Christophe Langlois
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
