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 #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 #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

Visible Banking News #7

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 - 21 May 2007 to 27 May 2007

BLOGGING
* Wordpress grows beyond 1 million blogs - 24 May 2007
* New CU Blogs: Midwest Financial, Old Hickory, and Secure One Credit Unions - 21 May 2007

CUSTOMER COMMENTS
* Online banks hardly stuff of sword-and-sandals epic - 24 May 2007
* Making the Switch to Unadulterated Online Banking - 24 May 2007

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Wells' Web makeover woos punters and analysts - 25 May 2007
* Abbey in bank holiday meltdown - 25 May 2007

EVENTS
* Next MobileMonday Austin event: Mobile Banking and Payments, June 11 '07 - 26 May 2007

FRAUD
* A decade of online banking - and online fraud - 25 May 2007
* Anti-phishing filters bypassed in IE7? - 25 May 2007
* A first in Quebec's banking industry - Laurentian Bank innovates: 2 additional security barriers for online transactions - 24 May 2007
* Credit cards are still very vulnerable online - 24 May 2007
* Transaction hijacking - cheaper alternatives, at point of purchase - 24 May 2007
* Target 5 Warns Of 'Online Insecurity' - 24 May 2007
* House Passes Anti-Spyware Legislation - 23 May 2007
* Cyber fraudsters target accounts with 'one cent deposit' scam - 21 May 2007

INTERVIEWS
* Wells Fargo & Company at Lehman Brothers 10th Annual Financial Services Conference - Final - 23 May 2007

LAUNCHES
* Singapore's DBS Bank unveils plans for expansion in China - 25 May 2007
* ANZ and ING introduce direct access banking for pension funds - 25 May 2007
* Who launched the UK's first Internet bank? - 23 May 2007
* First National Bank of Omaha Launches Internet Bank - 22 May 2007
* Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank extends bill payments network - 22 May 2007

MARKETING
* Tenth anniversary of online banking - 27 May 2007
* Apacs marks 10 years of Web banking - 22 May 2007
* One-quarter of 50 Largest Online Advertisers are From Financial Services - 21 May 2007

MOBILE BANKING
* Mobile Phones Revolutionize African Banking - 24 May 2007
* ING Direct Adds Mobile Banking - 24 May 2007
* NY Times Reviews Citi Mobile - 24 May 2007
* Barclays introduces mobile banking services - 23 May 2007
* Bank of America completes m-banking roll out - 22 May 2007

PERSONAL FINANCE
* Mint.com Set to Freshen the Personal Finance Space* - 23 May 2007

REPORTS
* Traditional vs. online banking: Which one is for you? - 27 May 2007
* Case Study: Metrics Drive Wells Fargo's Home Page - 23 May 2007
* Online banking boosts direct debits - 23 May 2007

SOCIAL LENDING
* New Person-to-Person Lender, Lending Club, Hopes Facebook Linkage Allows it to Prosper - 25 May 2007
* Social lending goes red hot, as FaceBook enters the space with “LendingClub” - 25 May 2007
* Now there's big money in P2P - 22 May 2007
* Virgin enters the P2P loan market - 20 May 2007

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Facebook | will people share their pictures, thoughts and information with commercial interests? - 26 May 2007
* Prosper and Forbes tap Facebook; Co-op Bank joins MySpace - 25 May 2007
* Social Networking to infinity and beyond - 25 May 2007
* Could FaceBook risk becoming another AOL? - 25 May 2007
* Social Network ad spending predicted to grow (eMarketer) - 24 May 2007
* Community ROI - a sensible view - 24 May 2007
* A sense of community - 23 May 2007

VENDORS
* Origo to develop XML standards for full mortgage applications - 24 May 2007
* Financial Objects ships mortgage module - 23 May 2007

Visible Banking News #6

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 - 14 May 2007 to 20 May 2007
* ANZ to automate mortgage processing; offshore back office jobs - 16 May 2007
* Delivering Multi-Channel Banking With New Integrated Platform - 15 May 2007
* Pandora's global royalties glitch - 15 May 2007

BLOGGING
* First Look: Verity CU's New Blog - 18 May 2007

EVENTS
* BarCampBankSeattle coming soon - 15 May 2007

FRAUD
* Two-factor authentication is not well understood - 17 May 2007
* HSBC defends two factor authentication opt out - 17 May 2007
* Home hand held device to combat online fraud - 15 May 2007

