Bitcoin Hype in 2013 Fell Far Short of Interest in ‘Real’ Banking Services
To say that 2013 was the Year of the Bitcoin Hype is nothing short of understatement. To say that bitcoins...
Risk & Security
VIDEO: Gift Card Exchanges, the Last Refuge of the Shopping Hopeless
Stuck with an unwanted or useless gift card this holiday season? All is not lost. Gift card exchanges can help...
BancVue Says It Will Juice Up Mobile Offerings in 2014
BancVue is partnering with MoneyDesktop and strengthening its mobile offerings to help community banks compete with bigger rivals. Kasasa is...
Amex Shows the Dark Side of Security Hype, Just in Time for Christmas
The recent Target credit card scandal has colored last-minute Christmas shopping with fear -- fear of security breaches and lackluster...
Atlanta Fed President Lockhart: Accommodative Policy Needed “For Quite Some Time”
The Federal Reserve's policymaking body, the Federal Open Market Committee, could soon consider whether to taper its bond-buying program, Atlanta...
Enhancing a Customer-Centric Strategy with Data
In today’s highly regulated, extremely competitive environment, a top priority of financial institutions is to offer customers the appropriate products...
Put in Perspective, the Target Credit Card Breach Could Have Been Worse
Target sure is living up to its name. The news yesterday that the megastore's point-of-sale systems had been compromised and...
LifeLock Wastes No Time Squashing Lemon Wallet Brand
LifeLock is in a hurry to get its name on Lemon Wallet -- and Lemon's name off its new property. An...
Sendly Appears to Be the Payments Solution for Nations in Civil War
Finally, there is a P2P payments solution for ... people living in countries in civil war. Sendly, which was officially...
The Coming Econgularity: the Real Challenge to Civil Liberties
Econgularity – a shorthand for economic singularity -- is an ugly word I created to describe an unfortunately approaching moment...
