Latest Personal finance News: Finextra Research

North American bank IT spending on the up - Celent

Following a rocky couple of years, North American bank IT spending is recovering, with a four per cent rise this year to $53.4 billion, according to research house Celent.

10 January 2011

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PFM site Rudder shuts

Houston-based personal financial management site Rudder has shut down, telling members "business has simply become unsustainable".

05 November 2010

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Sibos Innotribe Labs take centre stage

A business that aims to create a complete view of a bank's financial health by using recycled financial messages is the favourite to win the Innotribe Lab pitching contest held at Sibos, the annual conference held by financial messaging body Swift.

28 October 2010

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Third of Americans use online banking tools - Intuit

Over a third of Americans now use online banking tools to manage their finances, according to research from Intuit which also shows that visits to branches are becoming less frequent.

19 October 2010

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Think Finance targets unbanked after securing $90m credit facility

Think Finance, a US start-up tapping technology to provide services to the unbanked and underbanked, has secured a $90 million credit facility to help it develop new products.

24 September 2010

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Kiva pilots student micro-lending

Online person-to-person micro-lending outfit Kiva is piloting a student loans feature designed to help people in developing countries raise money for their education.

22 September 2010

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Amex targets Gen Y with social Currency - personal finance advice site

American Express has launched Currency, a personal finance advice site for "young adults" that offers blogs on spending and saving from experts, money management-related courses and an iPhone app developed with Foursquare.

22 September 2010

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Americans prefer to access PFM tools though bank sites - survey

Americans prefer to access personal finance management (PFM) tools through banking Web sites, with security concerns trumping the advantages, such as account aggregation, offered by third party providers, according to a survey from Fiserv.

23 August 2010

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Citi signs for MasterCard inControl tech

Citi is set to roll out MasterCard's inControl technology, giving customers the ability to set spending controls and receive real-time information about their accounts.

17 August 2010

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Kids money management site launches

MoneyBunny, a Web site using stories, video and audio podcasts and online colouring pages to help teach young children about financial skills has launched.

13 August 2010

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Strong UK demand for online money management tools - Yodlee

Over half of Brits are "highly interested" in managing their money online through a single Web site, according to a survey from Yodlee.

11 August 2010

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Barclays launches online game

In a bid to attract teenage customers, Barclays has launched an online game that sees players arrive in a virtual city broke and improve their status through work and sound money management.

26 July 2010

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PFM pioneer Wesabe goes to the wall

Personal financial management pioneer Wesabe is to shut down its operations after running out of money.

01 July 2010

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Wells Fargo online banking service hits 15

American online banking pioneer Wells Fargo is celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of its Internet service.

18 May 2010

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UK PFM site Money Dashboard launches open beta

Money Dashboard, a Mint-style UK online personal finance management service, has launched in open beta.

13 May 2010

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Social shopping site Swipely takes on Blippy

Swipely, an online service that lets users share information about their card purchases, has launched in private beta after raising $7.5 million in series a funding.

11 May 2010

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Personal finance site HelloWallet raises $3.6m

US personal finance site HelloWallet has raised $3.6 million in a series a funding round led by Grotech Ventures and joined by AOL co-founder Steve Case and his wife Jean.

06 May 2010

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BoQ pilots money management tool

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) has begun trialling a free online personal finance management tool that can be used by anyone, regardless of whether they are customers or not.

30 April 2010

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Brits dump professional finance advice for comparison sites - YouGov

Brits are increasingly turning away from professional advice on financial products in favour of comparison Web sites, according to a tracking study from YouGov.

12 March 2010

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Prosper calls on Americans to share debt stories

US P2P lending site Prosper has launched an online 'talk about the taboo' campaign where users can share their stories about money, debt and how to tackle it.

05 March 2010