Banks’ IT Spending, Driven by Data Privacy Concerns, to Top $118 Billion in 2013
North American banks will spend $118.6 billion on IT in 2013, according to a Jan. 31 report from UK-based Ovum...
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During Super Bowl XLVII, E*Trade Was the Only Financial Services Advertiser
For financial services marketers, it is anything but a "Super" Bowl this year. According to published reports, E*Trade Financial was...
First Financial in Abilene, Texas is the First Bank to Launch Mobile Photo Bill Pay
First Financial, an Abilene, Texas-based bank with 55 locations in the Lone Star State, is the nation's first bank to...
Mobile Payments Aren’t Exactly Working Out at Facebook
Although Facebook generated around $2,000 a minute in payments revenue last quarter, that income paled in comparison to advertising, which...
Rewards Company Plink Will Launch Mobile App in Two Weeks
Online-to-offline rewards company Plink will launch its iOS app in about two weeks, Bank Innovation has learned. CEO Peter Vogel...
Google Wallet v2.0 Released
Yesterday, I wondered aloud when Google would release v2.0 of its Wallet. Well, I guess the folks at Google heard...
Small Iowa Bank Will Be Among the First to Add Biometrics
Bob Steen, chief executive of Bridge Community Bank, takes security seriously -- so seriously that his bank will be the...
Top 5 2013 Predictions For Monitoring Banking Applications
The New Year is always a time of setting goals, resolutions…and predictions. Here are my favorite 5 responses to the...
Bluebird Will Offer Checking to Customers
Bluebird, the novel American Express-Walmart joint venture, will soon offer its customers the ability to write checks from their accounts,...
Death & Taxes: Republic Bank & Trust Launches App for Tax Preparers
It's that time of the year again, when attention turns to Tax Day on April 15 -- which has led...
