Online Banking

Ambitious Online Banking Alternative Scores $2.9 Million in Series A
Banksimple has just raised $2.9 million in a Series A round to fund their ambitious alternative online banking startup for full-service, fee-free banking. The round includes investments from First Round Capital, IA Ventures and Village Ventures, a collection of industry veterans with extensive startup portfolios.
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Jeff Dennes: Mobile Banking Pioneer, iPad Enthusiast
As the architect of USAA's online and mobile banking initiatives for the past 10 years, Executive Director Jeff Dennes rolled out a series of technology innovations for these channels. Although Dennes recently left the company, an iPad app he spearheaded is due out late this year.
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Green Banking tips for environmentally conscious consumers
Green Banking tips for environmentally conscious consumers
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ChinaNet Online Holdings to Begin Trading on the NASDAQ Global Market
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. , a leading full-service media development, and internet technology company for small and medium-sized enterprises in the People's Republic of China, today announced that its board of directors has approved the decision to switch the listing of its common stock from NYSE Amex to the NASDAQ Global Market and that it has been approved for such listing.
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New Internet threats target millions engaged in banking online
SAN DIEGO COUNTY - An estimated 98 million Americans bank online, thanks to Web-based bill-paying, money transfers and other activities made possible by financial institutions and service providers. The convenience of completing these tasks at home helps simplify hectic schedules and provides customers with 24-hour account access.Although financial institutions have security measures in place to ...
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China launches 'super online banking'
BEIJING, CHINA: China's central bank has started a "super online banking system" that would allow customers to access any number of accounts through a single website.
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Maybank Launches Dedicated Islamic Banking Hub In Singapore
SINGAPORE, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- Maybank Singapore on Friday launched a dedicated Islamic banking hub at its renovated branch in Geylang Serai, the most Malay-Muslim populated area in the city state.
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Government to go online
The Vietnamese government has approved a plan to transfer elements of its administration online from 2011 to 2015 to better inform residents of government operations.
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Chase offers phone app for deposits
A new application from Chase allows retail-banking customers to deposit checks through their iPhones.
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Now China launches 'super online banking'
Beijing, Sep 1 : China's central bank has started a 'super online banking system' that would allow customers to access any number of accounts through a single website.
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Server Patch Severely Degrades Australia's Westpac Online Banking
News reports like this one in ITNews for Australian Business say that a server patch on Monday evening severely degraded the online banking service of Australia's Westpac bank for about 9 hours yesterday.
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New leadership at Scotiabank online brokerage
Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) announced a couple of senior appointments to its marketing and online brokerage divisions on Thursday. Effective immediately, Duncan Hannay has been appointed to the position of senior vice president, marketing for Canadian banking.
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Tax Relief, Toshiba Recall: Hot Trends
'Tax relief,' 'Toshiba recall,' 'Wachovia online banking' and 'bankruptcy protection' are the trending topics on Google and Yahoo.
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New Orleans' newest record shop opens this weekend with a two-day festival of local music.
Two music lovers are banking on Bywater's artistic vibe with the opening of Euclid Records, an independent, old-school music store.
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Online Advertisers Kiss Rupert Murdoch's Times Of London Goodbye As Web Traffic Drops 90%
Rupert Murdoch has said he's happy with the " encouraging number of people subscribing at a good price " for the online editions of his Times and Sunday Times of London, which went behind a paywall two months ago.
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Wealth industry looks out of the box
Wealth managers are turning to a variety of surprising sources - such as online dating and charity – to persuade the world’s richest people to invest with them.
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U.S. Businesses Could Lose Up To $1 Billion In Online Banking Fraud This Year
Small- to midsized businesses taking the biggest hit, experts say, but consumer banking customers could be next in the bull's eye
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ActivePaths Unique, 2-Way eMail Banking System Named Best of the Web by Netbankers Online Banking Report
ActivePath, developer of unique, 2-Way eMail Banking Systems that enable banking customers to securely communicate and conduct alert-driven financial transactions via email in real time has received Netbanker’s Online Banking Report “OBR Best of the Web” award.
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SapientNitro Unveils Engagement Banking Concept in Interactive Report
BOSTON----SapientNitro, part of Sapient , has partnered with online financial management solutions provider Geezeo and respected blogger and BANK 2.0 bestselling author Brett King to publish “Banking on the Future: New Era of Engagement Banking,” an interactive white paper that examines the impact of technology on the retail banking industry and outlines what banks can do to innovate and stay ...
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