Christophe Langlois
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
