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!
NEWS – 21 May 2007 to 27 May 2007
BLOGGING
* WordPress grows beyond 1 million blogs – 24 May 2007
* New CU Blogs: Midwest Financial, Old Hickory, and Secure One Credit Unions – 21 May 2007
CUSTOMER COMMENTS
* Online banks hardly stuff of sword-and-sandals epic – 24 May 2007
* Making the Switch to Unadulterated Online Banking – 24 May 2007
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
* Wells’ Web makeover woos punters and analysts – 25 May 2007
* Abbey in bank holiday meltdown – 25 May 2007
EVENTS
* Next MobileMonday Austin event: Mobile Banking and Payments, June 11 ’07 – 26 May 2007
FRAUD
* A decade of online banking – and online fraud – 25 May 2007
* Anti-phishing filters bypassed in IE7? – 25 May 2007
* A first in Quebec’s banking industry – Laurentian Bank innovates: 2 additional security barriers for online transactions – 24 May 2007
* Credit cards are still very vulnerable online – 24 May 2007
* Transaction hijacking – cheaper alternatives, at point of purchase – 24 May 2007
* Target 5 Warns Of ‘Online Insecurity’ – 24 May 2007
* House Passes Anti-Spyware Legislation – 23 May 2007
* Cyber fraudsters target accounts with ‘one cent deposit’ scam – 21 May 2007
INTERVIEWS
* Wells Fargo & Company at Lehman Brothers 10th Annual Financial Services Conference – Final – 23 May 2007
LAUNCHES
* Singapore’s DBS Bank unveils plans for expansion in China – 25 May 2007
* ANZ and ING introduce direct access banking for pension funds – 25 May 2007
* Who launched the UK’s first Internet bank? – 23 May 2007
* First National Bank of Omaha Launches Internet Bank – 22 May 2007
* Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank extends bill payments network – 22 May 2007
MARKETING
* Tenth anniversary of online banking – 27 May 2007
* Apacs marks 10 years of Web banking – 22 May 2007
* One-quarter of 50 Largest Online Advertisers are From Financial Services– 21 May 2007
MOBILE BANKING
* Mobile Phones Revolutionize African Banking – 24 May 2007
* ING Direct Adds Mobile Banking – 24 May 2007
* NY Times Reviews Citi Mobile – 24 May 2007
* Barclays introduces mobile banking services – 23 May 2007
* Bank of America completes m-banking roll out – 22 May 2007
PERSONAL FINANCE
* Mint.com Set to Freshen the Personal Finance Space* – 23 May 2007
REPORTS
* Traditional vs. online banking: Which one is for you? – 27 May 2007
* Case Study: Metrics Drive Wells Fargo’s Home Page – 23 May 2007
* Online banking boosts direct debits – 23 May 2007
SOCIAL LENDING
* New Person-to-Person Lender, Lending Club, Hopes Facebook Linkage Allows it to Prosper – 25 May 2007
* Social lending goes red hot, as FaceBook enters the space with “LendingClub” – 25 May 2007
* Now there’s big money in P2P – 22 May 2007
* Virgin enters the P2P loan market – 20 May 2007
SOCIAL NETWORKING
* Facebook | will people share their pictures, thoughts and information with commercial interests? – 26 May 2007
* Prosper and Forbes tap Facebook; Co-op Bank joins MySpace – 25 May 2007
* Social Networking to infinity and beyond – 25 May 2007
* Could FaceBook risk becoming another AOL? – 25 May 2007
* Social Network ad spending predicted to grow (eMarketer) – 24 May 2007
* Community ROI – a sensible view – 24 May 2007
* A sense of community – 23 May 2007
VENDORS
* Origo to develop XML standards for full mortgage applications – 24 May 2007
* Financial Objects ships mortgage module – 23 May 2007
