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Prosper celebrates its 6th birthday by offering to pay your second loan payment today (Friday, Feb. 17) only. HelloWallet appoints Aaron Benway as new CFO. American Banker reports PayPal is partnering with banks to attract new customers. American Banker reports Intuit adds iPad banking app. CNN Money looks at how SecondMarket will survive now that Read more…
eWise’s Secure Vault Payments technology was featured in Bank Technology News last Friday. The electronic payment network began working with genealogical site FamilySearch to provide a payment platform that will allow it to collect donation payments on its website: “When processing donations via Secure Vault, financial institutions authenticate the payer and provide FamilySearch with fast Read more…
I look at lot of mobile banking apps. But there are several thousand in the U.S. alone, so I’m not going to claim that I know which one is “best” or even who should be in the top-100. But I will say, of the mobile banking apps I’m familiar with, ANZ Bank’s is right up at Read more…
Ally Bank made news this week as one of the few major banks offering consumer PC/scanner-based remote deposit (USAA and US Bank also offer it, note 1). But that new feature has not yet filtered out to its website. While disappointed in not finding what I was searching for, I did notice something even better: Read more…
To see Finovate news updates in real-time, follow our feed on Twitter. Backbase explores mobile banking in its fall webinar series. http://bit.ly/finovate1293 BlazeMobile creates smart payments sticker.http://bit.ly/finovate12133 BrightScope releases top 30 retirement plans. http://bit.ly/finovate12143 Capital Access special report on “Black Friday” and small business sales data. http://bit.ly/finovate1282 SunTrust has added the “Transfer Now” product suite from Read more…
Although U.S. Bank has long held a state-of-the-art online banking design, its homepage and public website haven’t kept up with modern standards. From the looks of the preview unveiled earlier this week, that will change when the bank rolls out on Friday a major site redesign. The bank is wisely inviting online banking customers to take Read more…
I was so enamored with ING Direct’s Black Friday mortgage special, 5 years at 3.75%, that I applied online that day (Nov. 27) and have been going through the mortgage refi process for the past month. To determine how the loan is progressing, applicants may call a toll-free number or check their loan status online. Read more…
I rarely open emails from retailers, especially around the holidays. As someone who has checked the “send me offers” box on registration forms for a decade, I’m inundated. But every once in a while I check out the Costco email to see what outrageous deals they are offering and, more importantly, whether any financial services Read more…
At our FinovateStartup conference two months ago, Prosper won a Best of Show award for the re-launch of its peer-to-peer lending platform. But apparently, the SEC didn’t share our audience’s enthusiasm over Prosper’s plan to operate under State of California regulatory authority while its SEC filings were undergoing final scrutiny. So Prosper went offline again, Read more…
January is always a great month for personal finance. Consumers working off holiday spending binges and/or attempting to live up to New Years resolutions naturally find their way to personal financial management sites. It’s especially pronounced this year as consumers try to better understand their spending and manage for the downturn. So it’s not surprising Read more…
On Friday, I received a marketing message from U.S. Bank attempting to convince me to turn off my paper statements and adopt online statements. In 2007 (here), I wrote about its similar effort at login. The graphic design and layout are wonderful with splashes of green throughout and a peaceful, sunny forest scene. It’s a Read more…
No one knows for sure how Apple compiles the list of its top-selling iPhone apps, but it’s related to how many are sold during the past few hours. I’ve seen speculation that the measurement period is 2 hours (see note 1). But there is no doubt about the benefits of rising to the top. The Read more…