banking Report Now Available: Social Personal Finance - 04 June 2007

PODCASTS
* Scottish Life introduces podcasts for advisers - 04 June 2007

REPORTS
* Online banking profits soar in Spain - 10 June 2008
* Looking for Loyalty Through Online Banking Tools - 08 June 2007
* By 2011, 101 Million Adult Internet Users will be Banking Online - 08 June 2007
* New Online Financial Services Performance Metrics from Compete - 08 June 2007
* Online Banking - Deploying Personal Financial Management Tools to Enhance Loyalty - 05 June 2007

SOCIAL LENDING
* P2P lending Korea - Donjoy - 07 June 2007
* BBC report on Zopa -
* Prosper Borrower Seeks "iMoney for iPhone" - 07 June 2007
* P2P Lending Korea - Popfunding and Moneyauction - 06 June 2007
* Prosper loan figures - 06 June 2007
* Banking Industry votes Social Lending as the future of finance - 04 June 2007

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Preliminary paper on mobile banking - 06 June 2007

VENDORS
* Boubyan Bank goes live with Sybase’s Internet Banking Solution - 10 June 2007
* U.K.'s Morse to separate, list, develop mobile-banking unit - 08 June 2007
* Mellon Financial to Consolidate Web Banking Systems - 07 June 2008

WEB 2.0
* Banco Sabadell and IBM to Jointly Innovate in Web 2.0 for Financial Services - 05 June 2007

Visible Banking News #8

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!

NEWS - 28 May 2007 to 03 June 2007

* Increased interest pumps up online banks - 03 June 2007
* Are Banks Ready to Cash In Online? - 01 June 2007
* Online Banking Paying Off - 01 June 2007
* 9 Hours On Westpac Online Still Not Restored - 01 June 2007
* Westpac Banking System Crashes Thousands Affected - 01 June 2007
* Online Banking produces large volumes of activity - 31 May 2007
* HSBC sees surge in online sales - 31 May 2007
* Banks Battle for Online Switchers - 31 May 2007
* HSBC bank reports 55% growth in online business - 29 May 2007
* 18 million now bank online - 29 May 2007
* How Should Financial Institutions Implement Online Banking PFM? - 28 May 2007

BLOGGING
* The slog of the blog: social networking for businesses - 31 May 2007

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* WaMu Free Checking® is #1 Online, According to comScore Inc. 35% of Online Banking Consumers Choose WaMu - 30 May 2007
* Japan as an early warning signal for customer service - 28 May 2007

EVENTS
* An innovators forum - 31 May 2007

FRAUD
* Alarm sounds on cyber piracy as online banking rises - 03 June 2007
* Record levels of phishing URLs detected in April - 31 May 2007
* BarclaycardCyber war - Estonia shut down, including focus on Banks - 29 May 2007
* Bharosa upgrades online security software - 29 May 2007
* Web Bankers Adopt More Online Security Methods - 29 May 2007

LAUNCHES
* A&L launches offshore Internet savings account - 29 May 2007
* More blue and orange in online banking - 29 May 2007

MOBILE BANKING
* Now, pay your bill with an SMS - 02 June 2007
* .....el nuevo concepto de instant banking - 01 June 2007
* Mobile banking still slow to catch on in U.S. - 31 May 2007
* Banco Sabadell and Telefónica team for 'instant banking' services - 29 May 2007

PERSONAL FINANCE
* Someday, Maybe You Will "Wesabe" Verizon Before Signing that Two-Year Contract - 31 May 2007
* Online Banking Report | Social Personal Finance … coming nest week - 31 May 2007

REPORTS
* Internet banking bigger than the iPod - 31 May 2007
* The Digital Money Decade - 30 May 2007
* Internet Banking and the Impact of Seller Support and Third Party - 30 May 2007

SOCIAL LENDING
* New Person-to-Person Lender Loanio Readies for Launch - 01 June 2007

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Community Currencies, a thing of the future - 01 June 2007
* MESH07 | Building communities - 31 May 2007
* UK's Co-operative Bank Goes Green at MySpace - 30 May 2007
* Some thoughts on customer centric, 360 degree view, and Social Networks. - 28 May 2007

VENDORS
iSentric courts customers for m-banking - 01 June 2007

WEB 2.0
* MESH07 | Web 2.0 and implications for Banks - 02 June 2007
* MESH07 | Richard Edelman - 31 May 2007
* Spin about Web 2.0 will hurt Banks - 31 May 2007
* Successful Wells Fargo site redesign levers analytics, not opinions - 28 May 2007