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Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 27/11/2008 | 2916 views

Mumbai: Indian government gets jitters about Twitter

The Indian government has asked for live Twitter updates from Mumbai to cease immediately. "ALL LIVE UPDATES - PLEASE STOP TWEETING about #Mumbai police and military operations," a tweet says. At least, that's what the BBC's Mumbai Live Events page is reporting. The potential use of Twitter and other communications technologies by terrorists was...

Steve Ellis - Metia - London | 25/11/2008 | 2891 views | 1 comment

Reuters embed evacuated from Second Life outpost

Last week I listened to a Woman's Hour* feature about Second Life (OK, I spend too much time commuting). At the time, I couldn't decide whether the arrival of Second Life on Woman's Hour signified it had gone mainstream, or that it was all over for the virtual world. For some reason Second Life on Woman's Hour is a bit like your Granny getting an i... Tags: Online banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 14/11/2008 | 2618 views

SEB's Benche beats market downturn

SEB's Benche project fits squarely into the new model Web 2.0 world as an open community platform where trade finance professionals can participate in discussions threads and ask questions of experts and other members. The Benche gets it name from the benches used by Italian merchant bankers in the great grain markets, which became centres for hol... Tags: Online banking, Payments

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 10/11/2008 | 3260 views | 1 comment

The bank branch - weakest link or saving grace?

This blog recently expressed the view that, in these days of financial turmoil, banks should reposition their branch networks as a means to reinject the personal service ethos to high street banking and see off the threat from online start-ups and outsiders like supermarkets. (The bank manager versus the Web 2.0 widget) It seems I'm not alone. Se... Tags: Online banking, Retail banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 10/11/2008 | 2006 views | 1 comment

Welcome to the Truthpod

The Truthpod is an anonymous online polling booth in Australia that has been set up to find out what people really think about their bank. Respondents are invited to "just tell it like it is". So far 2535 have taken the poll and the majority are most upset about bank fees. The pod closes with a teaser message "Thanks for telling it like it is. Yo... Tags: Online banking, Retail banking