Visible Banking News #17

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 toJim 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 byWilliam, 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