INTERNATIONAL
* Danske Bank Denmark abolishes banking charges - 16 May 2007
* ING cuts 2500 jobs in retail banking overhaul; to extend Web banking to Japan - 16 May 2007
* Brick-n-Click Model Boosts Deposit Volume ($) - 16 May 2007

LAUNCHES
* Wells Fargo Unveils Electronic Returned Items & Deposit Details Service - 18 May 2007
* Ulster Bank roll out mobile unit for Mayo - 18 May 2007
* Wells Fargo Launches CEO Mobile Banking Service - 18 May 2007
* Wells Fargo introduces mobile banking for business customers - 18 May 2007
* ING Direct Offers 1% Cashback for 60 Days - 17 May 2007
* AMEX to Launch New Consumer Catalog Site - 16 May 2007
* Aviva launches direct motor insurance services in Poland - 16 May 2007
* More Long-Term Archives at Tech CU, WaMu, and Citibank - 14 May 2007
* Ulster Bank to expand branch network in Munster - 14 May 2007
 
MARKETING
* Branding switch as more consumers bank online - 16 May 2007

MOBILE BANKING
* Mobile banking take up set to grow - Celent - 18 May 2007
* Mobile Phone Banking Poised for Growth in Africa - 17 May 2007
* Wells Fargo First to Offer Mobile Banking for Business Customers - 17 May 2007
* Pocket Banking through Mobile Phones in Rural China - 15 May 2007
* Mobile Banking | a replacement, or a supplement? - 15 May 2007
* Geezeo Marries Account Aggregation with Mobile Banking - 15 May 2007
* mFoundry and Verizon Working Together on Mobile Banking - 15 May 2007
* Javelin Studies Product Marketing Requirements for Mobile Banking - 15 May 2007
* Banking 2.0: Microfinancing and Mobile Banking - 14 May 2007
* In insurance, mobile banking - 14 May 2007
* Cash on call: it’s the mobile phone wallet - 13 May 2007

REPORTS
* Online Banking Drives Growth - 18 May 2007
* US Mobile Banking: Beyond the Buzz - 17 May 2007
* Celent Research Finds Mobile Banking Will Be a Significant Financial Services Channel - 17 May 2007
* Web banking soaring over all other retail channels - TowerGroup - 16 May 2007
* TowerGroup Finds Growth in Internet Banking Outpacing All Other Banking Channels Ever Launched
- 15 May 2007
* Banks, and the downside to aggressive selling - 15 May 2007

SECOND LIFE
* Germany's Wirecard Bank opens in Second Life - 18 May 2007

SOCIAL LENDING
* Virgin eyes US peer-to-peer loan market - 18 May 2007
* Update on Prosper.com Traffic Numbers - 17 May 2007
* Virgin Money to Enter U.S. Market Through Acquisition of CircleLending - 17 May 2007
* Zopa claims 150,000 members; hires Cordrey to lead product development - 15 May 2007

VENDORS
* mShift Leads in U.S. Mobile Banking Deployments - 18 May 2007
* ClairMail to Power Bank of Stockton’s Mobile Banking Services - 16 May 2007

Visible Banking News #4

On regular basis (ideally weekly), I will post a list of key news on online banking & web 2.0.
As usual, please do not hesitate to get back to me with you remarks, or with any article I missed!

NEWS - 23 April to 06 May 2007

AWARDS
* Barclays wins Hitwise Top 10 Award 2006 - 05 May 2007
* Zopa wins a Webby award - 01 May 2007

BLOGGING
* 7 Online Banking Success Stories - 06 May 2007
* Blogs Bring Negative Publicity to Overdraft Charges - 30 April 2007
* New Blog: Comala Connection from Comala Credit Union - 25 April 2007
* iKobo and Nationwide Insurance Use Website Videos, with Very Different Results - 24 April 2007
* Blog sighting: Member Connect from Piedmont Credit Union - 24 April 2007

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Australian financial firms failing online - Talisma - 03 May 2007
* Everbank Previews its New Homepage -  26 April 2007
* San Antonio's Broadway Bank is going beyond traditional online banking - 23 April 2007

EVENTS
* Updated Online Banking & Payments Conference Calendar: May through December - 30 April 2007

FIGURES
* 300,000 Citi customers go paperless in plant a tree drive - 24 April 2007
* U.S. Online Banking Population Grew 9.5% In 2006 - 23 April 2007

FINANCE
* Citi completes Egg acquisition - 01 May 2007
* Online ID start-up Garlik secures additional £6 million VC funding - 26 April 2007

