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Chase Bank Uses QR Code in Homepage Banner (NetBanker)

By ⋅ 21/01/2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s the first time I’ve seen a QR code used on a bank homepage. After an animation sequence (below) announcing Chase Bank’s new Android mobile banking app, the final graphic displays a code that Android smartphone users can scan to download the new app. Very clever.   Chase Bank homepage (20 Jan 2011) Landing page (link) [...]

Self-Service: Bank of America’s MyFraudProtection Allows Online Review of Suspicious Card Transactions (NetBanker)

By ⋅ 20/01/2011 ⋅ Post a comment

How it works ______________________________________________________________________ Step 1: Following the link, I ended up at an entirely new site, running outside online banking where I was required to re-enter my account number (screen 2), last 4 of SSN, zip, and phone number (see screen 3). Step 2: I was then required to answer random questions pulled from [...]

Mint Launches Online Finance Game for Middle School Classrooms | Fast Company

By ⋅ 21/12/2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Intuit-owned Mint.com, the service that made budgeting a fun task, has partnered with Scholastic to offer a free, online personal-finance program to middle-school students, teachers, and parents. The program aims to help build money management skills at a young age. It will feature colorful classroom lesson plans and materials, as well as an interactive game, [...]

12.5% of E-commerce Transactions Will Be Mobile By the End of 2013, Gartner Predicts by Bank Systems & Technology

By ⋅ 28/11/2010 ⋅ Post a comment

By year-end 2013, location information or profile information from mobile phones will be used to validate 90 percent of mobile transactions, according to analysts at Gartner. The analysts said the rapid adoption of smartphones is forcing banks, social networks and other e-commerce providers to implement the kinds of fraud detection capabilities that have become mainstream [...]

Royal Bank of Canada’s Futuristic New “Stores” Blend Self-Service With Assisted Service by Bank Systems & Technology

By ⋅ 25/11/2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The new stores, the first of which opened in October in Burlington, Ontario (to be followed by branch openings in Halifax in December and Toronto in early 2011) feature Microsoft Surface technology to educate and assist customers at kitchen-counter like islands, self-service kiosks featuring Cisco telepresence, and a media wall that helps branch staff facilitate [...]

World’s biggest banks have poor approach to social media, new report shows – Investment International

By ⋅ 08/11/2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole and BNP Paribas come out as winners in a ranking of the social media activities of the world’s top 30 Wealth Managers.   In the survey by the Swiss consulting company, MyPrivateBanking Research, Deutsche Bank ranks first, with a total score of 38 out of possible 50 points. In particular, Deutsche [...]

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