Please find below 17 blog posts and articles you may have missed last week.
BANKING
Facebook
* ASB Bank Launches a Virtual Branch 1.0 on Facebook (Visible Banking)
Twitter
* Lloyds TSB Supports its Customers on Twitter! Fine, but Now the UK Bank Should Learn from the Best (Visible Banking)
* The Twitter trap for mortgage finance firms (by Jacob Gaffney)
Mobile
* Wanted: The World’s Coolest Intern (by Adeline Chong)
* With the Launch of Foursquare-powered Social Currency, American Express Now Has 7 iPhone Apps (by Jim Bruene)
* ING DIRECT Launches Android App to enhance its Mobile Banking Suite(CNW)
Charity
* First Independent aids charity via social media (by Libby Tucker)
Blogging
* 5 Reasons Why Banks Suck at Blogging (by the Financial Brand)
INSURANCE
* Iguard Social Media Insurance
FINANCE & INVESTMENT
* The end of privacy (by Chris Skinner)
* Finextra makes Sibos first with B2B social media simicast (finextra)
STARTUPS & COMPANIES
* Erin Mulligan Nelson To Join Bazaarvoice Executive Leadership Team(Bazaarvoice)
* Online Banking Startup Think Finance Secures $90 Million Line of Credit(by Jennifer Van Grove)
OUTSIDE THE BANKING INDUSTRY
* Twitter to Release a Real-time Analytics Solution This Year (by Stan Schroeder)
* Facebook Now Worth More Than Dell, eBay, Yahoo or Starbucks… on Paper (by Ben Parr)
* How Businesses Are Unleashing Their Employees’ Social Media Potential (by Josh Bernoff)
* Facebook’s Zuckerberg Now Richer Than Apple’s Steve Jobs (by Steven Bertoni)