Alumni News — Week of August 1, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on

Bobber Interactive Tech Flash interviewed Eric Eastman, Bobber Interactive’s CEO, on how the gamification of money management aims to help Generation Y better manage their money. Link  BrightScope BrightScope released a report detailing the top 12 small-cap funds in America’s 401k plans. This report is part of a series that provides insight into the top funds and Read more…

Best Internet Banks from Global Finance Magazine

By Jim Bruene Posted on

In its seventh annual Internet-bank "beauty contest," Global Finance Magazine <gfmag.com> named Bank of America the best consumer Internet bank in the United States and Citigroup the best corporate Internet bank. Apparently, the magazine loves Citigroup's work, naming it the best corporate Internet bank in 46 countries and best consumer Internet bank in 11 countries Read more…

New to Market

By Jim Bruene Posted on

New deals and announcments for the past week. NCR Corp. says that Buffalo’s M&T Bank bought 390 NCR Personas 77 ATMs. Separately, NCR says that Europe’s KBC Group will replace its current ATMs in Belgium and France with NCR Personas M Series ATMs. (Contact: NCR Corp., 937-445-3784)—US Bank says it’s issuing a Rewards Visa Platinum Read more…

New To Market from HSBC, GE and More

By Jim Bruene Posted on

News and new products from First Data, GE Consumer Credit, HSBC, and many, many more payments companies. The Clearing House Payments Company LLC‘s SVPCO-Electronic Clearing Services unit says daily average check image volume in its Image Payments Network grew 47 percent in February, surpassing one million items a day for the first time. The network Read more…