Please find below 30 blog posts and articles you may have missed in the last couple of weeks.
BANKING
Twitter
* Caja Navarra Launches an Innovative Twitter Contest Based on DMs in Spain (on Visible Banking)
* Update – Caja Navarra Reaches 1,000 Registered Tweeps to its Trwivial Contest and Starts Communicating with Them (on Visible Banking)
* De Rabobank op Twitter: wordt het tijd voor een strategie rondom je Twitteraccounts? (by Maurice Beerthuvzen)
* Is Your Credit Union a #twitterfail? Part 2. (by DeAndre Upshaw)
* I have got Facebook friends and Twitter followers – reward me! (by Brett King)
Interviews
* Interview Caja Navarra’s Twitter Contest: Goals & ROI, Mechanism & Direct Messages, Social Media Promotion (on Visible Banking)
* Webchat (1st Oct at 1:30pm BST): The Future of Banking with Matt Colebrook, First Direct’s CEO (on Visible Banking)
* Bloggerblast redux (on the finanser)
Stats & Surveys
* 31% of Banks in EMEA are Already “Ready” for the Next Generation Customer. Really? (on Visible Banking)
* Top 10 Countries by Online Banking Penetration (on ComScore Data Mine)
* C’est vrai que vous êtes branché techno… (by Jean Philippe)
Innovation Labs & Customer Feedback
* first direct celebrates 21 years of innovation with launch of Beta Lab scheme (by first direct)
* Deutsche Bank launches social media campaign to further engage with clients (on db.com)
* Social Banking 2.0 – Der Kunde übernimmt die Regie (by Loichmaier)
Contests
* ‘World’s Coolest Intern’ Solves 3 Social Media Riddles (on the Financial Brand)
* 4ème édition de Citizen Act, le business game de Société Générale (on Regions Job)
Virtual Game / Financial Education
* Update – Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Coinland: 60,000 Users (Registered) in 6 Months (on Visible Banking)
Mobile
* Mobile Banking, Social Media Shaping Channel Strategies at First Tennessee (by Penny Crosman)
PFM
* J’ai testé l’application mobile Tricount (on Marketing – Banque)
INSURANCE
Facebook
* Allstate Careers Reinvents Recruiting Fan by Fan (by Marcia)
Stats & Surveys
* Insurance Industry Scores Woefully Low in Social Media Rankings (by Joe McKendrick)
Interviews
* How State Farm Insurance Uses Social Media (by Michael Stelzner)
Risk & Compliance
* Social Media Compliance in Insurance: New Tools for the New Imperative(by Chris Boudreaux)
STARTUPS
* Finovate Fall 2010 Best of Show Winners (by Jim Bruene at Netbanker)
* New Mobile Frontiers with PayPal, Foursquare and Square (on techcrunch)
OUTSIDE THE BANKING INDUSTRY
* Where the Social CRM Market Will Collapse Into (by Michael Maoz at Gartner)
* How Popular Is the iPhone, Really? [INFOGRAPHIC] (by Stan Schroeder)
* Why Product Reviews Can Drive Group Buying Success for Retailers (by Sam Decker on Mashable)
* How the Media is Using Social Media to Build Traffic, Community and Content (by Jamie Goldberg)
* 13 Simple Ways Of Increasing Your Facebook Likes (by Niall Harbison)