Circle Misses the Mark on China
Antiquated, hand-stamped bank receipts still abound in China. In announcing that it had raised $50 million of venture funding, Circle ...
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10 Tips for Integrating Social Media with Digital Banking Channels
Social media is thought of as a separate universe than other digital channels, but there is significant overlap, and banks ...
Simple’s Extended Maintenance Shows Problem for FinTech Startups
Simple is in many ways the crown jewel of the financial technology startup industry. With its modern, intuitive, user interface, responsive ...
Here’s What Banks Have That Facebook And Snapchat Don’t
Banks still have an advantage over Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat in the payments industry when it comes to one thing: ...
Why Are Facebook & Twitter Doing E-Commerce? (Hint: For the Data )
Why are Facebook and Twitter suddenly interested in e-commerce? It looks like the access to transaction data could be a ...
Where’s the Metric for Rating Banks?
What does a young person do today when he wants to choose a bank? He might check out what interest ...
Death by 1,000 Cuts: Apple, Facebook and Bank Fees
Last week, it was disclosed that Apple's iOS 8 would allow consumers to scan their credit cards for mobile payments. ...
Square Offers Cash Advances Based on Transaction Data
Square is using its data to give working capital to retailers. Square, the mobile payments startup launched by Twitter co-founder ...
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 ...
Venmo Marketing Goes Old School in New York
Photo: @tedp Venmo may have cutting-edge, person-to-person payments technology, but its latest marketing effort is decidedly old school. PayPal-owned Venmo closed ...
