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Archive for: June, 2011

Jaap Jan Nienhuis - Innopay - Amsterdam | 20/06/2011 | 5613 views

7 innovative concepts a bank should adopt

The internet and internet based technologies have revolutionized the way how people interact with their environment. E-commerce is growing, social networks are immensely popular, and 'cloud services' get mainstream consumer interest. New start-ups leveraging internet technologies are raising tremendous amounts of venture capital. How do banks adapt... Tags: Online banking, Retail banking

a non-active Finextra member | 19/06/2011 | 3668 views

Financial App Resurgence

For years the quality of Facebook financial applications has left a lot to be desired. With a few notable exceptions - Fantasy Stock Exchange, for example, which went on to become KaChing and now Wealthfront - finance apps have been largely entertainment-oriented, unstable, and unsupported.The tide seems to be changing with the introduction of two... Tags: Trade execution, Online banking

Brett King - Moven - New York | 10/06/2011 | 5320 views | 10 comments

Visa gets its wallet sorted, or does it?

The announcement today of Visa’s acquisition of Fundamo signals the drawing of the battle lines in the face off between Mastercard and Visa in the mobile payments stakes. While I understand that a wallet is much more than just an NFC enabler, the announcement of Google’s NFC trial around their ‘wallet’ last month put some pr... Tags: Cards, Payments

Martin Bailey - Temenos - Hemel Hempstead | 03/06/2011 | 3760 views | 5 comments

At Your Service

Unsurprisingly, working for a software house specialising in Core Banking systems, we spend a fair proportion of our time talking about customer service and what banking customers really want from their bank. During one of these conversations - the subject turned to who do you bank with, how long have you been there and why. The first two questions... Tags: Retail banking

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