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UK’s Bank to the Future Rocks Out Its Launch Party
Now this is how to launch a company! Crowdfunding provider Bank to the Future, launched this month — well, “launched” isn’t the right word; try “rocked out.” The party included a performance from rock band The Silence (which is raising a round of financing through Bank to the Future), and played host to more than 450 people. That’s what happens when free booze is involved.
PFMs, and Pageonce Specifically, Need Access to Data — and They’re Losing It
Pageonce is starting to get blocked by some owners of personal financial data, Bank Innovation has learned. The problem with personal financial management, or PFM, is that it needs all of a customer’s data to be truly worthwhile. But now holders of some consumer PFM data have begun to prevent Pageonce, which aims to provide...
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PODCAST: Denial of Service Attacks and Mobile Banking
In this Bank Innovation podcast, Philip Ryan and Matthew Petrillo discuss the DDoS attacks plaguing banks recently, and what it means for online and mobile banking. Get invited to Bank Innovation 2013 here.
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MoneyDesktop Officially Releases Its MoneyMobile PFM App
MoneyDesktop formally released its mobile app, MoneyMobile, today. The app has already won Best in Show at both Finovate Fall 2012 and BAI Retail Delivery 2012. Because of these awards, the fintech sector has been buzzing — some of it positive; some of it not — about the app and its impressive user interface...
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Ally Relaunches Its Mobile Banking App
A Smaller Bank Looks At Its 2013 Budget and Sees Mobile and CRM
What does Josh Everton, eBanking Manager of Bank of American Fork, see when he looks to 2013? “Our product development team is looking at one thing for 2013: mobile, mobile, mobile. Last year was security, this year will be mobile. “We saw a steady 7% to 10% increase in online banking this year,” Everton...
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Zakat, Space Coast CU Among the Most Downloaded iPhone Apps
Newcomers Zakat and Space Coast Credit Union Mobile entered the Top 20 Most Downloaded Apps this week, while Paypal resumed its familiar spot at the top of the rankings. Zakat — not to be confused with Zagat — is a new app that likely will not stay in the Top 20 for long. Its name means “almsgiving”...
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Video Banking Provider uGenius Prepares to Launch Online Service
The Utah-based video-banking company uGenius is already known in the financial services industry for its PTMs (Personal Teller Machines) and will soon launch its online video banking solution. A financial institution based in Australia is currently test-piloting uGenius’s online video banking solution, and more clients are expected to sign on in 2013. The video...
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Customer Experience is the New Marketing
In a webinar that was sponsored by contact-center consultants Keynomics Thursday, call center expert Colin Taylor put forward the idea that, in the age of social media, customer experience is the new marketing. “It used to be that we said an unhappy customer would tell 22 people about his experience. Now it might well be 22...
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Fifth Third Launches Reloadable Prepaid Card, Access 360°
Fifth Third Bank announced the launch of a reloadable prepaid card product, Access 360°, this week. Banks are hurrying to launch prepaid cards, which can serve as checking account alternatives to those who want to avoid minimum balance fees and overdraft fees. Early entrants in this field were JPMorgan Chase with Chase Liquid, and Regions...
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