FRAUD
* Japan's FSA surveys online banking security in fraud crackdown - 06 May 2006
* Q&A: Jon Fisher, CEO of Bharosa Inc. - 02 May 2007
* Hijacked Brands from Phishing Attacks Level Off - 02 May 2007
* Number of New Phishing Web Sites Declines 40% - 02 May 2007
* Site Functionality Key to Luring Online Laggards - 01 May 2007
* Chinese banks get together to tackle online banking fraud - 01 May 2007
* Fraud watchdog calls on government to extend legislation to virtual money - 01 May 2007
* MarkMonitor to Track "Brandjacking" - 30 April 2007

LAUNCHES
* Fortis and Irish Post Office launch community banking JV - 04 May 2007
* Movistar, Santander Río launch mobile banking service - 04 May 2007
* Royal Bank of Scotland to issue Xiring smart card readers - 02 May 2007
* One-time password generator squeezed onto bank card - 01 May 2007
* Alliance & Leicester launches Premier 21 Account - 28 April 2007
* BoA and WaMu launch 2 interesting products - 26 April 2007

MARKETING
* Citibank pushes online banking - 04 May 2007
* The Bank of the Future | some thoughts on the world of cross-channel sales and marketing - 02 May 2007
* First direct plans computer shutdown to cut emissions and save energy costs - 24 April 2007

MOBILE BANKING
* Salem Five Introduces Wireless Mobile Banking Service - 04 May 2007
* A Brief Introduction to Near Field Communications (NFC) and Mobile Payments - 04 May 2007
* Nokia and Mastercard team up on mobile payments - 03 May 2007
* Banks Go Mobile - 01 May 2007
* Washington DC-based Cardinal Bank Launches WAP Mobile Banking Site - 01 May 2007
* The (Re)Birth of Mobile Banking - 01 May 2007
* What Will Drive Consumers to the Mobile Channel for Banking? - 30 April 2007
* Followup Friday: More on the Bank of America & Verizon Online Billing Co-promotion - 27 April 2007
* Morse to spin-off mobile banking unit Monitise - 24 April 2007

NEWS
* Enrollment Service brings scale to online banking growth - 04 May 2007
* Finally, Someone Explores the Downside of Going Paperless - 04 May 2007

PODCASTS
* Links from ABA's Webinar: Extreme Website Makeovers - 01 May 2007
* ANZ Bank Posts Podcasts in Snazzy Microsite - 30 April 2007
* Wells Fargo introduces Webcast series for small businesses - 26 April 2007

REPORTS
* Jupiter and Compete Reach Opposite Conclusions on Current U.S. Demand for Mobile Banking - 02 May 2007
* The bank in your pocket - 30 April 2007
* CFSI Releases New Research on Mobile Banking and the Underbanked - 30 April 2007
* UK banks failing online account applicants - research report - 24 April 2007
* By Jupiter! Consumers Don't Find Mobile Banking All that Intriguing - 24 April 2007
* JupiterResearch Finds Limited Consumer Interest in Mobile Banking - 23 April 2007

SOCIAL LENDING
* Social lending gains net interest - 04 May 2007
* Zopa claims Windows Live first to make it easier to invite new members - 02 May 2007
* Paaleads.com adds unsecured loan leads from Zopa - 01 May 2007
* Zopa - Money Making Potential? - 26 April 2007

SOCIAL NETWORKING
* The power of social networks and banking is only now becoming clear - 01 May 2007
* Launch Day at Our Virtual Holland! (ING Bank) - 30 April 2007
* Schwab Does Social Networking, Sponsors Gather.com - 25 April 2007

SECOND LIFE
* Europeans most active in Second Life - 05 May 2007

VENDORS
* RC Olmstead to market IPay EBPP technology to credit unions - 04 May 2007
* First South CU licenses Open Solutions e-statement software - 03 May 2007
* Commerce Bank to deploy Deluxe anti-fraud and CRM tools - 03 May 2007
* Xiring gains Apacs certification for online banking authentication tool - 25 April 2007
* BOK Financial signs for Corillian's online banking system - 24 April 2007
* BOK Financial Selects Corillian for Next-Generation Online Banking Services - 24 April 2007

VIDEOS
* You Tube, BoA, EY and other corporate faux pas - 30 April 2007
* UK financial fraud rising - CIFAS - 24 April 2007

WEB 2.0
* Web 2.0 Threats and Risks for Financial Services - 30 April 2007