The Path Not Taken by Simple (Bank) to Remake Finance
This morning Simple sold for $117M to BBVA. It’s great news for the team and I think it’s going to be...
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Here’s the Email That Started Simple
So what led to the launch of Simple, the banking startup that was acquired today for a reported $117 million...
BBVA Acquires Simple
Simple, the alternative banking company, has been acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA.) Online reports put the price at...
WhatsApp Deal Proves Banks Need to Embrace Social Mobile, and Fast
WhatsApp has 450 million active mobile users. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has 15.6 million, most among any bank in the...
VIDEO: CIO Says Cap One Has Shifted to ‘100%’ Agile Software Development
At Capital One Financial Corp., the need for compressed IT production cycles has led to significant changes in the way...
Half of All Mobile Banking Customers Are Now Part of ClearXchange
Capital One Financial Corp. has joined the P2P network ClearXchange, bringing the nation's seventh-largest bank, and its 50 million customers, into...
Which Companies Are Dominating Payments? Just Ask the Candy Crush Folks
Don’t ask the folks who built the game Candy Crush Sage into a multi-billion-dollar company whether Apple is a payments...
How Innovative Are You? Take the Bank Innovation 2014 Survey
When it comes to innovation, is your company leading or following -- or is innovation not on the agenda at...
VIDEO: Did Citibank Pick the Wrong Olympic Skier to Pitch Its Mobile Banking App?
Citibank put together a humorous mobile banking ad with U.S. Olympic skier Ted Ligety, but they may have picked the wrong...
Which Mobile Payments Competitor Frustrates PayPal the Most?
PayPal is facing a slew of competitors in its bid to become the "operating system of mobile payments": Apple, Amazon and...
